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    The document describes a sample Pong game in Scratch, including how the ball and paddle sprites move, the combo blocks that control their movement, and how the game ends if the ball hits the bottom. It also discusses changing the randomness and using the pen tool kit.

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    The document describes a sample Pong game in Scratch, including how the ball and paddle sprites move, the combo blocks that control their movement, and how the game ends if the ball hits the bottom. It also discusses changing the randomness and using the pen tool kit.

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    Scratch Programming

    Lesson 7: The Pong Game

    In this lesson, we will explore a sample game named “Pong”. This game is
    simple so it's a good place to start learning how to create a game. To open
    the “Pong” game, click “Open” and browse to Projects->Games, and then
    select “Pong”. Click OK to open the Pong project.

    There are two sprites: ball and paddle. The ball sprite moves randomly by
    its own, whereas the paddle sprite is moved by user moving the mouse.

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    Click the green flag to try the game. Use the paddle to hit the ball as it falls
    down. You should soon find that if the ball hits the bottom of the Stage, the
    game would end.

    The ball sprite has three combo


    blocks. You can think of a sprite as a
    robot and each combo block as a
    separate motor. Just like a robot is
    controlled by many motors, a sprite
    can be controlled by many combo
    blocks. In Computer Science
    language, each combo block is a
    thread of execution, working
    independently of the other threads.

    In the picture shown left, first combo


    block controls how the game would
    end - if ball touches red, then game
    ends.

    The middle combo block checks


    whether the ball has touched the
    paddle and takes action when it does.

    The last combo block checks whether


    the ball has hit the edge and takes
    action when it does.

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    The image below shows how a sprite moves in the Scratch stage which is
    based on the X-Y coordinate system.

    This sprite moves according to this script:

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    The Combo block shown is activated The combo block shown is activated
    when the ball hits Stage’s red bottom. when the ball hits the edges of the
    Stage.

    The combo block shown is activated when the ball hits the paddle.

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    TRY THIS: Try changing the randomness by changing the value in “pick
    random ? to ?” block. To make it more random and the game more difficult,
    increase the range of the degree change.

    Also, you can make the ball leave trace of its movement by using the Pen
    Tool Kit.

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