User Guide

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2. In the Scripts Area, click Backgrounds, and then
click the Edit button next to background1.
3. In the Paint Editor, in the Color Palettes area, click
the black square in the grid of colors.
4. In the Tools area, click the Fill tool, and then click in
the drawing area.
5. Click OK.
To create text that tells the player to press the Space key:
1. In the Sprite List, click Paint new sprite.
2. In the Tools area, click the Zoom out button so that
you can see the entire drawing area.
3. In the Tools area, click the Text tool, and then click
the white square in the grid of colors in the Color
Palettes area.
4. Type Press Space, and then click OK.
5. On the Stage, drag the text into position.
6. In the Scripts Area, click the box that contains
Sprite1 and change the name of the sprite to
PressSpace.
You need a logo graphic for your title screen. Click Paint a new
sprite and either draw a logo in the Paint Editor, or import one.
Rename this sprite TitleLogo using the box in the Scripts Area.
To tell the two sprites on the title screen to fade in when the
Scratch project begins, you might normally use the when <green
flag> clicked block. However, the title screen needs to re-appear
at the end of the game and the green flag is not clicked then.
To create a new start point for the title screen, you can use a
broadcast block attached to the Stage:
1. In the Sprite List, click Stage.
2. In the Blocks Palette, click Control, and then drag
a when <green flag> clicked block to the Scripts
Area.