A Story in Three Scenes
🎯 An illustrated story that changes backdrop and characters as it goes.
💡 The idea behind it
Broadcasts let one piece of code start another, which is how anything with scenes is organised.
🧱 Blocks you will need
switch backdrop tobroadcast and waitwhen I receiveshow / hideglide 1 secs to x: y:
🔨 Build it
- Plan three scenes on paper first — one sentence each. This is the real work.
- Add three backdrops and name them scene1, scene2, scene3.
- Main code: switch backdrop to scene1 → broadcast scene1 and wait → switch to scene2 → broadcast scene2 and wait, and so on.
- Each character has 'when I receive scene1' with its own lines and movements, and hides during scenes it is not in.
- Use 'glide' rather than 'go to' so characters walk on instead of teleporting.
🚀 Make it harder
- Add a title screen with a start button.
- Let the viewer choose what happens next by clicking one of two sprites.
🐞 Bugs you will hit
- Characters from scene 1 are still on screen in scene 2: every sprite needs a 'hide' at the start of the scenes it is not in.
- The scenes all run at once: use 'broadcast and wait', not plain 'broadcast'.
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