Turn games into apps

Icey29

Check out AppInventor if you'd like to try your hand at making simple Android games.

WaffleChurro

You can't make anything decent on Scratch that is worth going on the App Store anyway.

Zorohh

-1 .. Wrong forum. Also, There really isn't that good of a way, just stick to uploading here.

Loomman

OmnipotentPotato wrote:
Syno wrote:
CybermanAlf wrote:
when [ right] key pressed
point in direction ( 90)
move (10) steps
is there any way of making scratch games into apps.
MIT makes a Scratch-like program for making android apps. Check it out at appinventor.mit.edu
Yeah, that's the best way to go probably.

There is a way to turn a scratch game into an app.

AMSASH

CybermanAlf wrote:

when [ right] key pressed
point in direction ( 90)
move (10) steps

Blue_Science

Loomman wrote:
OmnipotentPotato wrote:
Syno wrote:
CybermanAlf wrote:
when [ right] key pressed
point in direction ( 90)
move (10) steps
is there any way of making scratch games into apps.
MIT makes a Scratch-like program for making android apps. Check it out at appinventor.mit.edu
Yeah, that's the best way to go probably.
There is a way to turn a scratch game into an app.

What way ?

Smitop

Converting A Scratch Game To An App – The Tutorial

Follow these steps, and you'll have your own app!

Note that this tutorial is for iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod) only, right now. I might make an Amazon Appstore tutorial next.

1. Make your project. Make sure that it doesn't need the keyboard at all, because mobile devices don't have keyboards. Make sure that it runs on phosphorus. Also, if the project was created in 1.4 or earlier, you'll have to at least make one change to it for it to work.
2. Make your phosphorus link. To make it, take this url: vanbodegom.ca/scratch?id=project id, and replace project id with the numbers in the URL of your scratch project. For example, https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/74928347/ would become vanbodegom.ca/scratch?id=74928347
3. Go the URL you made, and make sure it works. Be sure to save the URL somewhere – you'll need later in this tutorial.
4. Go to that URL on your iOS (iPhone, iPad,or iPod) device, and make sure it works. You may need to rotate the screen for resolution.
5. With the page still open, scroll to the top. You might not need to do this step if you can see the address bar.
6. Press the square with an arrow coming out at the top.
7. If possible, scroll to the bottom of the new pop-up that comes up. Again, you might not need to do this, depending on your screen size.
8. Press “Add to Home Screen”.
9. Enter what you want the app to be named in the box that appears.
10. Press the blue “Add” button on the top-right.
11. Your Scratch game is on the home screen, as an app! You can give people your app link that you made in step 2, and have them follow steps 5-10 so they can also play your game. Note that they can't install it from the App Store – this is the only way to do it.

happyb123

OmnipotentPotato wrote:
theonlygusti wrote:
OmnipotentPotato wrote:
theonlygusti wrote:
OmnipotentPotato wrote:
No support as per the fact it is impossible.
No, how?

It's not impossible.
Mobile stuff doesn't support Flash, Scratch uses Flash. Simple logic.

Although, I have heard of this special browser that uses some strange technique to get Flash, but it is incredibly laggy. Plus you would need to buy a keyboard and stuff to be able to play anything with user input.
Mobile stuff does support flash, anything can support flash, it's just the browser running on iOS (only iOS), safari, doesn't have an ActionScript VM to run flash.

It is possible, if not easy.

I mean, Scratch had an app before, but at the time Apple disallowed interpreters, so it was removed.

It would be easy to create an offline editor, especially for 1.4, as there is already a Squeak VM for iOS.

Just create an ActionScript VM, or another engine altogether, and we're good to go with 2.0 .
Whatever you say, I don't know much about out, only what I heard around the forums.

But still, as someone said above if you turn it into an app on the stores or something, you wouldn't be able to remix it. This along would make the ST not want to add this.

mrf777 wrote:
CybermanAlf wrote:
when [ right] key pressed
point in direction ( 90)
move (10) steps
is there any way of making scratch games into apps.
i made a project on how to convert a project as .exe .jar or .app for macs
click here for the tutorial

yes it is completely possible

happyb123

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say [Finally! a way to make apps with scratch] for (2) secs

Wahsp

You could use this tutorial

Last edited by Wahsp (Aug. 25, 2017 19:12:48)

Charles12310

frodewin wrote:
This is rather a questions than a suggestion, should go to the questions forum.

The answer is:
No, mainly because the current implementation of Scratch is based on Flash which has been banned from iOS and Android systems.

There might be hope with the html5 player, which is currently in development.

Semi-Support, since it's really not possible, but with HTML5 coming, it may be.

Botcho_Otkho

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python686

I use my Microsoft

 pro 4 to make the games so i have a few games that work on its touch screen with no mouse or keyboard required

found this conversation looking to find a way to put them on the app store

JesseGames123YT

You can do this at phosphorus.github.io then go to appsgeyser.com and finish making the app.
How to do this:
1. Go to phosphorus.github.io
2. Paste the url (the entire url) and click Turbo Mode or Fullscreen.
3. After the demo (the demo may work differently then the app when done) then copy the entire url that the demo used.
4. Go to appsgeyser.com
5. Click create app.
6. Follow the rest of the instructions on the website.
7. After that upload it to a appstore or download it from the qr code!

This is a great way to play your favorite scratch projects on the go. (it can be any project to be turned into a app)

Anyways,

thank you [for the] speech [I wanted to do]

CybermanAlf

Thanks for all the suggestions

AtoMatic

Syno wrote:
CybermanAlf wrote:
when [ right] key pressed
point in direction ( 90)
move (10) steps
is there any way of making scratch games into apps.
MIT makes a Scratch-like program for making android apps. Check it out at appinventor.mit.edu

yes, that is very nice thank you! it probably is better to just restart then go through the pain of trying to convert it, and also i have tried to play scratch on my phone but my phone will not let me get flash.

GamesGuyTV

Doing that is complex so you'd have to find a low price developer of the ST is going to implement this

foxylover34013

This is in fact possible, with the simple installation of Puffin Browser for IOS 9.0 and above, and Android.

AwesomeBFDIDiaper

Well, a lot of advanced Scratchers do the opposite.

Botcho_Otkho

Scratch 3.0 uses HTML, which is supported by mobile devices, so it would be like a sort of an application, even if it's not.

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