#ANIMATED OCEAN WAVES CODE#

To make the wave go up, use the change whirl effect by 25 block. Rather than clicking this block a bunch of times, changing the value to something negative, then clicking it a bunch more times, you can program the computer to do these actions for you.įor this to look like a real wave, it should go up and then back down. These are the beginnings of a computer program. You should see the whirl effect slowly reversing. To reverse the whirl effect, change the value in the whirl block to a negative number. To select this block for your program, click on it and drag it into the script's editor.Įach time you run this block, the whirl effect gets more intense. Select the whirl effect and click to run the block. Some blocks, like this effects block, have a value that you can change.Ĭlick the dropdown to select a different effect, and click the block to run it.Īfter trying a few effect's, click the clear graphics effect block to reset the water sprite to it's original appearance. To create a wave, use the change effect by block. Looks blocks change a sprite's appearance. Scratch blocks are color coded so purple blocks are in the purple looks menu.

#ANIMATED OCEAN WAVES CODE#

The code blocks you select will run for this sprite. In this menu, you'll find the instruction blocks you'll use to create programs. In Scratch, you will program sprites to do different things. Sprite is another word for a character or an object. Watch this video to learn how, then switch over to Scratch and try it on your own. In this video, you'll animate the water to create a wave effect.

Animated ocean waves