How to Make Your Character Move on Scratch

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If you've a sprite on Scratch, you might like to animate it as the next step in your learning. This article explains what you need to do to make a sprite developed on Scratch move.

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    Go to the scratch website at https://scratch.mit.edu/ .
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    Click on the Create icon at the top of the screen.
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    On the first one, change it to up arrow, on the next one change it to down, change the next one to left and the final one to right.
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    Now the sprite can move up.
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    • Down = 180
    • Left = -90
    • Right = 90.
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    Now the sprite can move wherever you want!
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    How can I make your spirit character go up?
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    Your character can go up with this code: When green flag clicked forever if up arrow pressed change y by 10.
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    What if I want the user to be able to move it?
    PurpleFlower208
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    If you want the sprite to move, then use the following code: When green flag clicked forever if up arrow pressed change y by 10, if right arrow pressed change x by 10, if left arrow pressed change x by -10, and if down arrow pressed change y by -10. [If you want it to go faster or slower, change the numbers in code.]
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    How to sprite left to right?
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    "Change x by" . Use the change x by block to change the sprite horizontally.
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