Some things are easier to watch than to read a picture of — short videos that go alongside the project pages, not instead of them. Press play right here, no need to leave the page.
A first tour of the Scratch editor — where the blocks live, where the stage is, and how to run a project.
How to draw a brand-new sprite from scratch using Scratch's built-in Paint Editor.
How to take a picture you've drawn on paper and bring it into Scratch as a sprite.
How to take a sprite from Scratch's library and change it into something new and your own.
How a sprite's direction works, and how drawing a costume facing the right way makes motion blocks look right.
What a costume's center point is and why lining it up matters for how a sprite spins and moves.
How to draw or edit a backdrop for the stage using the Paint Editor.
How to add sounds from the library, record your own with a microphone, and make a sprite talk with Text to Speech blocks.
How the x and y coordinates on the stage work, and how to use them to move a sprite to an exact spot.
A full step-by-step project: build a game where you control a flying character.
How to use a variable to make a sprite fall and bounce like it's affected by gravity.
How to make a backdrop scroll as the player moves, so the world feels bigger than the stage.
How to build your own text generator in Scratch using costumes and lists to draw letters on the stage.
A full step-by-step project: build a clicker game where clicking a sprite earns points.
A full step-by-step project: build a classic Pong game with a bouncing ball and a paddle.
A full step-by-step project: build a game where you catch falling objects before they hit the ground.
A full step-by-step project: build a game where you jump over obstacles to survive.
A full step-by-step project: tell an interactive story with characters, backdrops, and dialogue.
A full step-by-step project: build an app that lets you mix and match parts to design your own character.
A full step-by-step project: build a virtual pet you take care of by feeding and playing with it.
How to make a sprite draw a colorful trail on the stage as it follows your mouse pointer.
How to make a backdrop scroll continuously to create the illusion of a sprite running or flying forward.