remove the thing that shows the scratch cat when ever you make a project

TheClaw7654

its annoying, how about we just start it blank instead?

GoboThePlant

i actually support you, (removed by scratch cat – it is the default sprite and notable mascot of scratch, and you can just delete me)

dertermenter

Nah - we need a default sprite so a new user can familiarise the blocks in a sprite.

-0Nebula0-

Support. Is kind of annoying, and I'd prefer it to just be blank

fdreerf

dertermenter wrote:
Nah - we need a default sprite so a new user can familiarise the blocks in a sprite.

Yeah, it's a real shame that there's no other way that a new user could do that. Besides, they might hit their head every time they get off of Scratch, so they may forget how to do that, so it's a good thing that there's a sprite so they can always familiarize themselves, forever.

jemjr5

I think that you start out with Scratch Cat because you have to have at least 1 costume in a sprite…

Pianostar4

jemjr5 wrote:
I think that you start out with Scratch Cat because you have to have at least 1 costume in a sprite…

No, there are backdrops, too. If it was blank, the default white backdrop would be counted as a costume in a sprite.

Support btw.

Za-Chary

fdreerf wrote:
dertermenter wrote:
Nah - we need a default sprite so a new user can familiarise the blocks in a sprite.
Yeah, it's a real shame that there's no other way that a new user could do that. Besides, they might hit their head every time they get off of Scratch, so they may forget how to do that, so it's a good thing that there's a sprite so they can always familiarize themselves, forever.

I mean, it's not obvious to everyone. The first day I downloaded the Scratch 1.4 offline editor, I spent all night trying to figure out how to click and drag a script so I could program my own code. I was 12 years old at the time. Certainly there are other new Scratchers out there who get confused with the Scratch editor for their first time at that age, or younger.

My point is, I think the Scratch Cat appears so that whenever a newcomer visits the project editor, they have a sprite that they can play with, drag around, change the size, etc. Then they have some familiarity with what Scratch can do before they learn how to create a new sprite. Plus, it's not too hard to delete the Scratch Cat sprite in each new project if you want to, anyway.

fdreerf

Za-Chary wrote:
I mean, it's not obvious to everyone. The first day I downloaded the Scratch 1.4 offline editor, I spent all night trying to figure out how to click and drag a script so I could program my own code. I was 12 years old at the time. Certainly there are other new Scratchers out there who get confused with the Scratch editor for their first time at that age, or younger.

The Scratch 1.4 editor did not have a tutorial the first time you booted it up. When you make a new account and create a new project, you are immediately brought into the Getting Started tutorial, and after that, you get the option of “add a backdrop” and “add a sprite”. It's pretty much impossible to miss.

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Dotumantaraye

Semi-support. I would rather leave it to user choice as an option.

Reev0102

Support. Near My Stuff, there could be a checkbox. Mockup:

dertermenter

fdreerf wrote:
dertermenter wrote:
Nah - we need a default sprite so a new user can familiarise the blocks in a sprite.
Yeah, it's a real shame that there's no other way that a new user could do that. Besides, they might hit their head every time they get off of Scratch, so they may forget how to do that, so it's a good thing that there's a sprite so they can always familiarize themselves, forever.

I agree with Za-chary, we need a starter sprite so a new user has one the first time, and they can play with it.

But maybe it disappears for scratchers?

fdreerf

dertermenter wrote:
But maybe it disappears for scratchers?

It doesn't take a month to learn how sprites work. It should only appear when the Getting Started tutorial is used, which happens by default when you are signed out and the first time you use the editor when signed in.

7salad3salad

Just click the button to delete it.

han614698

7salad3salad wrote:
Just click the button to delete it.

Couldn't have said it better myself–no support.

dertermenter

fdreerf wrote:
dertermenter wrote:
But maybe it disappears for scratchers?
It doesn't take a month to learn how sprites work. It should only appear when the Getting Started tutorial is used, which happens by default when you are signed out and the first time you use the editor when signed in.

But not everyone uses that tutorial, so I think just the first time you open the editor.

fdreerf

dertermenter wrote:
fdreerf wrote:
dertermenter wrote:
But maybe it disappears for scratchers?
It doesn't take a month to learn how sprites work. It should only appear when the Getting Started tutorial is used, which happens by default when you are signed out and the first time you use the editor when signed in.
But not everyone uses that tutorial, so I think just the first time you open the editor.

You're forced to use the tutorial the first time you open the editor.

dertermenter

fdreerf wrote:
dertermenter wrote:
fdreerf wrote:
dertermenter wrote:
But maybe it disappears for scratchers?
It doesn't take a month to learn how sprites work. It should only appear when the Getting Started tutorial is used, which happens by default when you are signed out and the first time you use the editor when signed in.
But not everyone uses that tutorial, so I think just the first time you open the editor.
You're forced to use the tutorial the first time you open the editor.

PotatoApocalypse727

I think that there should be a checkbox to start with a completely blank project. That is, no scratch cat, no my variable, no message1 brodcast. This would be turned on by default, but it's annoying to have to delete everything if you want to start with a completely blank project.

wvj

Not annoying, no support

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