Cool Scratch Projects in Easy Steps

Millions of children and young people worldwide are using Scratch to make their own games and animations.

Following on from the success of Scratch Programming in easy steps, Cool Scratch Projects in easy steps gives you great ideas to create computer games and other projects that’ll impress your friends and family – and you’ll have endless fun creating and playing them! The book provides step-by-step instructions for building projects that show off some of the cool things you can do with Scratch.

It starts with two simple projects to get you started. Find out how to:

Make a game with animated cartoon characters
Build a drum machine and make random music
Use anaglyph glasses for 3D effects and 3D Art
Design amazing mazes in a 3D environment
Create your own stop motion films
Use the ScratchJr app to create games and interactive stories anywhere using your iPad or Android tablet

Cool Scratch Projects in easy steps has projects for Scratch 2.0 on a PC/Mac and Scratch 1.4 on the Raspberry Pi, and includes a Raspberry Pi Camera Module project. Each project includes suggestions for customizing it, so you can make it your own!

A FREE pair of 3D/anaglyph glasses is provided with the print copy of this book.

Sean McManus writes inspiring books about business and technology. His books include Scratch Programming in Easy Steps and Web Design in Easy Steps, and he has written for magazines including Internet Magazine, Personal Computer World, and Internet Works. Sean is also a Code Club volunteer. He lives in Uxbridge, U.K.