Scratch is an easy visual programming language for young learners to make fun, interactive games. If you love coding and want to make a simple monkey game, this guide will help you learn the basics!
Step 1: Setting Up Your Scratch Project
Open Scratch and create a new project. Pick a monkey sprite from the library or upload one of your own. Find a backdrop to match your theme, either jungle, treehouse, or tropical.
Step 2: Monkey Movements
To make your monkey move, use event-based blocks:
• Click on the “When green flag clicked” block from Events and drag it onto the scripting area.
• In Motion, attach blocks like “Move 10 steps” or “Change x by 10” for left and right movements.
• Add the keyboard control through the “When key pressed” blocks for the arrow keys.
Step 3: Banana Power
What monkey game would be complete without bananas? Add a banana sprite and make it fall from the top with
• Go to a random position in Motion.
• Glide 3 seconds to (x,y) to drop the banana.
Step 4: Make a Catch
Have your monkey catch bananas.
• Put an “if touching banana” condition from the control blocks.
• Then add a “Change score by 1” block to keep score.
• When the monkey catches a banana, play a happy sound!
Step 5: Create More Game Fun
They could also add obstacles like falling coconuts as a time limit with countdown timers. After completing your game, test it by clicking the green flag and tweak it to improve game mechanics.
Now you have created your first monkey game in Scratch—happy coding!
