Scratch™ 2.0 Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours

Hour 12. Using Data Blocks

What You’ll Learn in This Hour:

What are variables?

What are lists?

Combining variables and lists

The skills you learn in this hour go a long way toward making your program more personal and dynamic. Suppose you are developing a game—how do you plan to track the player’s score?

Or perhaps you’re using Scratch to make a role-playing game (RPG)—how do you intend to keep track of the player’s backpack inventory? The answers ...