Jul 14
Easier SL Scripting: Scratch

Here’s a shiny tool that makes writing SL scripts as easy as dragging and dropping colored blocks! It’s a program called Scratch for Second Life created by Eric Rosenbaum. Instead of typing out confusing commands and symbols, you just drag a block into your program and change a number of text field. Check out the video above for examples or this short tutorial for more info. It doesn’t include every command or feature that you’ll find in LSL, but there’s plenty of commands and features to create useful, and fun, scripts.

I just found out about this program, via Massively, and haven’t had a chance to try it out yet – but it looks wonderful. Perfect for anyone intimidated by LSL or even more advanced coders who want to quickly snap together a script. I’ll report back when I’ve had time to experiment with Scratch.

 
7 Responses to “Easier SL Scripting: Scratch”
 

Vlad, you find the most amazing and helpful stuff! I love the particle script generator and am looking forward to trying this one!!!

Brigitte Kungler wrote on July 14th, 2008 at 1:45 pm

 

Awesome, LSL has always given me problems but with this I think I’m Ready to give it another shot! Thanks for another awesome find Vlad!

Kia Lightworker wrote on July 14th, 2008 at 9:46 pm

 

It actually works pretty well, too. I gave it a quick go around this afternoon and made a simple script to control a butterfly that flits around a home position. The Quaternion math this involves has always given me headaches with regular LSL. :) It is missing many of LSL’s commands and features but it’s a great start and great way for anyone to get started with scripting. I think I will post a demonstration/tutorial video later this week.

Vlad Bjornson wrote on July 14th, 2008 at 10:03 pm

 

another good one, Vlad! thank you for being you!

ByteDreams Slade wrote on July 15th, 2008 at 10:39 am

 

Hee, Quartenions give EVERYONE headaches!

This looks like a wonderful tool to allow Joe and Jane Avatar to just make the usual simple things they want their creations to do. LSL is not a particularly hard language to learn (I learnt it, and I’m rather computer illiterate, to be honest). But the average person who just wants to have fun shouldn’t have to sit down for the requisite week before being able to just Have Fun. I think this creates an entry level for LSL that didn’t exist before.

Virrginia Tombola wrote on July 17th, 2008 at 10:51 am

 

[...] for Second Life While searching tutorials online, I found a blog posting about quite neat looking code generator called Scratch. Granted, I didn’t try out it yet, [...]

Scratch for Second Life « Iron Bird wrote on November 3rd, 2008 at 9:51 am

 

Question,
I want to communicate to an object through a private channel by touching another object. for instance touching this button to move that prim up three meters. I have created the script for me to type on a private channel through open chat but I cant seem to figure out how to have the other object talk on private channel to the other object. Make sense?
thanks,
Dan

Dan wrote on February 22nd, 2009 at 11:47 am

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