2.02 Set the scene
You will set the scene. Choose your backdrop and add a dragonfly that follows the mouse-pointer around the Stage.
Open the Grow a dragonfly starter project. Scratch will open in another browser tab.
Choose: Click Choose a Backdrop and add a backdrop of your choice. We used the Jurassic backdrop.
Click Choose a Sprite and search for dragonfly, then add the Dragonfly sprite.
Add a script to make the Dragonfly sprite follow the mouse-pointer (or your finger):
Test: Click the green flag and make the Dragonfly sprite move around the Stage. Is the dragonfly moving as you would expect?
The Dragonfly costume is not facing to the right, so the head of the Dragonfly sprite is not pointing towards the mouse-pointer.
Click on the Costumes tab and use the Select (arrow) tool to select the costume. Use the Rotate tool at bottom of the selected costume to turn the Dragonfly costume to face the right.
Test: Click the green flag and look at how the dragonfly moves now.
Add the Crank sound to the Dragonfly sprite.
- Select the sprite you want to add the sound to.
- Click the Sounds tab, and click Choose a Sound:
- Sounds are organised by category, and you can hover over the icon to hear a sound. Choose a suitable sound.
- You should then see that your sprite has your chosen sound.
lick the Play button so you can hear the sound.
The Crank sound is too long and too slow for dragonfly wings.
Rename your new sound from Crank2 to Wings.
Play the new sound. Click the Faster button a few times until you like the result:
If you like, you can select the very end of the Wings sound, and then click Delete to remove it:
Now add a block to play the Wings sound when the dragonfly moves:
Test: Try out your dragonfly movement and sound effect.