AMAZING HEALTH BARS in Scratch - Easy Scratch Tutorial

Learn how to create an easily reusable health bar sprite that can be dropped into almost any scratch project with minimal coding. In just a moment you'll raise the level of your Scratch Games to the next level!
These health bars work on single sprites, and clones, and only require a single short script to be dropped into each sprite requiring a bar. It's so simple!
This Scratch Tutorial takes us through creating the Health Bar sprite, how to draw the costumes required, and how to add it to your games.
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-------------Video Chapters-------------
0:00 Intro
0:47 Sample Game Testbed
2:23 The Health Bar Sprite
4:10 Initial Coding
5:55 Using a list to Pass Data to a Clone
9:41 Continual Repositioning of Health Bars
10:58 Short lived Clones
13:01 Health Level Costumes
14:49 Costume 0?
16:07 Setting the Health Costume
19:52 Sprite Health
21:12 Backpack the Health Bar Sprite
22:01 Making use of this is your own games (or Lemonoids)
26:11 Outro

[@CrystalKeeper7]

My scratch game got a cameo!

[@Wyatt516]

why is this comment so unpopular (9 likes)

[@CrystalKeeper7]

@@Wyatt516 I got in late to the video :P

[@ilipog]

@@Wyatt516 he knows too much

[@ilipog]

@@mibsmartlearning9621 me?

[@CrystalKeeper7]

@@mibsmartlearning9621 I am?

[@zayahIGAc]

the fact of how simple it is to convert it over to a different game makes it so much better and something that would take 3 hours to code only took an hour! thanks griffpatch.

[@shamon002]

*27 minutes

[@rohansachdeva4952]

Griffpatch: 7:16 "I don't like long lines of code in Scratch" Also Griffpatch: "LEVEL - Start Game Loop - Respawn"

[@caseyyeow1649]

Bruh

[@tracynewman7550]

Why did I laugh so hard it this??

[@thelegoreaper]

@Guilherme Fadigas geme how you do dat

[@buckIin]

I really like these backpackable scratch things that can be used in any project. You should consider making more of these

[@onyxtautuhi3473]

This is something I've always wanted compacted and yet this is the most simplest I've ever seen. The techniques in these tutorial just keep getting more clever!

[@imyasuka]

You can make it a lot more simple with pen.

[@orange2218]

@@imyasuka who the Frick cares

[@lightbeam6056]

@@imyasuka thats what i do. but the only problem is they are at the most further back layer meaning they hide behind sprites

[@costinraspberrypi]

sus

[@semmiesem9]

Hey Griffpatch, thanks for the tutorial. I'm working on a totally cool little turn-based combat thingy, and this helps a lot for showing each character's HP and mana. Keep up the good work! and stuff.

[@Resseguie]

Nice! This is a super useful sprite to add to the backpack. I just added it to my Rocket Canyon Run project and it dropped in SUPER easy to an existing game. Thanks for sharing these with us.

[@griffpatch]

My pleasure, I played it! Really cool

[@GrahamBurgers]

Made my day! I was making a game and was having troubles with the health bars - this is sure to help a lot!! Thank you Griffpatch for always making such useful tutorials!

[@griffpatch]

My pleasure

[@undertalerandomvideos5222]

The timing is perfect, I just started making a game I'll need this for

[@kryptyk64]

Thank you, I used to be so scared of using lists but I feel like I could use them to my advantage now :)

[@legoonyx27]

This is a great tutorial! This would be nice to use for an RPG game, maybe you could combine the number counter tutorial with this one to show the health more accurately when the numbers get HUGE!

[@L.AWNM0.W3R]

i was about to make a very random-ish project about a app in a scratch project(a platformer) and you posted this and this was really useful for me, thank you griffpatch for making this!

[@pahalvaidya1094]

Love your tutorials Griffpatch. And this one was what I wanted everytime I tried to create a game in scratch. Thanks a lot.

[@griffpatch]

Glad I could help! Hope you get on well with it!

[@nikodemzielinski9958]

Amog us?

[@priyanshgamingyt4640]

Among us

[@theearth8785]

Amogus

[@cirawakalong]

Amus

[@monicadua7]

This tutorial is not only helpful for a shooting game, it can literally work in any game! Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into every video to help us with block coding. Scratch will surely help me a lot to build a base for learning other programming languages and these tutorials are just what I need!

[@monicadua7]

@Hayyan_SomeWeirdGuy haha!

[@monicadua7]

@Hayyan_SomeWeirdGuy Guess what, he did :D

[@gh672]

yes me too I am trying to learn python after scratch but I will stick with scratch for now

[@monicadua7]

@@gh672 Yes, I will learn javascript/html after Scratch!

[@monicadua7]

And Python also

[@dirt6687]

Wow, I needed to make a health bar in my game! Your tutorial is on time😄

[@NivedhArani12]

The way you use diagrams to explain what you are doing is very good. Keep up the good work griffpatch

[@chiroyce]

Your tutorials seem to be getting better and better every video!! Thanks a lot for such high quality educational content! 🤩

[@1080GBA]

hi

[@Bittergiggle_gaming]

@@1080GBA hi

[@GigaChameleon]

griffpatch: drawing a health bar wih no outline 2:44 also griffpatch: up the outline width to 4 3:30

[@griffpatch]

If you draw with the outline turned on, then it's hard to align it to the grid... So I draw it with it off, and then turn it on afterwards :)

[@BLACKEDSNEPER]

yolo oOoOO

[@kaustubhshrestha1265]

you play bs?

[@GigaChameleon]

@@griffpatch yes I know that but XD

[@GigaChameleon]

@@kaustubhshrestha1265 yess

[@gh672]

thanks as I am trying a lot since 3 years from this year I was trying to make fnaf 2d this helped a lot not only we can apply this to a full game we can apply this to small movements in cut scenes and you have a healthy upload schedule which is great

[@maxmm7104]

Thanks for the awesome video as always griffpatch. Keep up the great work!

[@stickmandhruv9270]

Now, I will add health bar in my shadow fight 2 game, but I will make the width of health bar bit longer. Thanks for this cool tutorial! :)

[@stepanruz]

Can you give me the link to the game?

[@stickmandhruv9270]

@@stepanruz Work in progress, but I will soon give you the link when it is complete.

[@fireboygaming3144]

@@stickmandhruv9270 oh i wanna try is it for mobile or for pc only

[@stickmandhruv9270]

@@fireboygaming3144 For now,it's for pc only but soon I will try to add mobile controls(Not sure whether I will add mobile controls or not).

[@NewtYT]

Looks cool! Can't wait to add this to my projects! Did you know that I have like 85+ unread messages on Scratch because I haven't opened the messages page?! (because of my exams) Maybe I can add this to Appel's boss.

[@pixelrobloxca]

haha

[@jantuarsgameschannel3102]

Bro i was looking for this so long tysm!

[@Real_ChezCube]

Thank you so much for all of our hard work. I really love your tutorials.

[@903games]

I've always wondered how retro games do pop-up talking texts of characters' conversations. but in Scratch, doing something like this is terribly impossible. It would help a lot if you make a video about it.

[@CMM47]

Try making your own letter graphics and don't rely on scratch say blocks

[@fefe177]

@@CMM47 do people actually use those still💀

[@fefe177]

Use or make a custom text engine with clones ez!!! Camera controls for bonus points

[@CMM47]

@Yum muy don't you think that's what I meant by letter graphics

[@DexFire1115]

@@fefe177 I use them for testing (kind of like console.log in JS) but never in a final project.

[@marcelpapernoel4450]

Thank you so much ! It's sooooooo easy to move and it's working for clones i was trying to do that for months You are amazing

[@ghastdude589]

For a more dynamic health bar I use a sprite for the outline and a clone for the health portion itself, that changes it's x position based on whatever variable it's monitoring, as well as changing color. Pros: Looks better, don't need to make a lot of costumes. Cons: The bar must be on the edge of the screen so you don't see the health clipping out one side.

[@griffpatch]

This is very good... And sounds similar to an approach I also use, but I have a trick that means or doesn't need to be at the edge of the screen

[@n1qht719]

griffpatch always lets us learn the easy way. I love it!

[@megfish9215]

I swear griff is so damn underrated. You put so much effort into your projects and videos, and yet get minimal attention for it. Anyways, just wanted to say that i absolutely love your content, has been a fan ever since 2017, keep up the good work!

[@star80doessdastuff]

I joined in 2019 a week before the 3.0 update.

[@WhoIsShawnRonan]

;-; language... all u had to say was that he is not getting the attention that is deserved based on his work

[@chadbroski9438]

He's really good, i agree, but do all those scratchers have to smash the follow/heart/star buttons until their fingers break? he's a bit overrated on scratch but here on youtube it's better.

[@Krakyy]

@@WhoIsShawnRonan bro what he never swore

[@Krakyy]

@@WhoIsShawnRonan are you saying bc he said damn? thats not a swear lol stop policing people they can say whatever they want its the internet

[@lamtomtom]

Thanks griffpatch for making this tutorial! I was thinking a lot of how to make a health bar on my game so this tutorial is VERY COOL

[@Canatuga]

I’ve seen these on KZbin before but none by the legend himself. Been waiting for this over a year. Thank you 😊

[@C0AST3RR1D3R]

Your tutorials are what make me a good scratcher. Coding is hard but when we have someone like you it helps me understand it better. Thanks for all your videos and projects! -xxxxGam3rBoyxxxx

[@madeleinecorcoran51]

Cool! You are really good at Scratch! Also love the thumbnail! But; (This tutorial isn't in my game I'm making btw this is just a problem) I am making collision detection, but my collision detection keeps on crashing my chrome tab! I need help! (Also love the Super Scratchy thumbnail ! )

[@ghastdude589]

You're probably having a stuck loop in a custom block with "run without screen refresh" enabled. The way I use, although it definitely isnt the best, is just for the loop to count up a variable as it runs/repeats, and stop the loop when the number gets too high. This can lead to collision bugs, though, with sprites in walls if the loop stops while inside a wall

[@madeleinecorcoran51]

@@ghastdude589 Hmm, maybe... I have made one as well that sort of works, but it's not perfect...

[@ghastdude589]

@@madeleinecorcoran51 Collision detection isnt the easiest, haha! Griffpatch has a couple good tutorials about them, I'd suggest you check them out

[@madeleinecorcoran51]

@@ghastdude589 It doesn't have instant mode enabled as well

[@madeleinecorcoran51]

@@ghastdude589 I just saw this comment btw, I have checked out his tutorials but none of them worked, I have also tried this dude called ShiftClickLearn's tutorial which doesn't work ;/

[@hypercoder9772]

Thank You so much @griffpatch! I wanted a tutorial for health bars. Now I can make my games better. :D

[@drevoksi]

Awesome tutorial! Thank you so much for making videos on such interesting topics!

[@thatonestickmanguy259]

GRIFFPATCH YOUR GAMES ARE AWESOME I REALLY LOVE THEM YOU NEVER FAIL TO ENTERTAIN US

[@zenitsu1169]

Keep your caps lock in control 😂

[@thatonestickmanguy259]

@@zenitsu1169 why you tease me ??

[@chadbroski9438]

ah yes a kid who acts like a spammer. don't be like them theyre just lazy and i don't want you to be one kid

[@enidzhao5293]

@@thatonestickmanguy259 bc yes

[@rmlabastida]

my healths are going crazy help me-

[@Steamer845]

My health bars after I modified the custom block went crazy

[@Steamer845]

I have no clue what to do

[@Elroicoder]

Yes

[@ianho3216]

i was trying to find a health bar tutorial and you made it good job

[@tomfooledterry]

2 days before this tutorial i was looking for a health bar tutorial. This is perfect.

[@Deyfher1]

Yes! I always wanted to make a health bar! Thank you, griffpatch!

[@imomarik5802]

Wow you're tutorials are getting more interesting every day

[@anshulsgalaxy2336]

amazing griffpatch! keep creating more tutorials! :)

[@ioanobrien622]

Your tutorials help me so much griffpatch! Keep up the good work!

[@tuckerbetz9585]

Incredible! Health bars are something I've wanted for a long time.

[@iamsparta7436]

I added crystal keeper’s universe parallax to my lemon invasion with the healthbars and all sorts of other cool tutorials, and made one sick game!

[@Almno1240G]

this is an incredible and useful tutorial ty Griffpach :D also I have one question: can the same Healthbar sprite be usedfor multiple different enemy sprites, or can it only be used for one?

[@Ray-bp8ts]

Just perfect like every time! Good job 👍 Continue your videos!

[@KKIRBYY-GD]

I been waiting for this thank you!

[@RishanEdits10]

Tysm! I was making a game with a player who has a health bar but i was confused on how to. This video helped me alot, one again, tysm!

[@imaraspberryhamster]

Griff you always make awsome tutorials keep it up!

[@falafel_83]

I was waiting for his tutorial! I love this big idea!

[@astro1354]

Thanks for the tutorial! I'm gonna use this to make health bars in Venno's Quest 2.

[@conureconjure3579]

ah i needed this so much! this was really helpful! thank you :P

[@rodot2007]

This is going to be very useful for my space game. Thank you for making me tutorials.😇

[@yingli1770]

so good! Thankyou Griffpatch for making this game! :)

[@edgarplayz1021]

So straight-forward and easy! Thanks!

[@jasonzawtun]

I also made a variant, the boss health bar. It's bigger, stays at X 0 but Y is varied but at usually -150, it's border is black, the pool colour is normally red which can be changed by colour graphic effect and also fifty-one costumes.

[@altaccount5796]

hey griffpatch love your videos. Question, how did you make the map for your 3d laser tag game

[@dazcar2203]

i like how lemonoids is slowly getting more and more features through various other tutorials

[@izaanhafid]

What an amazing tutorial! Good job on this!

[@Roshay_gd]

I saw all your creations on scratch i love them so much

[@Kim-qn4wz]

Wow, this is absolutely stunning! I'm excited to add health bars to my games hehe

[@gamesorreacts]

How did you get 21 hours ago it was only published 42 minutes ago

[@gamesorreacts]

Ik why now

[@gamesorreacts]

@PythoJava channel membership

[@movedchannellittlebrobgona6364]

Time traveller

[@gamesorreacts]

@@movedchannellittlebrobgona6364 ok

[@FabiolaQuirozB]

this was very useful thanks griffpach! for another amazing tutorial for your game and enhance them with this awsome health bar i already did this too and wow my game looks even better! thanks griffpach!

[@RedDevi]

Very usefull im going to use it in many projects thanks grffpatch!

[@Owen-vz8ir]

griffpatch, this is going to help me so much! keep up the good work!

[@cheesecake88655]

Everyone: talking about other stuff Me: *just waiting for the cat to hit the corner*

[@agabrielgabriel6801]

i didn't watch all your videos but did you post an boss fight bc i needed to use this for one

[@Speed-TV]

I don't even follow these tutorials, but when griffpatch posts a new video you gotta drop whatever you're doing and watch it!

[@Shouji_akutami]

Thank! This should solve my problem for the tank game me and my friend are making.

[@Ironyum99]

THANK YOU GRIFFPATCH! this helped so muchhh

[@iamsparta7436]

Wow! This is great! It even works for clones!!!

[@Seven71987]

Perfect for my future video games like the Axel series and most of the Yoshi & Pikachu series.

[@UnknownX-Edits]

Thank you so much for that tutorial 😁

[@timeodelaplace2275]

I love the healt bars! I am so exited!!

[@monky4163]

Thank you, so so much. You have no idea how hard it was to find a tutorial that shows how to get health bars for clones.

[@griffpatch]

Not any longer :D

[@ryanmemes2100]

Hi! I actually play your Geometry Dash game on Scratch! Really great work! Keep it up!

[@westernonion3338]

Nice! I have always needed health bars for my games! Thanks :)

[@griffpatch]

Let me know how well they work in your games :)

[@westernonion3338]

@@griffpatch it works well I am currently making a project with the health bar

[@alexplays5488]

I really needed this video bc in my game I was trying to make it so when the heath hit 0 the player hides, tysm.

[@bevrajino]

you spent all your time thinking and helping us to become better game makers in scratch thank you griffpatch

[@krzysiokrzysiaczek1023]

thanks man rlly helped me in my game one night at soul 4 cos im making a heat thing

[@snipemoon9]

Wow Griffpatch! You are so talented and have so many ideas for my scratch project

[@flop1750]

Thanks! It will definitely help me a lot

[@raduhoria3065]

I love the health bar! Thanks Griffpatch!

[@Scratcher_No-1]

Awesome tutorial!!

[@TemporaryDemotivated]

Hi griffpatch. Your tutorials help me a lot and I was able to do more game ideas

[@griffpatch]

That's awesome!

[@normin01]

this helped turn my game from looking pretty okay to AWSOME!

[@cactithegreat4871]

Remember that platformer project that I tried to add Crafting to? Now I made an entire sprite to show every bar/indicator! Will let anyone in need know if finished.

[@alphaXstudios]

nice tutorial !! Step by step Explanation . Thx for this whole new tutorial . 😀

[@griffpatch]

You are welcome!

[@alphaXstudios]

@@griffpatch 😮

[@Vairoon]

Hey griffpatch, could you make a video covering how to search for substrings in strings? (and output the beginning place of the first letter in the substring in the string,)

[@waynewayne3258]

finally some more stuff i can add for my boss rush

[@weirdooftheyear]

Very happy about the length and detail of griffpatch's tutorials Funnily enough, there is a scratch tutorial for a very poor """pacman""" on a different channel who takes baby steps for each part (making _two_ costumes is all in ONE PART, and that is not an exaggeration)

[@aron250yuuuui]

Thanks You Helped Me Upload A New Project In Scratch😊

[@isaiahsabate2807]

the game works in my scratch. Thank you griffpatch your the best. can you please make a new lemonoid invasion of health to the player so the player will also have health and if the player touch the lemon the player has damage until its game over?

[@wilbur.2266]

I love how you always include Appel

[@samanthamarrian4388]

I love this video I always wondered how to do heath bars

[@whatshername69]

You made a new health bar tutorial, showing how to make an easier one. I was wondering how to put the other health bar into the player’s health?

[@gcmok23]

the fact that he just loved the health bar tutorial studio and made this video made this better

[@thundexscorpiox2223]

This is why I followed both of your accounts in Scratch! 😄

[@pasqualethene]

I found that it also works not only with 0 seconds, but also with seconds. Or, as you call it in your platformer tutorial, "The null room".

[@bearworld9328]

I am going to add this to my platformer!