Adding targets

This game will be no fun without something to shoot at and blow up. So, we are going to create some targets for the cannonball to hit. We will first draw a new sprite. Then, we are going to use a very cool new feature of Scratch 2.0: the ability to create copies of a base object. This can save a lot of time when you want to have multiple objects that work the same way. This is often the case in games. Think of all the enemies you've squashed or all the coins you've picked up in various action games.

Engage thrusters

We will first draw a traditional archery style target, with a circular disk of red and white rings placed on a simple wooden stand, shown as follows:

To create the target, follow these steps:

  1. Create another new sprite with ...

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