Project

Projects shared on the Scratch website have their own thumbnail picture, such as this one.

A project is a creation made in the Scratch Program. A project can be about anything, from music to animations or art to simulations. They have been boiled down into six main genres, of which the most common are games and animations.

Currently, there are over 3 million projects on Scratch.

A good place to get thinking ideas for projects is the Project Ideas forum.

Creation

A project is created by opening Scratch, programming, and saving. Scratch Projects can also be shared on the Scratch Website. Projects can be reopened, edited, or saved as often as one desires.

Sharing

Main article: Project Sharing

The share icon.

Once a project has been created, it can be shared with the world. To share a project, click the share icon, and fill in the form. Once it has been shared, it is available on the Scratch Website for everyone to view, love, favorite, tag, and comment on.

Statistics

Main article: Project Statistics

Below every project's online display, a few lines of text are dedicated to showing how many views the project has, galleries the project is in, remixes the project has, love-its the project has, and times it has been downloaded.

Those numbers show how successful a project has been in terms of popularity, often guiding users on the chance of their project being frontpaged.

Project Notes

Main article: Project Notes

To the right of a project, just below the download section are the project notes. This contains information about the project. If a user is logged in, they can edit the notes for their projects if they wish.

Embedding Projects

Main article: Embedding Projects

By copying and pasting the code given to you under the tags on a project, you can put a project onto a web page.

Flagging Projects

Main article: Flag (website feature)

The button to press if one thinks a project is inappropriate.

One flags a project when it violates the Community Guidelines. For example, if the project contained swear words, was disrespectful to other users, or was simply inappropriate, a logged in user could (and should) flag it (comments and tags may also be flagged). A member of the Scratch Team will review it, removing it if they consider the flagging necessary.

In order for someone to flag a project, they must click the link just below a project that says "Flag as inappropriate?". They will then have to give a descriptive reason for why you are flagging the project. They will not be able to see any projects they have flagged untill they have been assessed by a moderator. Afterward, they will be asked to be sure if you are flagging the right project for the right reason.

Depending on the level of the offense, the user may be banned or given a private notification. Repeat offenders will get banned. It is also against the rules to flag a project without a good reason, as it wastes the Scratch Team's time when they could be dealing with other projects that are flagged for a good reason. People flagging without a good reason may be notified in their Notifications bar.

Downloading Projects

Main article: Project Downloading

If a logged in user wants to see how a project was made, they can download it by clicking the download button. The Download Project button, however, cannot be disabled or removed. This is because if it was, it would be violating the licence to play contract.

Other uses for downloading include remixing, collaborating, playing a project without glitches. When downloaded, a project will often work better than it did online.

See Also

• Featured Projects
• Project Copying
• Project Tags
• Project Types
• Remix