It sure would be nice if a “random” script was made to allow sprites to appear, move, and make choices randomly, so that it would not be necessary to add tons of scripts to one sprite to make it seem random.

You can use {Broadcast (pick random (1) to (10))}

And then {when I receive }

And then you can have random scripts.

fdavis wrote:

It sure would be nice if a “random” script was made to allow sprites to appear, move, and make choices randomly, so that it would not be necessary to add tons of scripts to one sprite to make it seem random.

Well, scratch is about learning to program so you should be learning to add tons of scripts to one sprite to make it seem random instead of having the Scratch Team do it for you.

kayybee's right.

This is actually pretty easy. Let's say you want a 1 in 10 chance of something happening.

if <(pick random (1) to (10)) = (1)> then
occurance
end

The boolean decides randomly. You can adjust the chance, too.

For “go to a random place on the screen:”
go to x: (pick random (-240) to (240)) y: (pick random (-180) to (180))

For “point in a random direction:”
point in direction (pick random (-179) to (180))

For “move a random amount:”
move (pick random (1) to (10)) steps
or
change x by (pick random (1) to (10)) etc.

You get the idea. Scratch on!