Better Custom Blocks

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medians

medians wrote:
Bringing this topic up

medians

Making another post, as the previous post didn't bring up the topic.

medians

Bringing this topic up

N8_D_GR8_1

If they add this to scratch 4.0, that would be amazing!

kuretaka

Yeah!!, it's very interesting

theoW1200

how was this proposed in 2013 and still hasnt been implemented

da-ultimate-creater

theoW1200 wrote:
how was this proposed in 2013 and still hasnt been implemented

One theory is that people think it may be too complicated for new scratchers. Also other websites similar to Scratch have it, like Snap!

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kuretaka

In “Programming Zemi,” a similar software to Scratch aimed at children aged 6 to 8, such blocks are already implemented as extensions.

theoW1200

da-ultimate-creater wrote:
theoW1200 wrote:
how was this proposed in 2013 and still hasnt been implemented

One theory is that people think it may be too complicated for new scratchers. Also other websites similar to Scratch have it, like Snap!

snap is slow

kuretaka

Is “Scratch” aimed at a younger audience than “Snap!”?

theoW1200

kuretaka wrote:
Is “Scratch” aimed at a younger audience than “Snap!”?

no I dont think so

theoW1200

hop

kuretaka

step

da-ultimate-creater

theoW1200 wrote:
kuretaka wrote:
Is “Scratch” aimed at a younger audience than “Snap!”?
no I dont think so

Yes it is. Scratch is aimed towards 8 -12 year olds (I think), while Snap! is aimed for teenagers. That is also why Snap! is more advanced.

Toodchop

We already have Variables, there might not be a need for custom reporters, just an ability to add inputs into Variables might be a good idea.

(if <> then [foo] else [bar] :: variables)

Last edited by Toodchop (Aug. 29, 2025 10:32:53)

ninjacat28_

suppoert

Last edited by ninjacat28_ (Aug. 29, 2025 12:47:28)

medians

Toodchop wrote:
We already have Variables, there might not be a need for custom reporters, just an ability to add inputs into Variables might be a good idea.
(if <> then [foo] else [bar] :: variables)

How would Scratch know what exactly you want the block to do though?
Also, if you mean using a result variable, then that just uses an extra variable, when it would be better to have custom reporters.

Toodchop

medians wrote:
Toodchop wrote:
We already have Variables, there might not be a need for custom reporters, just an ability to add inputs into Variables might be a good idea.
(if <> then [foo] else [bar] :: variables)
How would Scratch know what exactly you want the block to do though?
Also, if you mean using a result variable, then that just uses an extra variable, when it would be better to have custom reporters.

Maybe we'll need a new define block for that.

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