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Scratchmitedu-projects-editor-tutorial-getstarted

Your first goal is to make the cat say something. Look for the Code Tab in the Blocks Palette. Click the "Events" block category (it’s brown/yellowish).

Drag this block into the Scripts Area:

when [green flag] clicked

Now, click the "Looks" block category (purple). Drag this block and snap it directly underneath the first block: scratchmitedu-projects-editor-tutorial-getstarted

say [Hello!] for [2] seconds

Result: Click the green flag icon above the Stage. Your cat now says "Hello!"

Congratulations. You have just written your first program using the scratchmitedu-projects-editor-tutorial-getstarted workflow. Your first goal is to make the cat say something

Your project is a masterpiece. Now what?

The Stage is 480 pixels wide by 360 pixels tall. The center is x: 0, y: 0. Now, click the "Looks" block category (purple)

Important Buttons above the Stage:

Click the "Share" button (orange, top-right). Your project gets a unique URL: scratch.mit.edu/projects/YOUR_NUMBER. Anyone with the link can play it.