Summary
A short tutorial on making a sprite glide and fly across the stage using motion blocks and arrow-key controls -- an easy entry point into the idea that a program reacts to a player pressing keys.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
This video shows how to make a sprite "fly" around the screen using the keyboard.
- Which keys make the sprite move in the video?
- What block tells Scratch to wait for a key press?
- What would happen if you removed the "wait" or "forever" block?
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: motion block, key press, glide.
Try it: Add arrow-key blocks to a sprite so it flies up, down, left, and right when you press each key.