A project is a creation made in the Scratch Program. Projects can be games, simulations, animations, pieces of art or music, or anything else possible to create with the Scratch software, although they usually fit into one of six main genres, most commonly games and animations.
A project is created in the Scratch program's editor, which is the interface for designing and programming a project on Scratch. Projects can be shared from the Scratch 3.0 online editor, the offline editor, or Scratch 1.4. To access the online editor, click "Create" on the navigation bar at the left top of the website.
One can still create projects without being signed in on the website but to upload/share them they must log in. An alternative option would be to download the project onto one's computer to save it, then upload it in a new project.
One can also create a project by going to the My Stuff page and clicking the "New Project" button.
- Main article: Project Name
To change the name of a project in the editor or on the viewer, click the text box above the player frame and edit the text. A new project has the name "Untitled", or "Untitled-n" where n is one more than the previous number of untitled projects.
- Main article: Project Sharing
Once a project has been created, it can be shared with the world. The method of sharing depends on what version of Scratch one is using and where the project is being shared from:
- Scratch 2.0/3.0 online editor — log in in to your Scratch account and click "Share" in the top-right for Scratch 2.0, top-centre for Scratch 3.0
- Scratch 2.0 offline editor — access File > Share to website, and fill in and submit the designated information
- Project page — near the top of the page, click "Share", which is in a rectangular box
- Scratch 1.4 — access Share > Share this project online and fill in and submit the designated information
A user cannot share if their email has not been confirmed.
|Note:||There is no limit as to how many projects a user can share to the Scratch website. Uploading projects is and always will be free.|
To view a project that you have past created or in the process of creating is easy. When you log into your account, look in the right-hand corner. There should be a mail envelope and a file folder. Click the file folder and you can see all the projects that you have created in the past or are still making. You can also check statistics, as in the following section.
- Main article: Project Statistics
Below every project's online display, a bar is dedicated to showing the following:
- Studios that the project is in
- Remixes the project has
Those values show how successful a project has been in terms of popularity, often guiding users on the chance of their project being frontpaged.
- Main article: Project Notes
To the right of a project are the project notes and credits. This contains information about the project. If a user is logged in, they can edit the notes for their own projects if they wish. Above the notes and credits are the instructions. The instructions often explain how the project works and how it is operated by the user.
- Main article: How to Embed a Project
When a user clicks the "Embed' button, a box will open that contains a text box with the embed code and a share link to the right. Paste the embed code in an HTML editor to have the project display there.
|Note:||Embedded projects cannot be viewed in fullscreen.|
- Main article: Report (website feature)
One reports a project when it violates the Community Guidelines. For example, if the project contained swear words, was disrespectful to other users, or was simply inappropriate, a logged in user could (and should) report it (comments may also be reported). A member of the Scratch Team will review it, removing it if they consider the reporting necessary.
In order for someone to report a project, they must click the link just below a project that says "Report". They will then have to give a descriptive reason for why they are reporting the project. They will not be able to see any projects they have reported until they have been assessed by a moderator. Afterward, they will be asked to be sure if they are reporting the right project for the right reason.
Depending on the level of the offense, the user may be banned or given a private notification. Repeat offenders will get banned. It is also against the rules to report a project without a good reason, as it wastes the Scratch Team's time when they could be dealing with other projects that are reported for a good reason. People reporting without a good reason may be notified in their Notifications.
- Main article: Project Downloading
If a logged in user wants to see how a project was made, they can download it by clicking the download button. The button can be reached by going inside a project, clicking File, and clicking "Download". The Download Project button, however, cannot be disabled or removed. This is because if it were, it would be violating the license to play contract.
Also, if a project was made in Scratch 1.4, and never edited in Scratch 2.0, it can be downloaded for Scratch 1.4 by clicking the "Share To" button and then "download".
Adding Projects to Studios
There are two ways to add a project to studios. You can, (1) Copy a link and paste it in the "Add projects" box. (2) If the project is either, A- Yours, B- A project you've favorited, or C- A project you've recently viewed, you can add it with the gray tab at the bottom of your page.
- Featured Projects
- Project Copying
- Project Instructions
- Project Notes
- Project Tags
- Project Types
- How to Save a Project
- How to Publish Scratch Projects on itch.io