Code a Platformer Game | 8. Moving Platforms

A most exciting tutorial about how to code Moving Platforms in Scratch. These platforms can follow complex paths, carry the player along with them, can push the player out of the way, and can squash the player causing you yo lose a life. What an epic platformer this is turning out to be!

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--------------Video Chapters--------------
0:00 Intro
0:42 The Moving Platform Sprite
1:26 Solid Platform
2:43 Platform Scenes
3:42 Moving the Platform
6:22 Moving World Collisions
10:16 Horizontal Moving Platforms
11:39 Calculating Glide Speed
16:28 Moving the Player with the Platform
19:34 Pushed off a Moving Platform
21:43 Get out of any Collison
27:55 Bringing it all together
30:33 Squished to Death
31:52 Complex Platform Movement
32:50 Heavy Crushing Doors / Mashers
34:14 Outro

[fireboytheone]

hi, griffpatch! i have some ideas and suggestions for later parts of this series!

-enemies
-collectibles
-scrolling levels (levels that are more than one screen wide, without you needing to progress to a different screen.)
-ending goals (like the flag in mario 1, or the goal post in mario world!)

[The-EJ-Factor]

Funny thing is that the moving platforms is the only reason why I followed your platforming series.

[nurulainmdzain]

Episode: 8: Platform
0:00 - 0:41 -> Intro
0:42 - 1:25 -> The Moving Platform Sprite
1:26 - 2:42 -> Solid Platform
2:43 - 3:41 -> Platform Scenes
3:42 - 6:21 -> Moving the Platform
6:22 - 10:15 -> Moving World Collisions
10:16 - 11:38 -> Horizontal Moving Platform
11:39 - 16:28 -> Calculating Glide Speed
16:29 - 19:33 -> Moving the Player with the Platform
19:34 - 21:42 -> Pushed off a Moving Platform
21:43 - 27:54 -> Get out of any Collison
27:55 - 30:32 -> Bringing it all together
30:33 - 31:51 -> Squished to Death
31:52 - 32:48 -> Complex Platform Movement
32:49 - 34:13 -> Heavy Crushing Doors / Mashers
34:14 - 35:28 -> Outro

[tmoodyscratch]

Sooo awesome, what a clever technique, yet so simple, no crazy math or anything! Thanks for the monumental brilliant video!

[jameswoodcock]

Some life has finally come into our levels! Funny thing is that I had already planned for moving platform spots! Perfect timing Griffpatch!

[MaroDiamond]

1:44 Ghost Lemon Was Here...
3:53 [] <--(This Is A Square.)
9:21 🍏
21:58 Hello Mario!

[hoangsplanet]

YES YES YES !!! I've been waiting for hours, refreshing the page and I can finnaly code part 8 !!!

[hridhaannarain]

Hi griffpatch, I just saw this episode and I thought that I would do all the episodes and I am currently in this one! KEEP CODING! U ARE GREAT!!!

[IGChannel]

9:55 This part is just hilarious! 😂

Love this video by the way! ❤️

[Taro-yttk]

1:43 lemonoid
3:48 guy
9:21 appel
19:11 surprised appel
21:49 mario

[Julxnai]

wow, you really added the appel easter egg someone said in the last episode

[snelake]

“Scratchy miraculously avoided certain death by teleporting on top of the platform!”

I have never been so happy.

[barbaracozens]

Most annoying (and rewarding) episode yet this episode took me hours because of bugs, but now that I am done it was worth it. Thank You.

[Enderia]

I loved that when you removed touching level from the script the cat just went haywire

[gunjantutorial]

I can't even believe that griffpatch has came back with the amazing and so great platformer so

[victorius]

Griff, i got a cool idea for a future video.

You could make a scratch game where you can sort of "time travel". Basically being able to fill in a sort of time period from when you started the green flag had been pressed and also being able to have the past you that travelled back in time and seeing it there too.

And if you are gonna want a extra challenging idea also make you able to write messages there so you can see it again in the future




Probably requires a lot of variables to program.

[imomarik]

I feel wonderful when you say "Hello fellow Scratchers it's me, Griffpatch"

[mrebic]

Griffpatch is the most creative scratcher ever!

[senn]

Hi I am a great fan AND I AM SOOOO HAPPY WOOHOO yes it’s very sad if cat dies 🐱 lol ok thank you griffpatch for the tutorial

[brianjohns]

When can we expect the next tutorial? I'm a teacher and want to use this series with my students, but it ends at 8. Excited to see the rest! thank we appreciate you out here in scratcher land