Different ways of movement. Using the default sprite, try and test each of these scripts:
event key triggers
key sensors with axis changes
key sensors with direction changes
follow mouse pointer
follow mouse click - uses broadcast
Create a pointer sprite that we will use as a marker to record the last mouse click:
pointer sprite script:
cat sprite script:
Broadcast in Scratch can be similiar to a GOTO statement in coding / programming, which may lead to Spaghetti Code. Be careful of the timing of broadcast triggers if you have queue of instructions that must be serially processed.
questions
Explain what happens if you change the rotation style in the Follow mouse pointer example (above) to:
left-right
don't rotate
Create a new movement script where the default sprite doesn't stop moving in the chosen direction after I have taken my finger off the arrow key (or mouse button).