How to Make Your Clones Work in Scratch

Clones are a powerful tool that can help Scratchers create multiple enemies, projectiles or other game elements without needing to create a separate sprite for each object on the screen. It's a topic that's poorly understood by a lot of new Scratchers, though, and Mr. T's students often get into trouble by accidentally creating more clones than Scratch can handle.

In this short Scratch Hacks tutorial, tech educator Andrew Tomec walks you through the basics of creating and using clones in your projects. With help from his nemesis, the mad scientist Dr. Strangedude you'll learn some of the pitfalls that often trip up coders when they first start using clones.

00:00 Dr. Strangedude's evil plan
01:44 What are clones?
02:10 Controlling clones
03:24 Be careful with keyboard controls!
04:09 Out of ammo!?
04:46 Naming your clones

Original Scratch art by Miss Lynne (@MissLynne71)
Our cartoon animations are created entirely in Scratch. We believe Scratch is an amazing tool for teaching kids to create digital art and animation, and our videos seek to use Scratch tools to bring our own stories to life.

==========PLAY IT IN SCRATCH========
Check out the @atomecstudios account in Scratch to see the games and art assets we used to make this and other videos.

Naming your clones: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/9029...

You'll find more of the Scratch files we used to create our tutorials in this studio: https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/32681076

========TRY OUT OUR LIP SYNC TOOLKIT========
Dr. Strangedude's lip sync animations were created using our lip sync toolkit. If you want to try animating fun lip sync animations in your own projects, just visit our project page at https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/8449... and drag the lip sprite into your backpack. Deploy it in any project by removing your sprite's mouth and replacing it with the animated mouth. This week we've added a whole new set of slightly more cartoony lip animations to the project!
To use the custom block, just type the sounds you want to speak into the white input bubble and edit the text by adding the number 5 to add a 0.5-second delay or a 1 to add a 0.1-second delay. See our lip sync video tutorial for complete instructions and examples.    • Lip sync animation magic in Scratch  

=======ABOUT SCRATCH HACKS======
Created by Atomec Studios and narrated by veteran tech educator Andrew Tomec, SCRATCH HACKS is a series of quick and simple Scratch coding tutorials aimed at beginner- to intermediate-level coders. Scratch Hacks aim to take the fear factor out of coding with byte-sized video tutorials that offer tips and advice on the most common questions and problems that arise when youngsters first take up coding in Scratch. In his work as a Canadian elementary school teacher, Mr. T has taught hundreds of introductory coding classes to children from kindergarten up. "I was struck by how often the same simple questions arise in every class I teach. Learning to code is like learning any other language, and these compact lessons will help give learners the vocabulary they need to express themselves in the digital world."

======WHAT IS ATOMEC STUDIOS?======
Atomec Studios is a non-profit learning initiative that aims to put the A into STEAM with fun and accessible learning that emphasizes creative expression over algorithms. We believe that kids learn best when set free to pursue their own unique passions, a goal that's been aided tremendously by the growth of powerful, kid-friendly software like MIT's Scratch, that unlock the world of animation, storytelling, game production, music composition and digital art.

For more information about our online content and real-world workshops and teacher training, visit our website at http://atomec.com.
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