Creating a new project

We need to make sure that we're logged in and ready to get to work on a new project. We'll then draw some sprites and assemble our awesome cannon (and cannonballs). The Scratch menu bar gives us the option to explore the existing projects from other users (using Explore) or create a new project ourselves (using Create):

Creating a new project

Prepare for lift off

You are presented with a new project, including the Scratch cat as usual. We won't use the cat, so you can right-click on the sprite, and choose delete. A sprite is the official name for a 2D computer image. Most Scratch projects are built using sprites. You can find an overview of all the ...

Get Scratch 2.0 Game Development HOTSHOT now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.