Hey, there is a new addons for Scratch for Chrome browser. In our last finding, we discovered sheep_master which customise platform is not production ready. However, for this Scratch Addons by Griffpatch, he has move into Chrome App Store and Firefox App Store. What makes it so good to have this addon?
Griffpatch
Griffpatch has been playing Scratch possibly few years. He has been creating a host of youtube tutorial videos and his games. He has been a top Scratcher guru to able to enhance those Scratch games by not just using original Scratch editor but addon. Hence, he created this Scratch Addons will help some of us to work on our Scratch.
Scratch Addons
- Download the Scratch Addons for Chrome extension or Firefox extension
- Goto extension to check if the Scratch Addons are there.
- Let check on some of the recommended Addons:
- Adds a pause button next to the green flag.
- Alt+Click the green flag to toggle 60FPS.
- Shows you how many Scratchers are currently on multiplayer projects, and their usernames.
- Show the current message count in.
- Adds a button to the editor to set the thumbnail of your project to any image (including gifs).
- Others recommended…but nice to have.
- And many more Addons, eg
- “start recording” button
- progress bar for loading and saving projects.
- hex code inputs to color pickers.
- many others…
In summary, the Scratch Addons provide good list of extension that improve your Scratch editor than original Scratch editor. Please explore and decide which extension really give you value than just nice.
Thanks for reading take care.
