arrow_back Shrinking Sprite

In this add-on, you'll make one of your sprites shrink if the mouse touches it. This will make it difficult but not impossible for the user to click on the sprite. To get started, click one of the sprites.

To make the sprite shrink, change the sprite size using the set size block.

Enter a percentage smaller than the sprite's original size.

In this example, the new size is set to 10%.

Experiment with different values until you get the effect that you want. To make the sprite shrink when it touches the mouse, use an if else block from the control menu.

Add the if else block to the bottom of the when flag clicked block stack. Next, from the sensing menu pull out the touching block. And add it to the if portion of the if then block. If necessary, change the value to touching mouse-pointer. Now, the code reads, if the sprite is touching the mouse-pointer, then do something. Make the sprite shrink by adding the set size block you dragged out earlier into the then portion of the if else block. Next, make the sprite return to its original size.

Drag out the set size block into the else portion of the if else block. Change the value in the set size block to the original size of the sprite. Now test your code.

When the sprite touches the mouse-pointer, nothing happens.

That's because when the flag is clicked, the program checks only once if the sprite is touching the mouse-pointer.

To make the program continually check if the sprite is touching the mouse-pointer, add a forever loop around the if else block. Now, test your code again.

Well, that's not what you want.

The sprite changes between its original size and smaller size too quickly. When the panda shrinks, it's no longer touching the mouse-pointer. Then, when it's not touching the mouse-pointer, it changes back to its original size.

To fix this bug, add a wait block under the set size block that makes the sprite shrink.

Test the code again.

There, that looks much better.

Feel free to experiment with the values in the wait block.

Now it's your turn. Use an if else block in a loop to continually check if the sprite is touching the mouse-pointer. If the sprite is touching the mouse-pointer, make it shrink with the set size block, then wait.

Else, set the size back to its original size.

The sprite will always check if it's touching the mouse-pointer and it will change its size accordingly.