Difference between revisions of "Vorpal Hexapod Activity: Create a New Move"
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==Required Items== | ==Required Items== | ||
*One Vorpal | *One Vorpal | ||
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*Connect your Vorpal to ScratchX. | *Connect your Vorpal to ScratchX. | ||
*Use the Start Recording Block. | *Use the Start Recording Block. | ||
+ | **Use the drop down menus to choose which gamepad button to store your new move on. | ||
*Underneath the Start Recording block, place any movements you want to be included in your new move. | *Underneath the Start Recording block, place any movements you want to be included in your new move. | ||
− | *Underneath all your desired moves, | + | *Underneath all your desired moves, place the End Recording block. |
+ | *Run you ScratchX program. | ||
+ | *Your new move should now be stored on the gamepad on the button you chose with the Start Recording block. | ||
+ | *To access this move, hold down the gamepad button you stored it on for three seconds. You will now be using that button for the new move you made. | ||
+ | **Using that button will now execute your new move in a continuous loop that goes for as long as you hold down the button. | ||
+ | **To return to the original move from that button, press the button once quickly (for less than a second). | ||
==Hints== | ==Hints== |
Revision as of 00:12, 29 August 2017
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Required Items
- One Vorpal
- A computer with the ScratchX extension loaded
Activity Procedure
- Connect your Vorpal to ScratchX.
- Use the Start Recording Block.
- Use the drop down menus to choose which gamepad button to store your new move on.
- Underneath the Start Recording block, place any movements you want to be included in your new move.
- Underneath all your desired moves, place the End Recording block.
- Run you ScratchX program.
- Your new move should now be stored on the gamepad on the button you chose with the Start Recording block.
- To access this move, hold down the gamepad button you stored it on for three seconds. You will now be using that button for the new move you made.
- Using that button will now execute your new move in a continuous loop that goes for as long as you hold down the button.
- To return to the original move from that button, press the button once quickly (for less than a second).
Hints
- The Set Legs block is especially useful for creating totally new moves.
- You can also use other blocks, such as walk, dance, or fight moves, in a combination that creates a new move.
Variations
- Try creating a new move that will give you an advantage in another game or activity such as Capture the Flag or the Fidget Spinner Challenge.