Easy Scratch Space Shooter 🍋 Lemonoids #4 - Scratch Tutorial

Spice up your Space Shooter Scratch Projects by adding a Title Page, Game Menu, Score, Health, End of Game Explosion & Awesome black curtain fading effects. We also find a clever way to maintain sprite ordering and keep our score prominent without the health bars or other GUI elements sneaking in front - Yeah! After this episode your games will look so well polished everyone will want to play them!
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Part 1 - • Code a Fun Space Shoot...
Part 2 - • Space Shooter 2 - Enem...
Part 3 - • Space Shooter 3 - Came...
Bonus - Scores - • Awesome Number Counter...
Bonus - Health Bars - • AMAZING HEALTH BARS in...
Part 4 - • Easy Scratch Space Sho...
👀 Full Episode Playlist - • Lemonoids Coding Tutorial
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-------------Video Chapters-------------
0:00 Intro
0:55 Where we left off
2:03 Score
4:43 GUI Layering Order
8:44 Player Health
12:29 Player Damage Particles
14:31 Game Over
17:00 Fade to Black
20:00 Game Over / Title Screen
22:19 And as the Game Begins
23:38 Start Game Button
28:43 Resetting the Game
32:46 Testing
34:06 Outro

[@griffpatch]

Bonus - Scores - kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6WwqKxpirCWZ5Y Bonus - Health Bars - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIWuda2wlMlpjpY

[@michaelchan666]

I was streaming when you posted this lol.

[@matildahatesbooks9792]

He actually was... He was speedrunning Yellow Apples in Appel!

[@AdidasDoge]

I would love there to be camera follow. This way the game would feel bigger and won't be stuck within the tiny screen! But great video anyways!!

[@WinterNox]

I did it already :)

[@hellohello-ei4gi]

Same

[@feni_1553]

What about parallax effects?

[@twdneganfan4725]

How about we do a camera follow series? It could help if we actually want our character to move and the camera following us! Instead of the character staying still and the bg moving

[@s-craft6567]

Uhhhhhhhh what the heck

[@alejandroalzatesanchez]

34:32 _"And please smash the like button and subscribe!"_ and a lemon explodes and shake the whole thing what a perfect timming lol

[@alejandroalzatesanchez]

Got heart in record time XD

[@sanvibhanu3868]

Thank you so much griffpatch for adding the numbers to the project I was waiting for this episode!!

[@elminehuy]

Wow, SUCH AN INCREDIBLE TUTORIAL SERIES, I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT EPISODE, CONTINUE BEGING AWESOME GRIFFPATCH, THANKS!!! :D

[@mediapointproduction5244]

um, there is no next ep of this series

[@izaanhafid]

been a really long time since you've made a full episode on this, glad you're working on it again :D

[@ateebasultana7027]

What a fun episode that was! this makes our games look polished and fun! Thank you griffpatch!

[@TtEL]

This is wonderful! Thanks for everything!

[@astr0cookie269]

Miss the "hello fellow scratchers" intro for a while, really amazing!

[@sylverize]

I cant even imagine trying to make this! Great work Griffpatch!

[@vVearon]

this is one of my favoure games we’ve done! thanks for coming back to it :)

[@Dragosgaming0110]

I hope this comment finds you well! I want to sincerely thank you for your dedicated work in creating the tutorial for the game Asteroids. It's truly remarkable to see your passion for gaming and your desire to share knowledge with the community. I've followed your tutorial with great interest and appreciated how you covered the essential aspects of the Asteroids game. However, I've been thinking that it might be intriguing to include information about surprise events, such as the appearance of UFOs in the game. This could be an exciting addition for players, providing them with a more captivating experience. If you haven't discussed UFOs in your tutorial yet, I believe it could be a good idea to add a short section on how these events can impact the game and how players should react to them. This additional detail could enrich the gaming experience for those following your tutorial. I encourage you to continue with your passion for gaming, and keep contributing valuable insights to the community. I look forward to seeing how your tutorial develops and sharing this useful resource with other players. Best regards,

[@H1387isStupid]

I don't use scratch anymore but this entertains me alot so thank you ❤

[@griffpatch]

No problem :) glad you still like it

[@Atrex2749]

I love these tutorials. This is my first one I have watched, and yet I have learned so much

[@simp4won]

I'm so glad we start again in the new episode

[@Divine_Specter2011]

finally a new episode of lemon oid invasion i have been waiting for since the health bar tutorial for this one

[@Divine_Specter2011]

Griffpatch the game kinda lags a little

[@itsmealex117]

In the score sprite, you can add the clone x position to SHAKE DX to get an effect for that too!

[@LeviMiedema-uc1sc]

It must take so much work to make these awesome videos, thank you for doing this, griffpatch.

[@pahalvaidya1094]

Yes! Finally griffpatch! I loved the video. Thank you

[@Robotic-Brix]

Griffpatch this tutorial is INSANE! I think that next you can add a Boss Fight. or maybe player skins. or maybe power ups. or maybe camera scrolling:) the boss fight can be spawned when a player reaches a score of 100 and then you can create a clone double the size. or you could add another sprite for it and maybe the boss can shoot lemon juice lasers at you! for the skins you can make a loading screen like the blay button one, but it gives you customizable options for the player. for the power ups you can make lemons at one point drop a different type of power like extra speed or double shooter. and the camera scrolling will make it much more like a real world. i think adding small partical effects floating around and having a animated backdrop would be cool too to make it more spacey.

[@himap9759]

Ya that would be cool.

[@fairyOfTheForest23]

SKINS OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG lollllllllllllll

[@1080GBA]

hi griffpatch! Thanks for the tutorial! Lemonoids is officially a game now! Thanks!

[@griffpatch]

No problem!

[@gustavotonogamerMad]

cool

[@alphacoreyt4704]

That’s really cool I didn’t think that all of these features could fit in 35 minutes. Thanks for the juicy lemonoid update griffpatch!

[@griffpatch]

It was a push to squeeeeeze them in :) - But we did it!

[@alphacoreyt4704]

@@griffpatch :D

[@therealrachit]

Griffpatch I love Your Tutorials you are at such an advanced level yet you still help people just starting!!! I admire you.

[@griffinbrooks6748]

Amazing! The lemonoid game is very cool, only thing ugly right now is that the lemons show their health on the title.

[@421azi]

Maybe you can make a thumbnail?

[@jonescrl3560]

make it so that the healthbars hide on the splash screen

[@fununtilfun58]

maybe add some code so that (if the game over screen is on, delete all lemon clone and healthbars)

[@Resseguie]

I love it. All these polish effects really take a game from feeling like an experiment to something "real" that they come back to and share with friends. The GUI layer management is clever. I had essentially brute forced it in my game for the scene changes. I think I'll rework it to be more flexible like this the next time I add a new element. I particularly like the darkened curtain that lets some gameplay behind the splash screen continue!

[@griffpatch]

Yeah, layering always feels like it's a lot harder to achieve in scratch than it should be. I wish we had a simple z order implementation too...

[@krlovn]

Why is this comment 17h ago

[@ninjadude_yt404]

@@krlovn Because, it was 17 hours ago.

[@ninjadude_yt404]

Wait I see it.

[@Famoke]

​@@krlovn he is a griffpatch member who have early access

[@rogamer7399]

Tysm this is going to make my game so much better!

[@jameswoodcock485]

I guess now that Lemonoids is back we will have to bust out our space ships again! Great tutorial Griffpatch!

[@tt_thoma]

- Amazing sfx - Amazing tutorial - Amazing voice - Amazing ideas - Amazing results Amazing video :D

[@griffpatch]

Woohoo! :)

[@tt_thoma]

@@griffpatch oh and nice face tho

[@jjsanimations]

Pretty sure "amazing voice" should be first on that list :D

[@razen1171]

tysm griffpatch for getting back for this epic series i hope you make a part 5 where big lemon's have a chanse to drop an power up that make the shooting more fun and easier for a bit of time. for example you get a power up it's random but every power up has it's own style / color like maybe a a really long laser or a laser that shoot's everywhere or a one that chase's the closest enemy. or maybe you need to kill a lemon to charge ur power bar and if it's full maybe you get a big long laser and the power bar will digress untill it's empty and the cool laser will turn off and get back to the normal short laser's becuse it will like the space game's on mobile game app's or on flash game's i know it will hard and more likely u can't do that in scratch but i hope you can find a way to do it

[@griffpatch]

Such great ideas

[@JadMustafa]

Magnificent, you right Griffpatch!

[@JadMustafa]

@@griffpatch are you going to do that cool suggestion

[@NotLaama]

I would love to see a tutorial for that!

[@austencope]

@@griffpatch HELP

[@gurjasdeepsingh]

Keep it up dude Ur the master of scratch Loved your videos ❤ ❤

[@user-gd6gd4zq4r]

You are the legend YOU'RE TUTORIALS ARE THE BEST

[@RenardioMFG]

Layering in Scratch is such a pain, I just wish that it had something like a Z order

[@crackerpooppop]

If you watch one of Griffpatches tutorials he has an AMAZING and simple solution, which I use all the time!

[@ant2902]

Griffpatch already did it! Check out his video!

[@FireyDeath4]

Then you still have to prioritise once multiple sprites have the same Z position...

[@RenardioMFG]

@@ant2902 I know he alrready made a video, just using that tutorial every time could be time consuming

[@ant2902]

@@RenardioMFG don't be lazy

[@extrem780]

Hey griffpatch, I've been trying to merge my modified version of this tutorial with your cloud multiplayer tutorial. When watching the tutorials, it struck me that I would very quickly hit the clone limit. How would I make this work with all the laser clones needed?

[@ronymodestosilva4308]

if you increase the fire rate variable this can work

[@Legoguns2023]

Satisfying sounds, bullet and lemons i LOVE it

[@ditlazdl5634]

It ia amazing to see how much you can code in scratch! I have followed so many of your tutorial and they are amazing! I have a suggestion, though. Could you do a tutorial on how to make a scrolling side menu with a scrollbar? I would really help me in my projects!

[@ihunthackers9338]

Why not make it multiplayer in episode 5

[@griffpatch]

I'm not sure this would be a very good multiplayer game? What are you thinking?

[@ihunthackers9338]

@@griffpatch Then can you teach how to make a multiplayer speedrunning game

[@dotYT1396]

I think the players should work together to destroy lemonoids... Or maybe it's last man standing type of game where the lemonoids are just enemy NPC's.

[@eyallevin6302]

@@griffpatch A platformer, or honestly just anything

[@TheSuperCuber258x]

​@@griffpatch I'm a new scratcher

[@Mc_rich-omega-]

Finally this is my favorite series

[@sweetdippers2199]

this is the best tutorial ever, he explains everything. Thankyou griffpatch

[@PaveltheBugFan]

As one man once said: “All right, I've been thinking, when life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade! Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons! What am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I'm the man whose gonna burn your house down - with the lemons!”

[@RandomStuffz.]

i to love portal

[@griffpatch]

Me too!!!

[@RandomStuffz.]

@@griffpatch Its an amazing game with an amazing story maybe one day you could do a 3d raycaster where you can look up i would love that and it would help me finish my game! (but im not pressuring you. You don't need to if you don't want to also thanks for replying)

[@TheRealParameh]

Wow! Thanks for making this video, because it makes my game much better :D

[@malariathegreat]

this is i think the funniest tutorial i have ever seen from you!

[@V0rteXxRat]

wow such a great tutorial cant wait for part 5 !(100% not gonna copy everything and just change the lemons to peppers)

[@Mate9990Original]

nice tutorial! my astreoid game are looking amazing!

[@SaraiMarrero-qs1vz]

great video its like being the pro with a good heart some pros have youtube channels but never help people while u just r the scratch goat

[@Hoaboconganh2112]

Yes you know what, I am waiting it for ages You finnaly made it, Horay!!! 🤩🤩🤩😍😍😍

[@annihilate2479]

love it thanks griff for this awesome tutorial

[@iambox_face]

Thanks griffpatch for letting us learn your tips and tricks!

[@griffpatch]

Yay, I love shattering those!

[@abbeyoke9143]

TYSM griffpatch just when I was about to quit your vids helped me thx =)

[@aintNexus]

Nice! I still didn't even start following this series and i won't but it's still cool seeing you doing this!

[@lalarampatel]

yup

[@lalarampatel]

:D

[@mathiumlight]

Your are OP, I've been waiting this update

[@parserbek9947]

This is the best tutorial of my life... thank you griffpatch...

[@prunusmume5989]

Thank you griffpatch for the tutorial! you rock!

[@noobingtonsyt8492]

just finished this tutorial! oh boy I can't wait for my game to be done! I will give a link when it is

[@levelgodyt8584]

I really wanted another lemonoids video thanks!

[@griffpatch]

No problem!

[@jb-the-creator4259]

we really need more of this

[@tuaungful]

Tip for shadow effect: Try making the shadow a dark version of the back color which makes it look more transparent

[@gregkemerer4299]

I love this series!

[@Seek100-]

Cool, I really needed this

[@blackytussle859]

Griffpatch is the scratch coding teacher that knows everything and gave people some tutorials. Also I usually watch your contents! It's pretty cool!

[@griffpatch]

I appreciate that!

[@blackytussle859]

@@griffpatch I put a lot of thought into this, thanks for noticing!

[@jordistruble477]

thank you so much for this tutorial griffpatch😁

[@herobrinehk3706]

Wow 🤩 this is really good 😊

[@ericstanimit4246]

I would love abilities/power ups for next ep. Please it would make it more fun!

[@Geoose49]

cool,I waited for this for a long time!

[@griffpatch]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@RishanEdits10]

Tysm for the new video! This is so cool and sour, ty :)

[@1080GBA]

lateee

[@arda.atli_]

I have an awesome idea for the platformer series! It would be awesome if you add a final boss fight! I searched a lot on youtube but I can't find any tutorial about boss fights so I guess it would be awesome if you do :D

[@griffpatch]

Sounds good!

[@rajshreekulkarnikende3857]

Finally !! It's done 😊 It took a month for me to make this bro

[@rajshreekulkarnikende3857]

What A month 😅

[@rajshreekulkarnikende3857]

Yeah bro

[@NITRO_PRO]

Good tutorials as always, also for your information I am active in the studio :)

[@griffpatch]

Great to hear!

[@NITRO_PRO]

@@griffpatch added a bunch of projects already! Can you invite me to the next studios? I am really active and can add a lot of projects? Also can curators add their own projects based on the tutorial?

[@supersls]

ha ha! i saw a change in thumbnail! i Love it!

[@younower9068]

so cool the start screen!!!!😯😲

[@FlameYouTube]

i'm not good at scratch coding and this guy made me a pro in 2 weeks

[@griffpatch]

Whoop! :) That's excellent

[@Tnac9]

3:23 ooh! That sound effect ticked me off, didn't expect you to use it, but still great video!

[@griffpatch]

Hey there - Did it bother you? Maybe I'll add a poll for it hehe - Just thought it might be fun to try!

[@Tnac9]

@@griffpatch it didn't bother me, it just surprised me. You should use it more becuase you're videos are super helpful and do make me go "wow."

[@pjpenguin2667]

Griffpatch i love your videos they help sooooo much! i was thinking that your tile scrolling mario series should let you place power-ups outside of question mark blocks, and also, i would very much like a new power-up like the Super Leaf, or the Ice Flower, or the Super Bell. anyway, i hope you reach 1 million subs one day! have a good day

[@williamist]

Love that gui layering technique, it's very clever! I don't like how the lemon health bars show up on a new game though, maybe you could hide that like the score on first start.

[@griffpatch]

Yeah

[@theepicunicorn2953]

Griffpatch, you have helped me sooo much!

[@griffpatch]

Yay! Scratch on :D

[@LegoOnyx27]

WOAH! A Lemonoid tutorial? It's been so long!

[@KathrynHo-xw2sl]

finnally

[@ryanw8193]

Love it! Thanks

[@kalebzewdu2358]

this was worth my whole 24 hours

[@bubblyxenali8662]

I love it so much!

[@nah-um]

it would be cool if you could have different types of lasers (maybe one that bounces, big ray that goes through many lemons) also maybe food to restore health

[@AmazingJordanYT]

The moment we've all waited for

[@thatguystar817]

The episode we needed

[@thatguystar817]

When did this happen?

[@informational-bites2500]

you can also add change SCORE by 1 in the Lazer sprite, 'When I start as clone'

[@arpitabanerjee9391]

We need an epic 3D platformer tutorial from you.

[@l712doesstuff7]

I REALLY LIKED IT GRIFFPATCH! I thought that the lemon series were all over, but WOW! I think this series is the BEST! It really helped me A LOT. And I ALSO like to look at the studios too. (though I didn't got invited :l )

[@griffpatch]

Sorry to hear that! I get so many requests!!!

[@l712doesstuff7]

@@griffpatchIt is 100% okay! I understand:)

[@l712doesstuff7]

you are so popualar:0 so I understand and know:) thank u anyways :p

[@romi_wri]

Thanks for the tutorial now the game is better! But if there is ever a part 5 i hope you add health regeneration and camera follow so the game feels bigger than a small screen

[@beans5747]

Wow welldone! 😃

[@QuackImpala7321]

“play around with the throb size until we’re happy” great tutorial tho xd I like your videos

[@pradam313]

Awesome your tutorial helped me thank you so much griffpatch

[@griffpatch]

My pleasure

[@amOhad131]

Had to watch 5 videos for this, better be worth it.

[@NolrizTheGamer]

Nice vid tutorial, i was looking for this! Btw is it possible to add like some shop button where you can buy custom ships and etc?

[@griffpatch]

Yeah, that is a possibility!

[@Resseguie]

@@griffpatch in general, an approach to save progress would be an interesting topic to explore.

[@Therozoneyt]

Hey griffpatch you’re actually my favorite scratch KZbinr and by the way my favorite KZbinr in general is unspeakable

[@amos9g]

Wow! Love the lemonoid invasion project. I just wanted to ask you if you were going to make another tile scrolling platform tutorial.

[@griffpatch]

It's not planned yet... But at some point I hope

[@amos9g]

@@griffpatch ok!

[@helentowers6223]

you could add power ups which could have a small chance of spawning when you kill a big lemon, or any other scenario. maybe faster laser shooting, double player health, slow lemons, lasers do x2 damage, one time use force field, etc. and maybe… (maybe this is a bit over the top) stop time for a short period of time? where lemons, lasers etc. are frozen in place except you? or maybe time reverse but I doubt that’s possible.

[@dawidsmietana3651]

4:41 i end here :) i love your series

[@Mistercookoo]

Your videos are 12:52 😂 keep it up I love your scratch tutorials!❤

[@sahildas.]

thank goodness you relased part 4🤤🤤🤤

[@griffpatch]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@noahcouturier6408]

Amazing video!!! I have an Idea to add on to the raycaster series. I was thinking about adding furniture or items or maybe even different kinds of entities that stay still and act like furniture. Either that or how to change textures.

[@griffpatch]

Great

[@YTBlueDream]

@@griffpatch u can make a skin menu and some challenges to unlock the skin,I think its great!

[@infurity]

his editing skills are beyond explanation

[@rajshreekulkarnikende3857]

Yup

[@Chronically-Stressed]

OMG HE ACTUALLY MADE IT YESSSSSSSSSSSS

[@loxik658]

Hurray!!! I did it!! I made this game!!