Code a Platformer Game | 1. The Basics

Want to learn how to code a platformer game in Scratch? You've come to the right place! - I'm griffpatch, and I'm bringing together all I've learned about making bitmap sprite collision based platformers and I'm putting it into this brand new series. No fancy scrolling or lists this time around, just fun simple scratch coding and the good old scratch costume editor! This series is suitable for both Scratch beginners, and advanced coders alike. We are going to cover player animation, advanced wall sliding and jumping, sloping platforms with automated player foot placement, moving platforms that can push the player around, and hopefully a lot more! Let's see how things go! In this first episode we lay the groundwork and get things moving with a basic "Guy" character :D. Scratch On guys!

🚀 *Boost Your Creativity with Griffpatch*
The Griffpatch Academy will take you from "Gamer to Game Creator"

--------------Video Chapters--------------
0:00 Intro
2:38 backdrop
3:15 Gravity
4:33 Ground Collisions
8:46 Jumping
9:27 Walking
11:14 Rethink and Innovate!
15:24 Horizontal Collisions
17:14 Fix Jumping
18:37 Stuck to ceiling bug
19:32 Mess around with the Physics
21:43 Outro

[confusioned]

Griffpatch is like that one teacher who everyone wished they had

[Greyo]

Episode 1: Simple Platformer

Episode 15: "Normal" platformer with cloud and auto-save, skin selection and great community ...

[Dxuser]

Something I really like about these tutorials is that instead of just telling us what to do, you instead show us steps to get to that finalized mechanic. It really makes it feel like we’re learning with you and it’s unlike anything that I’ve seen (as a casual amateur scratch coder)

[insanity]

Dear Griffpatch! I lOVE your videos, and how you teaching us to program amazing games. I so enjoyed your videos, and it’s so fun to learn your incredible codes!
P.S. This: “Hello, fellow scratchers!” melts my heart❤

[CodPlay]

Griffpatch:
14:04
"No looking back now"
literally him 4 seconds later:
"LOOKING BACK TO WHERE..."

[CfopCubing]

Griffpatch, your amazing. You are the most followed scratcher on scratch, and the best scratcher ever in my opinion. Not only that, but I believe you are also the best teacher on scratch as well. That is *extremely* rare to have someone the best at something also be the best teach of it. Because of this, you are able to bring up any level of scratcher higher in their knowledge of scratch. Your amazing Griffpatch, so keep using your gift for God! I think that's so cool that you play the drums for your church!!

[TheactualDINO]

I spent 2 hours working on this and my character is swimming in the floor

[lemonboom]

Ah this brings me some good memories from when I decided I wanted to make something more complex in scratch, proceeded by discovering griffpatch and seeing every video from the scrolling platformer series

[shadowreaper]

Not only did this legend deliver great games, he also taught us to make our own.

[alexanderleng]

What I find most captivating about these tutorials is their departure from mere directives; instead, they intricately unravel each step leading to the final mechanic. This method fosters a profound sense of collaborative discovery and immersion, elevating it beyond any other resource I’ve encountered in my exploration as a casual amateur Scratch coder.

[GeekSHO]

I use Scratch in my classroom, and as a relatively inexperienced Scratcher, I love this tutorial. I created a similar tutorial that covers about half this material in double the time. So thank you for organizing it in such a intuitive way!

[thiagomarquez]

Hi! I'm a Spanish speaker and you helped me a lot with this. I'm just a kid who loves programming absurd things. That's all. Greetings! (yes, use the translator)

[itsplatinum]

*Coding*
Expectation:
We'll name the costume 'Player Asset 1.0'
Reality:
Let's christen him 'Guy'

[carries]

This is the first time I actually understood how to make collision in Scratch. I have tried a lot of tutorials but this one makes the most sense. Thx for making this ur awesome griffpatch.

[jeditz]

Griffpatch : Let's cover simple Scratch Platform Physics!

Me : Gulp.... I am

Me : It's not simple for me

Griffpatch : Let's cover everything!

Me : Woohoo!

[provenance]

thank you! just made my first ever game following your advice! can't wait to see what else i can make now.
ill be following along the rest of this tutorial series.
id like to say thank you for going through every step and actually showing us your thought process and teaching us problem solving not just the solution.

[svshhsbs]

"hello fellow scratchers"
never gets old

edit: oh cool im famous

[eazyideaz]

This is the best scratch tutorial I have ever seen yet, I've been following you for a while so keep the great work up!

[liamarapoglu]

You are the master of Scratch. You are using that skill to teach other young coders. I admire you.

[josephmoore]

I made the player blink every once in a while by making a when green flag clicked, forever, if pick random 1 to 100 = 1 then, switch costume to Mid, wait 0.05 seconds, switch costume to closed, wait 0.1 seconds, switch costume to mid, wait 0.05 seconds, switch costume to open. Outside of the if loop, I put wait 0.05. Seconds. Also, if you make his eyes closer together it will make him look cartoonish and cute. If you make him look ALMOST cross eyed, it makes him look even better!