Shooting those baddies!

Now that we have enemies, we need to create a way to get rid of them. Let's create a weapon for your player character, which he can fire at the enemies to remove them.

At the end of this project, we will also write a script so that the enemies can hurt the player.

Prepare for lift off

For the weapon, we will again search for a sprite from the Scratch library. With a few changes, this can be turned into a spear for the diver to use.

  1. Click on the choose sprite from library icon.
  2. Browse the Things category to search for a suitable projectile.
  3. The Magic Wand looks like a useful option so we pick that.
    Prepare for lift off
  4. Change the name of the sprite to ...

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