ErnieParke wrote:

Although yes, a pause button would be nice and more professional, I don't support the idea. That's because scratchers need to be able to learn how to make their own pause button, and see how one works. Having a built-in pause button would ruin that. Plus, Scratchers would have the added flexibility of making their pause button look however they want, and in general, they 'd have more flexibility over what it can do (like kidding/showing mid-project).

No support,

ErnieParke

blob8108 wrote:

Snap! has this feature.

16carlsm wrote:

I think there should be a block called “pause” and a block called “play”. I personally think this would be best for animations like @WazzoTV's where you might need to stop during the animation.

ErnieParke wrote:

16carlsm wrote:

I think there should be a block called “pause” and a block called “play”. I personally think this would be best for animations like @WazzoTV's where you might need to stop during the animation.

The problem is if you stop everything, how would you start it back up again? You'd have to have someone click a sprite, and that is re-creatable. As for anything else it “might” be used for, the project's stopped, so it can't start back up again.

The play button is also re-creatable. Overall, I don't support either idea, but they were nice ones.

No support,

ErnieParke

stickfiregames wrote:

Support for a pause/play button (next to the green flag), not for the block.

PullJosh wrote:

Hmm… Interesting, but I'm not sure I support. As many people said above, it's import to learn to program things yourself.

MegaApuTurkUltra wrote:

No support. This could lead to weird bugs that would get new scratchers confused.

Use {stop [all v]} and replace some scripts with {when [ v] received} as a workaround .

LightningGuy wrote:

I think a pause button would be really helpful for Scratch. It would be really helpful for game makers to use a pause button, and the games would look more professional. To see this block in action, click on the link here and look in the control pallet. Reply if you think this is a good idea!

when green flag clicked
forever
if <(paused? no=0 y=1) = [0]> then
put blocks here
end
end

if <> then 
else
end