Ask qucchia #2

 

Za-chary asked: From what I see, I'm the first user you have followed. I also feel like you once stated I am your favorite Scratcher. This (along with your hacked block adventures) is how you stand out in my mind. If these are true, I find it really interesting because it seems like you and I use Scratch in very different ways. My question is, was there something I did that particularly inspired you? How did I influence your Scratch journey, if at all?

Ever since I first knew about you, since your project Global Warning 2 was featured, I have admired the way you can make such enjoyable games only with Scratch. I have attempted several times to make large games, but every time, I have stopped due to lost motivation.

Now, I have considered leaving Scratch several times, as you may remember. I have thought some times, 'is it really worth staying on Scratch, when I can make better and bigger things elsewhere?' But when I saw your projects I saw that it was perfectly alright to keep making things on Scratch. It may be thanks to you that I am still on Scratch today.

BusterBrown1218 asked: How do you get the variables to show for example mouse x or mouse y or username?

griefercube asked: How to do the magic trick number 2 in qucchia magic? 

To get these custom variables, you'll need to make a show variable block that shows it. Drag out a show variable block and follow the steps I said before to open the project.json. After opening the block's properties, open fields (fields are the square dropdowns of a block). Open VARIABLE, and you'll see two items. The first is the name of the variable you want to show, the second is the opcode of the variable. So if you change the first to mouse x and the second to sensing_mousex, the block will now show the mouse x position. 

Here's a list of more values you can try:

  • sensing_mousex
  • sensing_mousey
  • sensing_dayssince2000
  • sensing_username
  • sensing_answer
  • sensing_loudness
  • current_year
  • current_month
  • current_date
  • current_day_of_week
  • current_hour
  • current_minute
  • current_second
  • music_tempo
  • looks_backdropnumber
  • looks_backdropname

Logaff asked: Can you make a Set ___ (So I can type the variable name instead of using the menu) to _____ so I can make a game?

I have tried to do this countless times, without succeeding. I am convinced that there is no way to do this, unfortunately.

andyman11 asked: What inspired you to start block hacking?

I suppose, seeing other people making hacks like juegostrower. I've always found these things fascinating.

Hearst10 asked: Can you hack scratch to make when <>::events hat block?

No, but there is a workaround to do it.

Here's how it works:
 - If the condition is false, it will have a numerical value of 0. Therefore, Scratch will check whether the timer is greater than (timer - 0). This is false, so the script doesn't start.
 - If the condition is true, its numerical value will be 1, and Scratch will check whether timer > (timer - 1), which is true.

The great thing about this is that if you're using the timer somewhere else in your project it will still work!

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