How to Make a Jumping Game in Scratch | Tutorial

In this tutorial, you can learn how to make a game in Scratch -- a game where a character jumps over moving obstacles to score points!

Try it out:

[Zinnea]

What character would you choose for your game, and what would you have them jump over? :D

[alex-hgyl]

THIS LADY IS SO MUCH MORE HELPFUL THAN MY ACTUALY TEACHER TYSM

[HanniBeeKpop]

WE ALL WANT YOU AS OUR COMPUTER TEACHER RN!! YOU EXPLAIN SO WELL WITHOUT YELLING OR GIVING DEATH STARES, THANK YOU!!

[excellplaysvalorant]

Litterally didnt do anything for my 3 week assign ment and all it took was this 1 video and im saved

[prestigehome]

yes finally i can get my grades up, the teacher doesnt help at all. thank youu!

[apple_ilevs]

if you also want the character to have real world physics, you can make a speed y variable, set it to 0 at the start, and for the falling change speed y by -1 and then change y by speed y, and to reset it when the character lands, set speed y to 0, and when he jumps, set it to a certain number

[lpeunfx]

All the scratch tutorials have been really confusing but this one has been really simple

[gina]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! In my class we had a coding project due tomorrow and we have to present them and I didn't have anything to show. You literally just saved my life.

[anson]

If you want a smoother jump, instead of changing the y of your object directly, use velocity variables and change those, and change the x by that variable.

[Behind_the_Brush]

The video is so helpful and she made it understand in a simple way. I watched it an hour before my practical exam and my teacher was impressed with the results. Thank you so much❤

[abdulmoiz]

my kids love games and this tutorial is so much helpful. Thanks, Scratch team for sharing such content.

[archanas]

Thank you Zinnea! I did my computer homework easily and my teacher praised me

[wowowowowienerdog]

i was searching everywhere for a jumping and then i found this- its so simple but so effective :D

[rje]

thank you for this, I'm a software developer and my 9 year old son is going for a scratch course next week.. your video is my first look at this and I absolutely love it!

[rgergazas]

Thank you for this tutorial. I followed it with my son (7) and we "made" the game before bedtime! This just made his day!

[abannister]

Thank you, I have been trying forever to make something jump and fall back down again. I can't believe it's that simple.

[startwithart]

I made a game with a reindeer in it jumping over crabs on the boardwalk with the ocean. IT WAS AMAZING! My brother said that he wants to play it everyday! Thank you so much!

[usnaj]

This was very helpful. Wonderful presenation !!! The character I used was the Penguin 2 and I had had it jump over Rocks in the snowy Slopes backdrop.

[gabriellechristophers]

Usually you would use clones instead and variables for the jumps but this is good for beginner's

[tajokonkwo]

Hey Scratchers.

Another way to get a character to jump is to create a variable, set it to 10, and then change the variable by -1 and move the character's y position by that many spaces. You can copy and paste the repeat 10 loop and replace the 10 with a 19. Put the "change by -1" block and the "change y by" block in this loop. It's a little more complicated but it will make the jumping look much more realistic.