Maze 1
Make a maze game
Move with the mouse
When?
Should it follow it all the time? How will we do that?
When?
when green flag clicked forever
How?
Think about direction
How?
point towards ()
How?
point towards ( what should you point towards?! )
How?
You point to where you want to go and then you...
How?
How fast should it go?
move ( ) steps
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An example
When green flag clicked forever point towards (mouse pointer v) move (2) steps
Stop at the walls
When?
when green flag clicked forever
When what?
if < > then
When what?
What color are your walls?
touching color ( ) ?
Picking the right color
Make sure the color is an exact match to the color of your walls. 
Where is the start of your maze?
Drag your sprite there and then find this block. Scratch will update the coordinates for you!
Drag your sprite there and then find this block. Scratch will update the coordinates for you!
go to x:( ) y:( )
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An example
When green flag clicked forever if <touching color () > then go to x () y()
Glitch!
Why is it glitchy?
distance to [mouse pointer v]
Why is it glitchy?
< () > () >
Can we fix it
Only move if the distance to the mouse pointer is greater than?
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An example
Add this to the code you wrote before:
if <(distance to [mouse-pointer v]) > (5)> then
your point and move code here
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A full example
when flag clicked
forever
if <(distance to [mouse-pointer v]) > (5)> then
point towards [mouse-pointer v]
move (2) steps
You win!
When?
when green flag clicked forever if < > then
When?
touching color ( ) ?
Yay!
say []
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when flag clicked
forever
if < touching color () > then
say [You win!]
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