How to Make Your Character Move on Scratch

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Last Updated: February 19, 2022

If you've a sprite on Scratch, you might like to animate it as the next step in your learning. This article explains what you need to do to make a sprite developed on Scratch move.

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Go to the scratch website at https://scratch.mit.edu/.
Click on the Create icon at the top of the screen.

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On the first one, change it to up arrow, on the next one change it to down, change the next one to left and the final one to right.
Now the sprite can move up.
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Repeat this step on each block, but change the direction where the sprite is looking.
- Down = 180
- Left = -90
- Right = 90.
Now the sprite can move wherever you want!

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How can I make your spirit character go up?

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Your character can go up with this code: When green flag clicked forever if up arrow pressed change y by 10.

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What if I want the user to be able to move it?

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If you want the sprite to move, then use the following code: When green flag clicked forever if up arrow pressed change y by 10, if right arrow pressed change x by 10, if left arrow pressed change x by -10, and if down arrow pressed change y by -10. [If you want it to go faster or slower, change the numbers in code.]

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How to sprite left to right?

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"Change x by" . Use the change x by block to change the sprite horizontally.

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