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Scratch BrickPi Robot workshop

The robots At our Code Club, we currently have two robots both are made by Dexter Industries and are controlled from a Raspberry Pi. Our BrickPi robot uses a Raspberry Pi model 1B, combined with Lego Mindstorms more recent EV3 motors and sensors Our GoPiGo robot uses the same model Raspberry Pi, with one ultrasonic sensor a Raspberry Pi camera, and a servo that moves both Here’s an photo from when we first put them together:

Tips for designing your first Scratch games

The idea Our Code Club is part of Code Club Australia who provide some great resources that include some fun Scratch game tutorials/exercises. When kids are new to Code Club, the best place to start is by doing several of these step-by-step activities. Sooner or later the kids start to get some ideas, and start designing some of their own game ideas. It can be easy to stay within the safety zone of what we’ve done previously.

Saving Scratch game states to cloud data

How do I allow users to save a game state in online Scratch? One of our Code Club kids asked this question last week. So I worked out a simple way to do this. In order for this method to work, you will need to have been upgraded from a New Scratch member to a Scratcher. This will allow you to create up to 10 cloud variables, with each able to contain 10,240 digits.