Y7 Scratch Project

Creating Assets

By Mr Wilkinson

Objectives

• I will learn how to create my own assets

• To create my own backdrop (racing track)

• To create my own sprites

Lesson Components

Project

• Your final project is to create your own racing game.

• You will use the code I taught you to move four cars over the finish line.

• Today, we need to set up the racing track and the cars. For this you need assets.

What is an asset?

An asset is anything that is used to make a video game. These are the parts that you see, hear, or use when you play.

These include sprites(Images), videos, sounds

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Multiple Choice

Which of these is an example of a game asset?

• A real-life football

• The background music in a video game

• The controller you use to play

• The box the game comes in

Open Ended

How many individual assets can you see here?

Open Ended

Can you name one type of asset used in video games and give an example?

Our Project

We will be making a top down racing game like the picture shown.

The first thing we need to do though is create our own assets.

​First Task!

​Create our racing car sprite from the top down perspective like the below images.

More Help?

Find these files in the "Shared Area"