Scratch Special – Pudsey Bear Dash

The code for Pudsey Bear is nice and simple. Add the Pudsey sprite (which can be downloaded from this page) to your game.

Pudsey starts in the middle of the screen, coordinate point 0, 0.

Using a forever block means that our instructions will be repeated constantly, so they only need to be typed once.

The if statement is used to tell the program to move in a certain direction if a certain arrow is being pressed.

IF the left arrow is pressed, the sprite will move -5 along the x axis.

IF the right arrow is pressed, the sprite will move +5 along the x axis.

IF the right up arrow is pressed, the sprite will move +5 along the y axis.

IF the down arrow is pressed, the sprite will move -5 along the y axis.

The bunny rabbit’s goal is to catch Pudsey. To achieve this, a forever block has been used with a ‘glide to sprite’ action. This will make the bunny glide towards the position that Pudsey is in. In order to not make the game too hard, a timer has been added to slow the bunny down. It will wait 1 second after moving.

We have used an ‘if statement’ to add a consequence for the rabbit catching Pudsey Bear. If the rabbit touches the Pudsey sprite, a bonk sound will be played and the rabbit will say “I caught you”. It will then return to its starting position.

To make the game more competitive, a timer has been added. To do this, first create a new variable called ‘Timer’. This Timer variable is then set to a value of 0 to begin the game. After a 1 second wait, our variable adds a value of 1 to the timer value. This makes the timer count up in seconds, adding a great competitive layer to our game.