2.09 Upgrade your project
In this step, try adding more insects, changing the way your project looks and behaves.
Add more insects
Add more insects. You might need to make them move faster, so they are harder for the dragonfly to catch.
You can paint your own insects or trying adding an emoji mosquito!
Use the emoji keyboard to add a Mosquito emoji sprite.
Duplicate an existing insect sprite then click on the Costumes tab. Paint a new costume and select the Text tool. Instead of typing text, use the emoji keyboard shortcut for your Operating System:
Windows – Windows key + ‘.’
MacOS – ctrl + cmd + space
Linux – ctrl + ‘.’
Select the Mosquito emoji to insert it into the Paint editor. Use the Select (arrow) tool to centre, resize, and rotate your mosquito until you are happy with it.
Tip: Emojis can look different on different computers, so they might not look the same on a tablet and a desktop computer. Some emojis aren’t available on some computers, but most modern computers will support them.
Use your Backpack to trade insects with your friends from their ‘Grow a Dragonfly’ projects.
- You can use your Scratch Backpack to store costumes, sprites, sounds, and scripts that you want to copy between projects.
- You can only access your own Backpack, and you must be logged in to your Scratch account to use it.
- To open your Backpack, click on the Backpack tab at the bottom of the screen.
- To add a sprite to your Backpack, drag the sprite from the Sprite list to the Backpack. This will store the full sprite in your Backpack, including all of its costumes, sounds, and scripts.
- To add a backdrop to your Backpack, select the Stage pane and click on the Backdrops tab, then choose the backdrop that you want and drag it to your Backpack.
- To use an item in your Backpack in another project, open the project and drag the item from the Backpack to the correct pane or tab.
- To delete an item in your Backpack, find the item in the Backpack tab, then right-click (or on a tablet, tap and hold) on the item and select delete.
- You can hide your Backpack when you are not using it. To do this, click on the Backpack tab at the bottom of the screen.
Tip: Check that all your sprites and costumes have sensible names. It makes your project easier to understand if you come back to it later.
Tip: Make sure your code is laid out neatly in the Code area. Right-click on the Code area and choose Clean up Blocks to get Scratch to tidy up your code.
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You can view the completed project here.