I am a beginner in scratch and I am creating a simple project in which there is a sprite and I create clones of that sprite and place them in a pyramid format.
My question - Once I create a clone, how can I move that clone to specific x and y position?
If you want to move each clone to a different position, it's rather easy to do this using a variable. Basically, you can change the variable by 1 every time a new clone is created, in a way giving the clone an "ID" until the next clone is created. You can then use this ID to tell each clone where to go.
For instance:
CREATE CLONE OF (MYSELF)
CHANGE [CLONES] BY (1)
...in one script, and in another:
WHEN I START AS A CLONE
IF [CLONES] = (1)
GO TO X: Y:
ELSE IF [CLONES] = (2)
GO TO X: Y:
etc.
This allows you to put each clone in a different location. (Afterwards, if you want to move a specific one of the clones, you can use the location of the clone as a unique identifier.)
You can use the set x to () and set y to () blocks to set the x and y positions for clones. If you want to set each clone to an individual position, you can create a "For this sprite only" variable (let's call it z). When green flag clicked, you can set z to 0, then before you create a clone, increase z by 1. The clone will inherit the value for z when it was created. You can create an array called "positions" and add the desired x position of the first clone, then the desired y position of the first clone. Then you can add the desired x position of the second clone, then the desired y position of the second clone, and so on. On the clone itself, you can go to x: (item (((z)*(2))-(1)) of [positions]) y: item ((z)*(2)) of [positions]. This will cause the clone to go to the desired x and y positions for it's z.
You can view an example here: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/391539263/
Codes here:
When green flag clicked
create clone of myself
When i start as a clone
goto x: [] y: []
( The [ ] means where you insert number )
My scratch user: https://scratch.mit.edu/users/coco7nut/
Here's a code:
when green flag clicked
create clone of myself
set x to *insert randomised value here*
set y to *insert randomised value here*
Note that x and y is a variable
when i start as a clone
go to x position: x
go to y position: y
