ACTUAL Scratch Hacks! YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT!

Scratch is a powerful tool for creating with code, but to keep things simple, there are things you aren't allowed to do...UNLESS you know how to bend the rules a little.

In this short tutorial, tech educator Andrew Tomec walks you through 3 of his favorite hacks -- simple techniques you can use to do things that SHOULD be impossible.
You'll learn how to:
01:19  Break Scratch's size limit and SUPERSIZE YOUR SPRITE!
03:33  Make your sprite go right off the screen!
05:39  Create a love and fave detector!
06:23  Keep your project running even AFTER you hit the stop button!

Hosted by Andrew Tomec (@MrTomec)
Original Scratch art by Miss Lynne (@MissLynne71)
Our cartoon animations are created in Scratch. We believe Scratch is an amazing tool for teaching kids to create digital art and animation, and our videos seek to use Scratch tools to bring our own stories to life.

==========PLAY IT IN SCRATCH========
Check out the @atomecstudios account in Scratch to see the games and art assets we used to make this and other videos.

Love & Fave Detector: Featuring Andy!  https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/9204...

You'll find more of the Scratch files we used to create our tutorials in this studio: https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/32681076

========TRY OUT OUR LIP SYNC TOOLKIT========
Andy's lip sync animations were created using our lip sync toolkit. If you want to try animating fun lip sync animations in your own projects, just visit our project page at https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/8449... and drag the lip sprite into your backpack. Deploy it in any project by removing your sprite's mouth and replacing it with the animated mouth.
To use the custom block, just type the sounds you want to speak into the white input bubble and edit the text by adding the number 5 to add a 0.5-second delay or a 1 to add a 0.1-second delay. See our lip sync video tutorial for complete instructions and examples. Lip sync animation magic in Scratch

=======ABOUT SCRATCH HACKS======
Created by Atomec Studios and narrated by veteran tech educator Andrew Tomec, SCRATCH HACKS is a series of quick and simple Scratch coding tutorials aimed at beginner- to intermediate-level coders. Scratch Hacks aim to take the fear factor out of coding with byte-sized video tutorials that offer tips and advice on the most common questions and problems that arise when youngsters first take up coding in Scratch. In his work as a Canadian elementary school teacher, Mr. T has taught hundreds of introductory coding classes to children from kindergarten up. "I was struck by how often the same simple questions arise in every class I teach. Learning to code is like learning any other language, and these compact lessons will help give learners the vocabulary they need to express themselves in the digital world."

======WHAT IS ATOMEC STUDIOS?======
Atomec Studios is a learning initiative that aims to put the A into STEAM with fun and accessible learning that emphasizes creative expression over algorithms. We believe that kids learn best when set free to pursue their own unique passions, a goal that's been aided tremendously by the growth of powerful, kid-friendly software like MIT's Scratch, that unlock the world of animation, storytelling, game production, music composition and digital art.

For more information about our online content and real-world workshops and teacher training, visit our website at http://atomec.com.
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