Hi all, hoping you can help me. Am sure it is staring me in the face but am only new to this. I have written my code, chosen my background and sprites but nothing is happening. I have made several fresh attempts but IT WILL NOT WORK! I cant see what I am doing wrong. Please help.
Here it isprojects/73256736/#editor

Your project isn't shared so I can't view it via the link you have provided. Let me know when you have shared the project and then I will try my best to help you. Or you can give me an example of your code here. You can use the block tab above the comment box to do things like this:

It can be useful for showing people examples of your code if you don't want to share your project yet.

oh thank you so much. I hadn't shared it as it wasn't working for me. I have played around with it so much now that I don't know what my original codes were! I'll share my attempt now and really would appreciate your advice. Many thanks

speckosaurus, this is the link. Would greatly appreciate any help. https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/73256736/

Cool, thanks! Your main problem is that your code only happens once. This is because you haven't put it in a loop. First of all it's good to keep your code separate where you can, so I would have one block for your animation and one block for the penguin walking.
Your animation block will look something like this:

Now that the code is in a forever loop, this means it will keep repeating itself while the game is playing. I put in the “wait” blocks because without them, it would switch between the costumes so fast that you wouldn't see it! You can make the seconds shorter or longer depending on what you prefer.

You will do something similar for the movement. You want it to happen forever (or use

if you want it to happen a certain number of times). The penguin will move so many steps and then wait for a second or half a second so he doesn't go too fast. Try that part by yourself and see how you get on

speckosaurus thank you so much for your help. I'll get back to it now, won't let it beat me!

Good luck! It's easy to over complicate things for yourself, so when it gets too difficult, take a step back and try to make it easier for yourself. If you have any more problems or questions, feel free to ask

speckosaurus, what about my sound bites? I was going ‘all out’ to impress with music and sound as this is for a course to hopefully teach children the joy of scratch, but at the minute I must admit I'm not feeling the joy! Even implementing your suggestions and watching the preview there is still nothing happening.

For your code blocks to be executed, they need to begin with something that tells them when to execute. For example

means the code underneath it will happen as soon as you start the game and

means that the code will happen only when you click the sprite.
Right now your forever and repeat loops don't have anything to tell them when to execute. For these, attach

to the top of each of them and they will execute

If you tell me exactly what you want the penguin to do, I can remix your project to give you an example of how it would work. That might help you to understand it better

I am trying to have a penguin walk onto the set, the backdrop of the graffiti wall. He then turns (second penguin) and tells everyone his name is Percy,using my sons recording, and asks will you dance with me, in my other sons's recording. Then the music starts, the backdrop changes to the stage and he starts dancing. He then says ‘Thanks for watching’ and glides off(I seem to have mastered this part, albeit with an upside down Percy!)
Please, please I don't want you to do it for me but can you tell me what I am leaving out or doing wrong. This is the latest attempt //scratch.mit.edu/projects/73229364/

Add

to ensure that he starts right-side up every time. You were probably playing around with rotating him, but Scratch doesn't know to reset a sprite after you end the game so you need to set its start position yourself.

Also it might get tricky if you're changing him from one sprite to another. In your first sprite (with the walking costumes), go to “Costumes” and under “New costume”, select the first icon. Then find the sprite of the penguin facing forward and add it. This will add him as a costume rather than a separate sprite

Also you might notice that when you're editing a project, on the very right of the screen is a small “?” icon. Click on it and you can see lots of simple tutorials for different types of scratch projects. The “How-To” tab has instructions on making a sprite walk and “Step-by-Step” has a tutorial on making a dance scene. Hopefully there is something there suitable for your project

my animation does not work does it have to do with having 96 costumes or is it my code
this is the link https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/454387872 he just stands there

he just teleports to the animation costume then idle

so is mine i tried to post it and look at it but it just wont move! Idont know what im doing worng! please help!

Hi missy-messySmrt,

For other scratchers to help, you'll need to share your project (the orange Share button at the top, next to where you can name it). Then you can click “See Project Page” and under Notes and Credits, click Copy Link, which will open a pop-up. On the pop-up, click the top Copy Link.

Then you'll want to go to the Help with Scripts page and start your very own New Topic (the blue button above all the posts). In your topic, mention which tutorial you're following, and what the problem is (that it won't move). Because you used Copy Link before, you can paste the link in your new topic using v.

Welcome to Scratch. I'm sure you'll get help when we can see your project.

– RT_Borg