What this collab is
Goal: to create a project that allows people to search for tutorials, or navigate through different pages to find tutorials.
Tl;dr: a search engine for hundreds of tutorials

Here's the pitch - I assume that you stumbled across this page, thinking: "Why do we need to create a project that gives a compilation of tutorials when we could look at the official wiki, search them up on the web, or just find tutorials directly on Scratch?

Because this is a unique project. The purpose of this collab is to find the very best of each area of scratch's tutorials. We compile these great tutorials into a list, and allow users to search for them to meet their needs. Also, the tutorials we find would be interactive and helpful, instead of the textbook answers in the wiki.

So, we are not looking for programmers. Instead, we look for great researchers to work with, and an artist , and an artist to design the system interface.

The hard details of the project:

There are two ways to access the links to tutorials:
ο Search - search tags and find tutorials with those tags
ο Sitemap - click through hierarchy of tutorials

For the sitemap, each tutorial is organized into 5 categories: Basic, Physics, Data, Pen, Other. Each of these is a page that lists the tutorials in that category.

For the search, we will use tags. Each tutorial will have multiple tags associated with it.

What I expect from finding Tutorials and assigning Tags to them

Regular tutorials should not be like answer keys. Instead, they should guide users in a step by step process so they understand the code.
Game tutorials should not be step-by-step programming instructions for full games. Instead, you should find tutorials on a simple low-quality version of it with mostly game mechanics that users can build upon.
Tags should be unique (don't have both “list” and “lists” tags)

How this collab works:

Finding tutorials comes in three steps.
1. Finding good tutorials on each subject
2. Assign tags to them
3. Collectively vote on the best one for each

How to Apply

As a researcher:

1. Username:
2. Age:
3. Hours active each day:
4. Could you please give a summary of this collab:
5. Did you follow this collab forum and studio below?

Active participants may be promoted to manager.

As the Artist
There is only one artist spot available. So, artist applicants will not get the job immediately, but I will accept only one of them.

1. Username:
2. Age:
3. Hours active each week:
4. Could you please give a summary of this collab:
5. A link of your best original artwork (show creativity):
6. A link to a game you made with good art and layout (For example, where you panels, settings, game screen, etc.):
7. Did you follow this collab forum and studio below?
8. Would you like to be contacted of acceptance/rejection through profile or here?

The collab studio is here:

https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/3864217/

The WIP project is here:

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/150245339/

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Timeline:

March 14 - Creation of this collaboration
March 16 - Welcome legogrl502 to the collab!
March 19 - Welcome mar scratcher to the collab!

This is the official list of the tutorials we have chosen.
Bolded tutorials are the “game tutorials”



Basic Category
o Getting used to Scratch Interface - {tags} - {link} - {author}
o How does broadcasting and receiving work? - {tags} - {link} - {author}
o How do loops work? - {tags} - {link} - {author}
o What are variables and how do you use them? - {tags} - {link} - {author}
o What are operators? - {tags} - {link} - {author}
o Conditional statements - {tags} - {link} - {author}
o What are Lists - {tags} - {link} - {author}
o Custom Blocks - Custom, Refresh, Basic - https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/68924432/ - griffpatch_tutor
o Sound - {tags} - {link} - {author}
o Effects in Looks - Basic, effects, looks, sprite - https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/143026277/ - Drunken_Sailor
o Animation Tutorial (stop-motion animation) - {tags} - {link} - {author}
o Simple cloning - {tags} - {link} - {author}
o Virtual Pet Tutorial - {tags} - {link} - {author}
o Conversation between two sprites - {tags} - {link} - {author}
o Simple Pong game - {tags} - {link} - {author}


Physics Category
o Gravity - {tags} - {link} - {author}
o Velocity and Friction - Physics, velocity, friction - https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/30980702/ - djpro
o Angry Birds Trajectory Mechanics - {tags} - {link} - {author}
o Platform game mechanics - Physics, Platform, Game, Gravity, Velocity - https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/67727504/ - griffpatch_tutor
o Scrolling tutorial - Physics, Scrolling, Velocity - https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/100450683/ - MathMathMath

Data Category
o Parsing a string (separating sentence into list of words) - {tags} - {link} - {author}
o Nested Lists - {tags} - {link} - {author}
o How to make a Cloud Chat - {tags} - {link} - {author}
o Clone ID – storing clone variable data - {tags} - {link} - {author}

Pen Category
o Drawing shapes with pen - {tags} - {link} - {author}
o Maze game with pen - {tags} - {link} - {author}
o Jump game – scrolling game that jumps over obstacles - {tags} - {link} - {author}

Art and Animation Category
o Lip-Syncing - lips, syncing, animation, chat - https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/88678215/ - The_Guy_
o Walk Cycles - walking, animation - https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/86707948/ - The_Guy_
o Pixel Art Shading - pixel, art, shading, art, realistic - https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/18283097/ - MCAnimator3D

Other Category
o Adding Thumbnails - Thumbnails, other, save - https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/74697270/ - Hamish752
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This is the official list of the tags we have used so far.

• Physics
  Platform
  Game
  Gravity
  Scrolling
  Velocity
  

People in this collab:

Researcher Supervisers:

• @buffon1a
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Researchers:

• @legogrl502
  @marscratcher
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Artist:

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Researcher Assignment

The second post contains all the tutorials we need to cover. Your job is to pick one of the topics in that list, research all over and find the best tutorial you can find. Then, post your vote in the studio comments, following the model below:

My Vote: - scratch.mit.edu/projects/67727504/ by griffpatch_tutor for “Platform game mechanics” Topic in the “Physics category” on {date you voted}

I will add it into the “current votes” section in this forum. (just make sure someone has not already posted the same vote with the same link for the same topic in the forum!)

To remain in this collab, you must post at least 8 votes for any topic (you could post 2 votes on one topic if you want) in the studio.


Lastly, I will sometimes hold voting sections IN THE STUDIO. There we will vote and finalize a tutorial for one topic. I will host these when there are 2-3 suggested tutorials for one topic.

Artist Assignment


Submit a main page of this project. No functionality needed, but be as artistic as possible.

Components to include:
- Title
- “List of Tutorials” button
- “Search” button
- “Credits” button


Submit a Search page of this project
This would include the title (same location as main page) a search bar, a “Go” button to the right of it, and a “back” button in a corner. Leave around 1.5 inches vertical by 3 inches horizontal of space (for search results).

CURRENT VOTES
We will finalize in voting sessions.

• buffon1a - scratch.mit.edu/projects/67727504/ by griffpatch_tutor for “Platform game mechanics” Topic in the “Physics category” on March 14
  legogrl502 - https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/30980702/ by djpro for “Platform game mechanics” Topic in the “Physics category” on March 17
  

Bump!

Bump!

Well, you gotta bump what you gotta bump.

I'd like to apply as a researcher.
1. Username: legogrl502
2. Age: 14
3. Hours active each day: 3-4
4. Could you please give a summary of this collab: We are going to be creating a complex project that gives tutorials or helps you navigate between tutorials.
5. Did you follow this collab forum and studio below? Yep.

legogrl502 wrote:

I'd like to apply as a researcher.
1. Username: legogrl502
2. Age: 14
3. Hours active each day: 3-4
4. Could you please give a summary of this collab: We are going to be creating a complex project that gives tutorials or helps you navigate between tutorials.
5. Did you follow this collab forum and studio below? Yep.

Hey legogrl502,

Thanks for applying. You're in!

Basically, like the FP states, just keep finding tutorials we can vote on

By the way, wow! 3-4 hours a day is a lot!

Again, thanks for joining.

See you soon,
buffon1a

buffon1a wrote:

legogrl502 wrote:

I'd like to apply as a researcher.
1. Username: legogrl502
2. Age: 14
3. Hours active each day: 3-4
4. Could you please give a summary of this collab: We are going to be creating a complex project that gives tutorials or helps you navigate between tutorials.
5. Did you follow this collab forum and studio below? Yep.

Hey legogrl502,

Thanks for applying. You're in!

Basically, like the FP states, just keep finding tutorials we can vote on

By the way, wow! 3-4 hours a day is a lot!

Again, thanks for joining.

See you soon,
buffon1a

I come home from school and I go straight to the computer! I check in the morning and in the evening, and if I have free time, at school.
But on some days, like Spring Break that has just started, I might not be on every day and not as long as usual. Spring break for me lasts until the 26th.

Wow lol

legogrl502 wrote:

buffon1a wrote:

legogrl502 wrote:

I'd like to apply as a researcher.
1. Username: legogrl502
2. Age: 14
3. Hours active each day: 3-4
4. Could you please give a summary of this collab: We are going to be creating a complex project that gives tutorials or helps you navigate between tutorials.
5. Did you follow this collab forum and studio below? Yep.

Hey legogrl502,

Thanks for applying. You're in!

Basically, like the FP states, just keep finding tutorials we can vote on

By the way, wow! 3-4 hours a day is a lot!

Again, thanks for joining.

See you soon,
buffon1a

I come home from school and I go straight to the computer! I check in the morning and in the evening, and if I have free time, at school.
But on some days, like Spring Break that has just started, I might not be on every day and not as long as usual. Spring break for me lasts until the 26th.

Totally fine. I don't expect anyone to be on every the day, they just gotta complete the weekly assignment during any time of the week

bump!

1. Username: marscratcher
2. Hours active each day: 1-2
3. Could you please give a summary of this collab: A project with hundreds of tutorials that you can search through.
4. Did you follow this collab forum and studio below? - yes

marscratcher wrote:

1. Username: marscratcher
2. Hours active each day: 1-2
3. Could you please give a summary of this collab: A project with hundreds of tutorials that you can search through.
4. Did you follow this collab forum and studio below? - yes

Hey marscratcher,

Thanks for joining lol Not much to be said, I'll invite you to the studio. Let's keep up finding tutorials!

We will need a good text engine. Should it be pen or regular?

I may be able to program the tag based text engine, when the time comes.

We need an art and animations category.