You can find other versions of the Linux Squeak VM here: For more information about squeak, see: Scratch is written in Squeak, and depends on a Squeak virtual machine. Modified versions of this source code may be released under the GPL V2 or later versions of the GNU General Public License.įor more information on Scratch and the Scratch Source Code, see This source code is released under the Gnu General Public License version 2. See Figure 2, below, for directions on where to enter sprite names.This is the Scratch source package README file. This allows you to easily figure out which sprite you're referring to in the scripts. When adding new sprites to a Scratch project, it is always a good idea to give them descriptive names. The three ways of adding sprites to a Scratch program. You can also make text sprites.Ĭhoose a sprite from your computer's hard drive to import into your Scratch project.Ĭlicking on the choose a new sprite from file icon will allow you to pick any image on your computer's hard drive (including the pre-made sprites that come packaged with Scratch) to import as a Scratch sprite.Ĭlicking on the get a surprise sprite icon will make one of the pre-made sprites that comes packaged with Scratch appear in your project. Table 1 shows exactly which icon needs to be clicked for each of these tasks.ĭraw your own sprites (pictures or text) using the Scratch editor.Ĭlicking the paint new sprite icon opens up the Scratch drawing editor where you can draw anything you want.

The icons allow you to create your own sprite, import an existing Scratch sprite or an existing picture from your computer into the Scratch environment as a sprite, or get a surprise, pre-made Scratch sprite. Just above the sprites display area are three icons they are circled in red below in Figure 1. Do you want to draw a new Scratch cartoon character directly on the computer? Or add real photos of you and your friends to a Scratch dance animation you're making? Or maybe create a rainbow-colored set of instructions for your Scratch game? You can do all of these things and much more with just a few clicks of the mouse. One fun feature of Scratch is that you can easily add any images and text that you want to your program. Information about the most recent version of Scratch is available at the MIT Scratch website. Additional tutorials are available on the download page.

This user guide was written for Scratch version 1.4, which is available at the Scratch 1.4 download page.

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