ScratchJR Maze Game Design Tutorial (Lesson 2)

In the previous lesson, students learned how to create a maze game in ScratchJR with a simple interface, moving the character through the moving triangle icons. In this lesson, the maze game in ScratchJR will be more advanced when building a maze to move. If the character moves and touches the maze, it will automatically return to the first position. If the character moves to the destination, the game ends. Below are instructions for creating a maze game in ScratchJR.

How to Design a Maze Game in ScratchJR

Step 1:

We reopen the maze game we created earlier on ScratchJR. You click on the plus icon to add a new character.

Step 2:

Go to the new interface, click on the pure white character , then click on the brush icon to create a new character.

Step 3:

You choose the size for the stroke , choose the color for the stroke and then choose the square to draw .

Next, you draw lines to create a maze for the character to move as shown below. Then press v to add it to the game .

Step 4:

When adding a maze to the interface, it will be in small size. To enlarge the maze, we use the zoom command in the Appearance group. We adjust the zoom size accordingly.

The main character as well as the 4 arrow keys use the command to shrink their size to fit the project layout.

Step 5:

When the cat character touches the maze, it will have to return to its original position, so we will use the collision command as shown below.

Step 6:

Destination you choose to add 1 random character to the destination position in the maze.

Then click on the destination character and add the command as shown below. When the character touches the destination object, the game ends.