Motion Blocks

Motion blocks are used to control Sprites’ movement.

What “Motion” blocks are?

Motion blocks are used to control Sprites’ movement. This is one of the blocks categories in Scratch. Its available only for sprite. If you select Backdrop, you don’t see motion blocks. This category has 18 blocks.

How to use “move () steps” block?

This block allows the sprite to move forward or backward. How many steps you give in the space, that many steps sprite will move. If you give positive number, it will move forward and if you give negative number, it will move backward.

How to use “turn right () degrees” block?

This block allows to turn the selected sprite right by the given degrees.

How to use “turn left () degrees” block?

This block allows the selected sprite to turn left by the given degrees.

How to use “go to random position” block?

This block allows the sprite to move to random position.

How to use “go to mouse-pointer” block?

This block allows the sprite to go to the mouse pointer. Wherever the mouse pointer goes, the sprite follows that.

Take the go to random position block and click on the down arrow. You will get the option go to mouse pointer.

How to use “go to other sprite” block?

This block allows the sprite to go to other sprite. For this you must have minimum 2 sprites.

Take the go to random position block and click on the down arrow. You will get the option other sprites names (Depends on how many sprites you added)