Costumes = Animation 🐧

Cartoons are lots of pictures shown fast. Each picture is a little different, so it looks like it's moving! In Scratch, a sprite's pictures are called costumes.

Waddle, penguin, waddle!

when flag clicked
forever
  next costume
  move (5) steps
  wait (0.2) seconds
  if on edge, bounce
end

• next costume switches to the sprite's next picture.
• wait (0.2) seconds slows it down so you can see it.
• if on edge, bounce turns the sprite around at the edge of the stage.

💡

🧠 Click the Costumes tab (top left) to see a sprite's pictures. Many sprites have 2 or more!

Stop it flipping upside down

when flag clicked
set rotation style [left-right v]

🛠️ Build it!

1. Choose the Penguin 2 sprite (or any animal with 2+ costumes).
2. Pick a snowy backdrop. ❄️
3. Build both scripts.
4. Click the 🟢 flag and watch it waddle!

⭐ Bonus: change wait to 0.5. Is it faster or slower?

🐧 Fun fact

Emperor penguins can't fly, but they're amazing swimmers. They can dive hundreds of meters deep to catch fish!