LESSON 10.4: Animates names, Chasing game and create a story

 Today we learned to customize Scratch elements to adapt our animations to the lessons we are preparing. In Scratch you can customise several elements and the webpage also provides tutorials to get the most out of the program. 

• Sprites: sprites are the characters the webpage offers for you to animate. There is a wide variety of them completely for free: animals, people, objects, etc. When you have chosen your sprite you can change its color pattern and its movements. It is worth mentioning that the webpage also offers the option of drawing and uploading your own sprites, thus multiplying the customization options. 
• Backdrops: backdrops are the background images for your animation. The webpage offers a wide and free range of options but, once again, you can upload your own backgrounds from your computer or draw your own. 

In class Raquel encouraged us to create our own animated name, playing with the colors and backgrounds we could make. In this case i wanted to make an invitation card for a birthday:

Afterwards we learned how to make our own animated story, with characters that speak to each other and have a dialogue. This is my example: