Eng:Video Tutorials/Transcriptions/Make Your Sprite Spin

Make Your Sprite Spin is a video in a series of video tutorials under the Help tab on the Scratch main head bar. It describes how to use the Turn Degrees blocks to make a sprite spin. The video is 1 minute and 31 seconds long.

Transcription
[0:00] In this video, we will make our sprites spin.

[0:08] Let's find out how this is done.

[0:10] To begin it, I will grab the turn block from the blocks palette.

[0:18] Then, I will click on the Events link and I will grab the green flag block.

[0:25] After that, I will snap these two blocks together and run this project.

when gf clicked turn cw (15) degrees

[0:29] Each time I click on the green flag, the sprite turns by 15 degrees in the clockwise direction.

[0:35] This is fine, but I want to make this project a bit more interesting by making the sprite spin around in a loop.

[0:43] To do this, I will click on the Control link and grab the forever block.

[0:55] The forever block is a little different than the blocks we've been using this far. It has a beginning and an end.

[1:02] I will drag the turn block and snap it within the forever, and then I will snap the forever with the green flag block.

when gf clicked forever turn cw (15) degrees end

[1:10] Now if I hit the green flag, the sprite will spin around forever.

[1:14] To make the sprite stop, hit the red stop button.

[1:20] Finally, what do you think will happen if I add a move block within the forever? Feel free to change the number of steps the sprite moves forward to see really interesting results.

when gf clicked forever move (10) steps turn cw (15) degrees end