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Project Notes
Scratch-o-matic generates random programs that make interesting drawings. The program is the strip of colored boxes at the bottom.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Click "Run" to start the program.
Click "New!" to generate a new random program.
Click "Single-Step" to make the program run one instruction at a time.
HOW IT WORKS:
The colored boxes work a lot like scratch blocks. Here's what they mean:
Red: move forward
Blue: turn left by the amount in the variable
Green: turn right by the amount in the variable
Orange: increase the variable by 5
Purple: decrease the variable by 5
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the variable slider, i mean...
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Where the variable shows up on the stage, just double-click on it, or right-click on it. You can choose from three different ways to show the variable.
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how do you get a slider on there???
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(i mean red.)
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too bad if you get one without blue Haha!
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got one like"red,purple,red,purple,red,purple,red,purple,red,purple,red,purple," lol =)
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*jaw drops in astonishment* lol its great!
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make it so you can creat ur own programs! a great start btw.
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COOL
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I DONT LIKE IT AT ALL,SORRY!
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I got a circle.
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I like this!
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Wow.
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great idea, I like it a lot.
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The patterns remind me a lot of curlicue fractals: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/CurlicueFractal.html Very nice program. :)
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I noticed something. If yopu let it sit long enough, it will always create a pattern; that is, go around the same path again and again.
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I love it.
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Fascinating. Some of these patterns were of a type that I used to set as assignments for a group who were exploring Logo. If you (or anyone else) enjoys this type of challenge, the best Logo is also free (MSWLogo, available from Softronix)
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I had never seen Piet before following your link- that's really cool! We could probably make something a little like it in scratch, though not exactly. If somebody tries it out I'd love to see it!
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Eric, was this by any chance inspired by the programming language Piet? http://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/piet.html
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it reminds me of my old spirograph. really fun!
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