Saturday  MAY 7, 2021

The classic arcade puzzle game, painstakingly recreated in Scratch. Twist the falling  blocks to fill in the grid at the bottom before your screen fills up. Completed rows will disappear, so don't leave gaps!

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• Load a STARTER FILE with all the graphics you'll need to follow Mr. T's tutorial.

• PLAY the finished game​

Saturday  DECEMBER 4, 2021

Move Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach and other characters from the Mario universe across a dynamically generated game board in this fun two-player game inspired by Mario Party!

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• Load a STARTER FILE with all the graphics you'll need to follow Mr. T's tutorial.

• PLAY the finished game

• WATCH Part 1 of our video tutorial series on YouTube.​.​

Saturday  AUGUST 7, 2021

Build a top-down space shooter with an item store that allows players to upgrade their ship with new weapons, shields and controls. You'll learn how to create a pop-up menu that lets you pick upgrade choices, and watch the design of your spaceship update to reflect your new purchases. 

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• Load a STARTER FILE with all the graphics you'll need to follow Mr. T's tutorial.

• TRY OUT the finished code from this week's tutorial​.

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Remix this project to design your own cool spaceship and add new upgrades! Save your project to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show your ships on a future live stream.

Saturday  MAY 26, 2021

Drop your controller and click the green flag, everybody, because we’ve taken the most epic video game fight fest of all time, Super Smash Bros, and transformed it into an amazing new 2-player Scratch game.

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• Load a STARTER FILE with all the sounds and graphics you'll need to make this project.

• PLAY the finished Scratch game.

• Watch PART 1 of our tutorial

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Remix this project to add new characters or arenas, mix up the sounds and add power-ups to make the game your own! Save your project to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday  MAY 8, 2021

Blast enemy rockets into cosmic dust while collecting power-ups in this simple space combat game by Chromeworks co-op student Ben Tait.

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• Load a STARTER FILE with all the sounds and graphics you'll need to make this project.

• Play the FINISHED GAME

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Remix this project with new graphics, sounds and gameplay features, and make the game your own! Save your project to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday  APRIL 24, 2021

It's everyone's favorite video game character, dodging a volley of flying Bullet Bills in this simple Nintendo-inspired project, aimed at novice Scratchers.

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• Watch our VIDEO TUTORIAL

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the sounds and graphics you'll need to make this project.

• Play the FINISHED GAME

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Remix this project with new graphics, sounds and gameplay features, and make the game your own! Save your project to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday  APRIL 10, 2021

Remember the computer's increasingly complex flashing light sequences and repeat them exactly in this simple memory game inspired by Simon, a popular 1980s-era electronic toy.

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• Watch our VIDEO TUTORIAL

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the sounds and graphics you'll need to make this project.

• Play the FINISHED GAME

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Remix this project with new graphics, sounds and gameplay features, and make the game your own! Save your project to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday  MARCH 27, 2021

Stop an invading army of alien crabs before they can scurry out of their underground lair in Terror Tunnel, an original game by Chromeworks. This game tutorial features an interesting circular shooting system, first pioneered in the 1981 arcade hit Tempest.

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• Watch our VIDEO TUTORIAL

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the sounds and graphics you'll need to make this project.

• Play the FINISHED GAME

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Remix this project with new graphics, sounds and gameplay features, and make the game your own! Save your project to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday  MARCH 6, 2021

If you think YOU'RE sick of lockdowns, pity poor Scratch and his buddies. Despite literally living in the cloud, our favorite code buddies can't seem to figure out all this Zoom stuff. Vent a little of your own pandemic frustration with this lighthearted digital storytelling lesson.

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• Watch our VIDEO TUTORIAL

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the original game graphics and sound effects you'll need to get going with this project.

• See the ORIGINAL PROJECT here

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Remix this project with new graphics, sounds and gameplay features, and make the game your own! Save your project to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Send and receive secret messages with this fun spy-themed decoder program. Share your secret encryption key with your co-conspirators, and start swapping secret messages. CIA clearance not included.

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• Watch our VIDEO TUTORIAL

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the original game graphics and sound effects you'll need to get going with this project.

• Play the FINISHED GAME here

• View a PDF CHEAT SHEET with all the code used in this project.

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Remix this project with new graphics, sounds and gameplay features, and make the game your own! Save your project to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday JANUARY 23, 2021

You are a medieval knight, but instead of riding your valiant steed into combat, your mount is a flying ostrich. It's Joust, the 1982 arcade classic, beautifully adapted for Scratch by Chromeworks  co-op student Lia Desrosiers. Have at thee!!

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• Watch PART 1 of our tutorial

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the original game graphics and sound effects you'll need to get going with this project.

• View a PDF CHEAT SHEET with all the code used in this project.

• Load a CATCH-UP FILE with the code from Part 1.

• Play the FINISHED GAME here

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Remix this project with new graphics, sounds and gameplay features, and make the game your own! Save your project to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday JANUARY 9, 2021

Build your own custom beat in this new music making tutorial. This beginner-level guest project by co-op student Kaelen Allard lets you create funky sounds with your keyboard, while learning to synchronize events using message commands. 

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• Watch the TUTORIAL here

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the original game graphics and sound effects you'll need to get going with this project

• Download a PDF CHEAT SHEET with all the sounds and graphics you'll need to make this project

• Play the FINISHED GAME here

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Remix this project with new graphics, sounds and gameplay features, and make the game your own! Save your project to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Among Us, the paranoid multiplayer hit that ruined a million friendships, is back with a twist this week in our newest Scratch video tutorial that reimagines the game as a one-player arcade experience. 

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• Watch PART 1, PART 2, and PART 3 of our tutorial

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the original game graphics and sound effects you'll need to get going with this project

• Download a PDF CHEAT SHEET with all the sounds and graphics you'll need to make this project

• Play the FINISHED GAME here

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Remix this project with new graphics, sounds and gameplay features, and make the game your own! Save your project to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Our popular arcade game series is back with an ultra-realistic remake of the 1978 arcade classic. Don't let the simple instructions fool you ... this adaptation is so realistic you'll be looking for the coin slot.

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• Watch PART 1, PART 2, and PART 3 of our tutorial.

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the original game graphics and sound effects you'll need to get going with this project

• Download a PDF CHEAT SHEET with all the sounds and graphics you'll need to make this project

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Remix this project with new graphics, sounds and gameplay features, and make the game your own! Save your project to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

On this week's Chromeworks Club we unveil Cat Climber, an original Scratch game. Cat Climber is a fun endless platformer where your feline protagonist bounces off of bats in an attempt to get higher and higher in the sky. Designed for Scratch novices, this simple game will teach all kinds of useful coding skills.

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• Watch PART 1 of this lesson

• Watch PART 2 of this lesson

• Load the FINISHED PROJECT

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the graphics and sounds you'll need

• Download a PDF CHEAT SHEET with all the sounds and graphics you'll need to make this project

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Modify this game with new graphics, sounds and game play, and save it to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday AUGUST 22, 2020

It's one small step for man ... if you can stick the landing in this vintage arcade title by Atari. Released way back in 1979, this challenging game is all about making small course corrections to reduce your speed  and drift. Make a safe landing before you run out of fuel!   

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• WATCH this lesson

• Load the FINISHED PROJECT

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the graphics and sounds you'll need

• Download a PDF CHEAT SHEET with all the sounds and graphics you'll need to make this project

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Modify this game with new graphics, sounds and game play, and save it to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday AUGUST 8, 2020

Code a mini-golf game with Chromeworks this week in a fun and simple lesson that's ideal for new users. Aim your ball and hold down the arrow key to pick a power setting, and let 'er fly! Avoid the obstacles and get your ball in the hole with the fewest strokes.

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• WATCH this lesson

• Load the FINISHED PROJECT

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the graphics and sounds you'll need

• Download a PDF CHEAT SHEET with all the sounds and graphics you'll need to make this project

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Modify this game with new graphics, sounds and game play, and save it to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday JULY 25, 2020

The zombies took everything. Now it's your turn to fight back. Armed with a powerful sword and lightning-fast reflexes, you are humanity's last defender in this fast-paced action arcade game. this week's teaching session IS led by Mr. T's son Jeffrey, the 17-year-old coding genius who developed this original game. 

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• WATCH this lesson

• Load the FINISHED PROJECT

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the graphics and sounds you'll need

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Modify this game with new graphics, sounds and game play, and save it to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday JULY 11, 2020

This 1981 arcade title by Konami was the first space shooter game with forced side scrolling. Moving relentlessly forward, navigate your spaceship across a hostile landscape, scrounging for fuel while dropping bombs and shooting lasers. 

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• WATCH this lesson

• Load the FINISHED PROJECT

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the graphics and sounds you'll need

• View a PDF CHEAT SHEET with all the finished code

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Modify this game with new graphics, sounds and game play, and save it to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Monday June 8, 2020

Guess the word before your stick man meets a gruesome fate! It's the classic pencil-and-paper game, brought to life in a fun lesson suitable for intermediate Scratchers.

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• Watch PART 1 of this lesson

• Watch PART 2 of this lesson

• Load the FINISHED PROJECT

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the graphics and sounds you'll need

• View a PDF CHEAT SHEET with all the finished code

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Modify this game with new graphics, sounds and game play, and save it to our REMIX ROOM. We'll show the best on our daily live stream.

Wednesday June 3, 2020

Parallax is a fun technique that can create the illusion of 3 dimensions in a two-dimensional image. It's a really cool look that can add a little depth to the otherwise static background in platformers and other games. 

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• Watch this lesson

• Load the FINISHED PROJECT

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the graphics and sounds you'll need

• View a PDF CHEAT SHEET with all the finished code

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Create your own cool lip sync animation and share it to our REMIX ROOM. We'll show the best on our daily live stream.

Thursday May 28, 2020

Another classic title from the golden age of arcade games, Galaga is a fast-paced successor to Space Invaders, with enemies that spiral and swirl across the screen before plunging suicidally down onto your ship. This version is loosely based on the 1981 original, but with simplified game mechanics. 

• Watch PART 1 of this lesson

• Watch PART 2 of this lesson

• Watch PART 3 of this lesson

• Play the FINISHED GAME

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the graphics and sounds you'll need

• View a PDF CHEAT SHEET with all the finished code

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Modify our game with new graphics, sound effects and game play and share it to our REMIX ROOM. We'll show the best on our daily live stream.

Thursday May 21, 2020

By popular demand, we're coding the 1981 arcade classic, which marked the first-ever appearance of Mario. Don't let the gorilla get you over a barrel!

• Watch PART 1 of this lesson

• Watch PART 2 of this lesson

• Watch PART 3 of this lesson

• Watch PART 4 of this lesson

• Load the COMPLETED GAME

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the graphics and sound effects we'll be using in this lesson.

• Download a PDF CHEAT SHEET with all the code you need to complete this project.

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Add new graphics, rules or levels and save your remixes to our Donkey Kong Remix Room. We'll show the best of them on our daily live stream..

Friday May 15, 2020

Today we're revisiting Chromey The Robot, the character we designed in our last lesson, and teaching him to move and speak using coding commands. After that we'll be able to use him to make video games and digital stories.

• WATCH this lesson

• Load Mr. T's WORKING FILE with all the code we've completed at htis stage of the project.

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the sounds and graphics you need to build this project.

• View a PDF CHEAT SHEET with all the code you need.

• Download the robot movement sound effect and the robot arm sound effect

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Save your completed robot into our Build a Robot REMIX ROOM and show us what you've taught it to do! We'll air the best ones on our live stream.

Wednesday May 13, 2020

We've been studying coding and video editing as separate areas until now, but today we're going to bring it all together and show some cool ways that Scratch and WeVideo can work together to create awesome animations. 

• WATCH this lesson

• View a PDF CHEAT SHEET with all the code used in this lesson.

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VIDEO CHALLENGE: Make a fun video clip that contains animations you made in Scratch OR make a Scratch project that uses video clips. 

Friday May 8, 2020

Navigate across a dark and hostile alien environment while being pursued by relentless robotic enemies in this original Scratch sci-fi horror game.

• Watch Part 1

• Watch Part 2

• Watch Part 3

• View PDF cheat sheet

• View the starter file

• Play Mr. Tomec's finished version of the game.

• Check out Jeffrey's unfinished Zombie Hunter version of the game. 

• Check out student projects in the Remix Room

Tuesday May 19, 2020

We're going to finish our look at creating and rigging a character in Scratch by programming Chromie The Robot with some sick moves and letting him kick it on the virtual dance floor.

• WATCH this lesson

• Load Mr. T's completed project file

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Enter your character into our ROBOT DANCE competition, and we'll see who has the best moves. You've been SERVED!

Wednesday April 29, 2020

We're continuing our hands-on exercise in video editing by adding a few more scenes to our kid-friendly action movie. Will the evil villain catch our hero in his web? Will Maya escape her kidnapper? 

• Watch YouTube Replay

• Register for your free WeVideo account and join our virtual class.

• VIDEO CHALLENGE: Finish editing Mr. Tomec;s action movie, and we'll show highlights on next Wednesday's stream.

Thursday April 22, 2020

Create a multiple choice quiz that you can customize with your own trivia questions,

• Watch YouTube Replay

• View PDF cheat sheet

• View the starter file

• Download a spreadsheet template to add questions to your quiz.

• Play Mr. Tomec's finished version of the game.

• Check out student projects in the Remix Room

Tuesday April 21, 2020

In a four-weeks-of-live-streams special event, bring the original Cat & Mouse game to another level by adding a new enemy type that poisons you when you eat it! ENTRY LEVEL​

• Watch YouTube Replay

• View PDF cheat sheet

• View the starter file

• Play Mr. Tomec's finished version of the game.

• Check out student projects in the Remix Room

Friday April 17, 2020

Learn how to bring external images and sounds into Scratch using the Pixlr photo editor and other free Internet resources

• Watch YouTube Replay

• View links used in this projects

• Used you your new image and sound files to make a cool Scratch project and share it in our Student Showcase

Wednesday April 15, 2020

In this week's WeVideo Wednesday lesson you'll learn about transitions, fades, audio mixing and other intermediate editing skills while practicing with some raw footage

• Watch YouTube Replay

• Register for your free WeVideo account and join our virtual class.

• VIDEO CHALLENGE: Make a funny film clip that shows the secret life of pets. What's actually going on in their furry heads?

Monday April 13, 2020

Code a Memory card game just like ones one you used to play in primary school!

• Watch YouTube Replay

• View PDF cheat sheet

• Load this project's starter file 

• Check out student projects in the Remix Room

Wednesday April 8, 2020

Learn the art of movie making with Mr. T in the first of a series of film editing workshops we're dubbing WeVideo Wednesdays. Joining our class gets you free access to WeVideo, the world's biggest cloud video editing platform.

• Watch YouTube Replay

• Register for your free WeVideo account and join our virtual class.

• VIDEO CHALLENGE: Make a short film (around one minute) showing ONE THING you're doing to pass the time in lockdown. Every week we'll screen your best productions during our Wednesday live stream.

Friday April 3, 2020

Catch all the fish, but don't accidentally hook a diver in this fun arcade game. Learn how to use Scratch's Pen tool to create an animated fishing line.

• Watch Youtube Replay

• View PDF cheat sheet

• Load this project's starter file 

• Check out student projects in the Remix Room

Wednesday April 1, 2020

In today’s lesson, we’re going to remake Pong, The simple, block-based video game from 1972 that inspired thousands of future arcade games. 

• Watch Youtube Replay

• View PDF cheat sheet

• Check out student projects in the Remix Room

Monday March 30, 2020

Learn to make a classic Mario-style platform jumping game. Once you make the game engine, you'll be able to easily customize it with new levels!

• Watch Youtube Replay

• View PDF cheat sheet

• Check out student projects in the Remix Room

Wednesday March 25, 2020

Unlock Scratch's music engine with this fun DIY Piano project. Design your own user interface using Scratch's drawing tools and customize it to play instrument noises or record your own wacky sound effects.

• Watch a Live Stream Replay

• View PDF cheat sheet

• Check out student projects in the Remix Room

Monday March 23, 2020

A great game for beginners to Scratch, Cat & Mouse teaches most of the major coding blocks in Scratch, including loops, variables, and If statements.

• Watch a Live Stream Replay

• View PDF cheat sheet

• Check out student projects in the Remix Room

Saturday  DECEMBER 18, 2021

Deliver gifts to all the good little boys and girls, but fly safely! The children of the world are counting on you!!

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• Load a STARTER FILE with all the graphics you'll need to follow Mr. T's tutorial.

• PLAY the finished game​

Saturday  OCTOBER 16, 2021

Create a Squid Game-themed side-scrolling action game in Scratch in this fun intermediate-level coding tutorial.  Learn how to use a virtual coordinate system to create a giant, scrolling play area and animate your character and a small horde of AIs as they race to the finish line without being caught by a creepy animatronic doll.

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Note: Squid Game projects have been banned from the Scratch website. You are free to build this game for your own educational purposes, but please don't post this material on the Scratch website. 

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• Load a STARTER FILE with all the graphics you'll need to follow Mr. T's tutorial. This file is a zipped .sb3 file. To load it, create a blank Scratch project and from the file menu select "load from your computer" and select the unzipped .sb3 file.

• PLAY the finished game on Turbowarp.

• WATCH Part 1 of our tutorial​

Saturday  JULY 10, 2021

Create wacky and infinitely expandable Rube Goldberg contraptions with the Infinite Machine, a Scratch framework that allows coders to connect animated sprites together in an ever growing chain reaction of cause and effect

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• Load a TEMPLATE FILE with all the code and graphics you'll need to make your own project.

• PLAY an example project.​

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Remix this project to create your own crazy contraptions! Save your project to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll combine the best of them into a single, giant machine that we'll run on our live stream.

Saturday  MAY 15, 2021

Start digging, everybody, because we took the world’s most popular building game, Minecraft, and blew it up to make an exciting new tower defence game. Mine for resources, build walls and deploy Steves to defend your house from an army of invading zombies, creepers, and endermen.

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• Load a STARTER FILE with all the sounds and graphics you'll need to make this project.

• Load a CATCH-UP FILE with all the code we completed in Part 1.

• Watch PART 1 of our video tutorial.

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Remix this project with new graphics, sounds and gameplay features, and make the game your own! Save your project to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday  MAY 1, 2021

Teach your sprites to do complex animations, fade in and out, jump, throw, speak, wiggle and shake with this fantastic set of Scratch tools that will give beginner-level coders everything they need to create complex Scratch stories.

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• No starter file needed for this project.

• View the FINISHED PROJECT and save it to your backpack for use in your own story projects.

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Remix this project with new graphics, sounds and gameplay features, and make the game your own! Save your project to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday  APRIL 17, 2021

It's a Vegas-style slot machine, complete with flashing lights, tinkling money sounds and all the glitz of the world's favourite gambling game. 

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• Watch our VIDEO TUTORIAL

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the sounds and graphics you'll need to make this project.

• Play the FINISHED GAME

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Remix this project with new graphics, sounds and gameplay features, and make the game your own! Save your project to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday  APRIL 3, 2021

Slug it out against your friends in this frantic two-player artillery game that features destructible terrain. Tilt your gun, select your muzzle velocity, and FIRE!​ in this original Chromeworks title, accompanied by a full tutorial suitable for intermediate level Scratchers. 

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• Watch our VIDEO TUTORIAL

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the sounds and graphics you'll need to make this project.

• Play the FINISHED GAME

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Remix this project with new graphics, sounds and gameplay features, and make the game your own! Save your project to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday  MARCH 20, 2021

This week we take a first look at multiplayer gaming by creating a simple project that will allow you to move a sprite around on somebody else's screen 

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• Watch our VIDEO TUTORIAL

• No starter file needed for this project.

• See the ORIGINAL PROJECT here

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Remix this project with new graphics, sounds and gameplay features, and make the game your own! Save your project to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Navigate the lily pads, catch the flies and watch out for hungry fish! It's eat or be eaten in this whimsical new game, an original Scratch project by Chromeworks Co-Op student Liam Desrosiers.

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• Watch our VIDEO TUTORIAL

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the original game graphics and sound effects you'll need to get going with this project.

• View a PDF CHEAT SHEET with all the code we use in this project.

• Play the FINISHED GAME here

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Remix this project with new graphics, sounds and gameplay features, and make the game your own! Save your project to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday FEBRUARY 13, 2021

It was Groundhog Day this week, a perfect time to roll out our Scratch version of the classic penny arcade game. Despite the cartoonish violence, no actual groundhogs were injured in the making of this game!

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• Watch our VIDEO TUTORIAL

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the original game graphics and sound effects you'll need to get going with this project.

• Play the FINISHED GAME here

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Remix this project with new graphics, sounds and gameplay features, and make the game your own! Save your project to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday JANUARY 16, 2021

Learn the languages of the world using futuristic translation technology. Taking advantage of Scratch's Text-To-Speech and Translate extension blocks, you'll be able to get any sentence translated into 47 different languages in this beginner-level coding tutorial.

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• Watch the TUTORIAL here

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the original game graphics and sound effects you'll need to get going with this project.

• Play the FINISHED GAME here

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Remix this project with new graphics, sounds and gameplay features, and make the game your own! Save your project to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday DECEMBER 19, 2020

Bake and decorate your own gingerbread people in this fun new holiday-themed Christmas game. This in-depth game tutorial, designed for late-beginner to intermediate Scratch users, will teach you everything you need to know to make a fun art project that uses the pen tool and cloning to decorate a character.

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• Watch the TUTORIAL here

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the original game graphics and sound effects you'll need to get going with this project

• Play the FINISHED GAME here

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Remix this project with new graphics, sounds and gameplay features, and make the game your own! Save your project to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday OCTOBER 31, 2020

Code an amazing, open-ended game world and customize it to make your own game in this sprawling 7-part series!

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• Watch the entire tutorial playlist HERE

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the original game graphics and sound effects you'll need to get going with this project

• Download a PDF CHEAT SHEET with all the sounds and graphics you'll need to make this project

• Play the FINISHED GAME here

REMIX CHALLENGE: Remix this project with new graphics, sounds and gameplay features, and make the game your own! Save your project to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

We take a break from game design for a lesson on how to create brand new animated sprites to use in your Scratch projects. Learn how to find the right image from an almost limitless supply of free clip art images, and modify it to bring it to life.

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• WATCH this lesson

• Load a Scratch file containing the finished KNIGHT GRAPHIC

• Download the original
  CLIP-ART resource we use
  in this week's session

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Create a game or story using our new knight graphic, or build your own using your new skills. Save it to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday AUGUST 27, 2020

Navigate through a darkened maze strewn with bombs, teleporters and other power-ups in a desperate race to be the first to escape ... alive! Beat your opponent to the escape, and if all else fails, CHEAT! Learn to make this original Scratch game in our two-part tutorial.

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• Watch PART 1 of this lesson

• Watch PART 2 of this lesson

• Load the FINISHED PROJECT

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the graphics and sounds you'll need

• Download a PDF CHEAT SHEET with all the sounds and graphics you'll need to make this project

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Modify this game with new graphics, sounds and game play, and save it to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday AUGUST 15, 2020

Code a tower defence-style game with Chromeworks this week. Among other skills, you'll learn a simple technique for getting enemies to move along a path, and how to create gun turrets that players can custom-place anywhere on the board.

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• WATCH this lesson

• Load the FINISHED PROJECT

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the graphics and sounds you'll need

• Download a PDF CHEAT SHEET with all the sounds and graphics you'll need to make this project

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Modify this game with new graphics, sounds and game play, and save it to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday AUGUST 1, 2020

Navigate across the board hunting for fruit, but don't touch the walls, and don't slither over your own tail as it gets longer, and longer and LONGER in this classic arcade game. This simple project is ideal for beginner to intermediate level Scratchers.  

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• WATCH this lesson

• Load the FINISHED PROJECT

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the graphics and sounds you'll need

• Download a PDF CHEAT SHEET with all the sounds and graphics you'll need to make this project

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Modify this game with new graphics, sounds and game play, and save it to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Saturday JULY 18, 2020

This 2013 title is famous for being insanely difficult, and spawned a flurry of “rage game” imitators. Navigate your bird through a maze of pipes, bobbing up and down unsteadily before death inevitably finds you.

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• WATCH this lesson

• Load the FINISHED PROJECT

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the graphics and sounds you'll need

• View a PDF CHEAT SHEET with all the finished code

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Modify this game with new graphics, sounds and game play, and save it to our REMIX ROOM, and we'll show the best on our live stream, Saturdays at 10am Eastern.

Monday June 12, 2020

Guide your spaceship through a perilous asteroid field while being hunted by UFOs in this remake of the iconic 1979 arcade classic.

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• Watch PART 1 of this lesson

• Watch PART 2 of this lesson

• Watch PART 3 of this lesson

• Load the FINISHED PROJECT

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the graphics and sounds you'll need

• View a PDF CHEAT SHEET with all the finished code

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Modify this game with new graphics, sounds and game play, and save it to our REMIX ROOM. We'll show the best on our daily live stream.

Thursday June 4, 2020

Another classic from the golden age of arcade games, Breakout is an evolution of Pong where your player bounces a  ball into a wall that disappears, one brick at a time as you try to clear the level.

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• Watch PART 1 of this lesson

• Watch PART 2 of this lesson

• Load the FINISHED PROJECT

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the graphics and sounds you'll need

• View a PDF CHEAT SHEET with all the finished code

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Modify this game with new graphics, sounds and game play, and save it to our REMIX ROOM. We'll show the best on our daily live stream.

Tuesday June 2, 2020

Learn how animators create realistic cartoon dialogue by swapping lip shapes to portray different sounds. In this lesson we'll use a series of mouth animations to build code that will realistically say anything you tell it to.

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• Watch this lesson

• Load the FINISHED PROJECT

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the graphics and sounds you'll need

• View a PDF CHEAT SHEET with all the finished code

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Create your own cool lip sync animation and share it to our REMIX ROOM. We'll show the best on our daily live stream.

Wednesday May 27, 2020

Videos shared on Tik Tok come in all flavours, but the popular ones often use clever video editing techniques like double exposures and forced perspective to fool the audience. In today's lesson we're going to explore some fun video editing techniques inspired by Tik Tok videos. 

• WATCH this lesson

• REGISTER for your free WeVideo account and join our virtual class.

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VIDEO CHALLENGE: Make your own Tik Tok style short video and we'll show it on our next WeVideo Wednesday broadcast..

Wednesday May 20, 2020

learn how to create realistic looking fake images using Pixlr, an awesome FREE online photo editor that works on any computer.

• WATCH this lesson

• Load a STARTER FILE with all the graphics we'll be using in this lesson. Note that this .PXD file format will only open within Pixlr. You cannot view it any other way.

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UFO CHALLENGE: Create your own fake UFO landing picture in Pixlr and e-mail it to Chromeworks. We'll show the best work on our daily live stream.

Thursday May 14, 2020

We're taking a deeper dive into Scratch's drawing tools today by creating an original robot design. In subsequent lessons we'll animate him into different poses and eventually insert him into Scratch games and stories. 

• WATCH this lesson

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REMIX CHALLENGE: Save your completed robot into our Build a Robot REMIX ROOM and show your art work off on our live stream

Tuesday May 12, 2020

We hope you don't follow Bart Simpson's advice  ("Good ol' Rock, nothing beats that!") when you play against the computer in this high-tech remake of the old schoolyard game. 

• Watch Part 1

• Watch Part 2

• View PDF cheat sheet

• View the starter file

• Play the finished version of the game.

• Check out student projects in the Remix Room

Tuesday May 5, 2020

For today's WeVideo tutorial, we're teaching you how to make ... tutorials!! We'll take a look at WeVideo's screencasting functions and some techniques for capturing your screen and your face simultaneously. Practice by working on one of Mr. T's own instructional videos. Now it's YOUR turn to be the teacher! 

• REGISTER for your free WeVideo account and join our virtual class.

• VIDEO CHALLENGE: Make your own "Stupid Scratch Tricks" video and share it with us, and we'll publish it on our YouTube channel.

Monday May 4, 2020

Navigate your frog across a perilous highways and over dangerous waters in this remake of the 1981 arcade classic

• Watch Part 1

• Watch Part 2

• Watch Part 3

• View PDF cheat sheet

• View the starter file

• Play Mr. Tomec's finished version of the game.

• Check out student projects in the Remix Room

Friday April 23, 2020

Learn how to create a Cookie Clicker-style game while you work with Mr. T on COVID Clicker, a game where you madly gather resources to defeat the dreaded coronavirus.

• Watch Part 1

• Watch Part 2

• Watch Part 3

• View PDF cheat sheet

• View the starter file

• Play Mr. Tomec's finished version of the game.

• Check out student projects in the Remix Room

Wednesday April 22, 2020

Learn to edit video while working on a kid-friendly action movie culled from Mr. T's archives of raw footage. It's all part of WeVideo Wednesday, our weekly diversion into the world of film making.

• Watch YouTube Replay

• Register for your free WeVideo account and join our virtual class.

• VIDEO CHALLENGE: Finish editing Mr. Tomec;s action movie, and we'll show highlights on next Wednesday's stream.

Monday April 20, 2020

We wrap up our look at the Pac Man with a lesson on how to empower ghosts with a simple AI that navigates them through the maze. INTERMEDIATE DIFFICULTY!

• Watch YouTube Replay

• View PDF cheat sheet

• View the starter file

• Play Mr. Tomec's "almost finished" version of the game.

• Check out student projects in the Remix Room

Thursday April 16, 2020

Today we're remaking the 1981 arcade classic. What more is there to say!

• Watch YouTube Replay

• View PDF cheat sheet

• View the starter file

• Play the "almost finished" game

• Check out student projects in the Remix Room

Tuesday April 14, 2020

Make an old-school 2-player arcade car racing game with custom-designed graphics and sounds.

• Watch YouTube Replay

• View PDF cheat sheet

• Play the finished game

• Check out student projects in the Remix Room

Thursday April 9, 2020

Code a virtual dinosaur pet and teach it how to eat, play with toys and growl lovingly when you pet it!

• Watch YouTube Replay

• View PDF cheat sheet

• Load this project's starter file 

• Check out student projects in the Remix Room

Monday April 6-7, 2020

Remake the 1978 arcade classic in this Intermediate-level coding lesson.

• Watch Part 1 Replay

• Watch Part 2 Replay

• View PDF cheat sheet

• Load this project's starter file 

• Play the finished game

• Check out student projects in the Remix Room

Thursday April 2, 2020

Digital storytelling in Scratch is a technique where you mix sounds, text and movement to make fun little cartoon stories. It's a great tool for creating awesome school projects.

• Watch Youtube Replay

• View PDF cheat sheet

• Here's the Mouse Maze practice project mentioned in the video.

• Check out student projects in our Digital Storytelling Showcase

Tuesday March 31, 2020

The pen is an amazing add-on tool for Scratch that unlocks the software's potential for creating digital art. Learn how to use the Pen by experimenting with Mr. T.

• Watch Youtube Replay

• View PDF cheat sheet

• Check out student projects in the Remix Room

Thursday March 26-27, 2020

Use Scratch's cloning commands to create a space-themed shooter game where enemies appear at the edge of the screen and pursue your spaceship. Blast them before they touch you!

• Watch Part 1 Replay

• Watch Part 2 Replay

• Watch Bonus Content replay

• View PDF cheat sheet

• Check out student projects in the Remix Room

Tuesday March 24, 2020

Use list variables to create a magic 8-ball that gives random and occasionally wacky answers to all your deepest questions. ​

• Watch a Live Stream Replay

• View PDF cheat sheet

• View our starter file in Scratch

• Check out student projects in the Remix Room

• Watch the YouTube teaser for this project