PEN BLOCKS
Pen blocks are the green colour - coded blocks that control the pen.These blocks are used to draw a trail as the sprite
moves on the stage.The blocks in the Pen blocks category also allow the sprite to change the colour and thickness of lines.
Each pen colour has a different shade that varies from the lightest to the darkest.The pen shade varies from 0 to 100 i.e.,
0 is the darkest and 100 is the lightest shade.
| Pen Blocks | Usage |
|---|---|
| clear | This block is used to remove all marks made by pen or stamps. |
| pen down | This blocks puts down the sprite's pen and marks the sprite continuously draw a trail wherever it moves. |
| pen up | This blocks pulls the sprite's pen up,so that it does not draw anything. |
| set pen color toβοΈ | This block sets the pen's colour to a specified colour. |
| change pen colour by π | This block changes the pen's colour by a specified value.The value ranges from 0 to 100,value=0 means red and value=100 means blue. |
| set pen color by 0β£ | This blocks sets the pen's colour to a specified value. |
| change pen shade by π | This block changes the pen's shade to by a specified value. |
| set pen shade to 5β£0β£ | This block sets the pen's shade to a specifief value. |
| change pen size by 1β£ | This block changes the pen's size by a specified value. |
| set pen size to 1β£ | This block sets the pen's size to a specified value. |
USING SOUND BLOCKS
These are the pink/magenta colour -coded blocks used to control the the sound and MIDI functions.There are currently 13 sound blocks out of which 11 are stack blocks,and 2 are report blocks.
| Sound Blocks | Usage |
|---|---|
| play around area | This block is used to play the sound selected from the drop-down list.It plays the selected music and other sound effects during a program and moves to the next block even if the sound is still playing. |
| play several charecters | This block also plays a sound.However,it waits for the sound to finish playing before moving to the next block. |
| stop all sounds | As the name of the block suggests,this block is used to stop all the sounds that sounds that are playing. |
| play down for beats | This block plays a drum sound selected from the drop-down list for the given number of beats. |
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