Finally! We have "Stretchy Sprites" in Scratch - Full Tutorial

Impress all your friends by learning how to add "Stretchy Sprites" into your Scratch games, the next big things in Scratch Special Effects :D
Until recently, thought impossible, now we can enjoy sprite squashing and stretching in real time by combining Scratch's Effect Block, and some clever costume editing techniques! - Our projects will never be the same again!
This Scratch Tutorial will teach you everything you need to know including how to code a bouncing, squashing sprite with gravity, over an infinite scrolling background / level.
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-------------Video Chapters-------------
0:00 Intro
0:44 The Fisheye Effect
1:37 Animating the Fisheye Effect
2:45 Playing with Sprite Costumes + Fisheye
4:56 Scratch Studio
5:37 Bouncing Cat Project
7:25 Simple Gravity & The Background
8:47 Better Gravity with Bounce
10:33 The Squish
11:18 Proportionate Squish
13:58 Drawing a Scrolling Background
15:46 Animating the Scrolling Background
17:24 Cat Controls Movement
18:23 Camera Follows the Cat
20:06 Outro

[@griffpatch]

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[@oigygiy]

hooray now i can make elastic tweens

[@dogedev12]

The studio link leads to the raycasting episode ten studio.

[@rain_SlM]

Yes

[@SuperTrouper17]

a

[@rileylim2758]

I laughed 1m times

[@1080GBA]

Griffpatch can literally do anything impossible for us in scratch 🔥

[@zentejavorszky5077]

yea

[@LebatrowAndSqueak]

literally like so true

[@GuynamedJaylen]

Fr on too many levels

[@ChuckSploder]

He didn't pioneer this, I think UIOPscratch did, like a year and a half ago

[@MasterSharky]

Just follow the steps he does

[@muhammedfayadnavas8686]

Literally no words to describe the gratitude to you griffpatch. You've broken scratch.

[@codingpileofdirt]

Nope, we're only *scratching the surface* here

[@1Sock2Sock]

I’m scratching my head

[@griffpatch]

So guys! Studio link coming soon... Did you notice this video is available at 4k 60fps? Question is, would you actually have noticed the difference? And does it look better/worse at the screen size you watch it at? Do let me know in the comments :)

[@Magicpear-mx9gg]

Oh, I see, it look better. However, I think I will not care about it so much, your videos are so good! Thanks giffpatch for teaching us those details on scratch.😁 Give you a big like 👍

[@Piano_Board]

I'm using a 1080p phone

[@cyberxandcorruptedtiger]

idk

[@davidbahh8645]

He looks better!

[@myroslavabilobrova9272]

Hi griffpatch 😊

[@petersmythe6462]

With the right combination of stretch and skew we may well be able to do arbitrary triangle transformations. This could be *REVOLUTIONARY* for mesh rendering if it also works with the whirl effect.

[@griffpatch]

Yes, I've seen that very thing done in scratch... It's very clever isn't it

[@official-obama]

@@Paper99999 the top of the sprite seems wider than the bottom

[@ChuckSploder]

Look up STTF in the scratch search bar

[@codingpileofdirt]

IT WORKS WITH THE WHIRL EFFECT. I have seen some examples, though the whirling mainly seems to be best for animation purposes.

[@fergusotoole6676]

i made something stupid hes 2 do bouncing in circles @@griffpatch

[@MaisUmFCPlays]

Griffpatch is certainly evolving! Showing us simple ways to do what was considered hard Edit: *Thanks, Griffpatch!*

[@mr.Archi2.0]

Невозможно*

[@crafterboy27]

@@mr.Archi2.0 hard*

[@xc_gwpl]

Wow... that's ingenious. I've always hoped for a stretch block for Scratch, and was disappointed to learn they were apparently part of the platform once, only to be removed and get stuck in backlog for years. It's great to see that there's a workaround!

[@ggenije]

Here's history of using fisheye for stretching on Scratch: May 22, 2021 l3ccm invented it May 31, 2021 PutneyCat made project using l3ccm version Dec 15, 2021 squidchip found it parallel to him Dec 15, 2021 MentalBox adapted squidchip version into working triangle version Dec 16, 2021 squidchip made first 3D project using stamped textured triangles Jan 23, 2022 MentalBox made first loaded 3D object using stamped textured triangles Apr 10, 2022 ggenije (me) got inspired by MentalBox's version and made regular stretch version. Aug 08, 2022 Chrome_Cat fixed ggenije's stretch project to have higher precision. Aug 20, 2022 Chrome_Cat made STTF - Stamp Texture Triangle Fill, which is first single stamp triangle texture using whirl effect along with fisheye Aug 22, 2022 MentalBox made their own version of STTF Mar 06, 2023 b9e made platformer used stretched circles Sep 06, 2023 Chrome_Cat made v2 of STTF which is much better in each way possible. Sep 06, 2023 KryptoScratcher optimized v2 STTF Dec 02, 2023 griffpatch made video on fisheye stretching

[@roundabout-host]

oh wow, nice to see you

[@Mentalbox52]

Great timeline actually! In terms of releases this is fairly accurate and thank you for clarifying. Behind the scenes me (Mentalbox) and Chrome_Cat were sort of working together on STTF, I had been trying to get whirl for a while and he pulled through with the math. I think I still have his paper somewhere. Everyone knew is was possible but struggled to get it off the ground.

[@radish.6660]

I like how it was invented by some guy in 2021 apparently me and my friends have known about fisheye stretching since like 2017

[@ggenije]

@@radish.6660 Yeah, it's pretty logical that other people knew about it before l3ccm, but those we're probably isolated cases, but with this timeline you can see chain reaction happening. If you know some older projects which uses this method, I would like to see them.

[@amazingone915]

he didnot give you a heart because your his biggest enemy

[@Dezloxe]

That edge of fisheye thing was a billion iq honestly, and i´ve seen project where the sprite is drawn by pen for this effect. Now it seems so easy, as it always was apparently!

[@The-EJ-Factor]

I knew what the fish eye effect does, but I never thought of using it like this, when I taught kids scratch at the coding school, I taught some of them how to make it zoom in where you want by controlling the center of the sprite costume.

[@PixelMystic124]

Interesting video! I can’t believe we could stretch sprites in game! Awesome work! Keep it up 😊

[@griffpatch]

I know right!

[@starflightYT]

@@griffpatchCan you stretch side to side by placing the square to the side?

[@user-ox5dx7cw5k]

@@starflightYT yes

[@mcnole25]

The pen extension and image scanning can also work for stretching. And skewing is possible with the whirl effect too!

[@ItsLouisYT]

That ungodly choir to at griffpatch did for scratch cat at 3:40 is amazing

[@bitchassmoththing]

banger ytpmv sample

[@Ameise15_Scratch]

It's amazing how much you can do with the simple fisheye effect block

[@mightythearmiddilo]

There’s a mod of Turbowarp that I really recommend trying. It’s called Penguin Mod, it adds lots of blocks, many new extensions, built-in Scratch Addons, and Turbowarp’s game modifier.

[@link_55]

I remember seeing a project with this in, but I couldn't find it afterwards to work out how it worked. Now I can finally make it! :D thanks griffpatch

[@griffpatch]

No problem!

[@THETACOTEERS]

@@griffpatchand all this time I used different costumes for squish effect..

[@Jackhenrey]

Wow griffpatch you're bringing back my childhood when i discovered effects blocks for the first time 😢where did that time goes

[@2MinutesScienceChannel]

Griffpatch never fails to create tutorials that are truly amazing. In fact, one of my friends are beginners at Scratch and he can create really amazing projects by following your tutorials!

[@griffpatch]

That's awesome 👍

[@evepreviouslyknownaslenenjoyer]

i haven't used scratch in years, but i love griffpatch's videos, they're so lovely and kind of nostalgic

[@-CosmoCode]

I used that block to make black hole animations all the time... You see the best in something that doesn't seem like it was made for it

[@crackerpooppop]

Can't believe what I'm hearing! This is amazing!

[@-CosmoCode]

Ahh I have the glitch again cuz I'm on mobile.. I didn't manage to get to my PC on time

[@alfiegordon9013]

OOOOOH thats a genius way to do that, i never would've thought of that in a million years

[@griffpatch]

I know right!?!

[@exoticonvr]

VERY very clever thinking behind this, griffpatch.

[@The-EJ-Factor]

7:07 I used that trick a long time ago when I made my first scrolling game with my own code. Its very useful, you can also use it to make the opposite happen by making a very big sprite to make the spites able to change really small. I often call the big sprite small, and the small sprite big, which may seem odd but it makes more sense for when you want something small you change to small and when you set something big you change to big.

[@startFX]

duuude i've been wanting do do this for years... now i can finally achieve it with this tutorial, yay !

[@crackerpooppop]

Awesome tutorial! So cool to see something that so many people thought was impossible done so simply!

[@tt_thoma]

It's funny how it eases in and out on it's own

[@blackhole927]

I haven’t used scratch in a few years, I’ve moved away to do script coding. But the excitement in your voice at the start has gotten me excited about scratch again, so thank you!

[@Cod3Play]

This is so simple, yet I've never thought of it. Thanks, Griffpatch! Amazing tutorial as always

[@christinewambua2205]

yap i agree

[@Richard_Nixon-mr6rq]

GENIUS!!

[@guestive]

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[@TheNerdoGuy]

Thanks a lot! Your tutorials are always helping!

[@robertjohnson9187]

It's so great how you touch on multiple topics like a camera and dynamically moving surfaces.

[@realjordantrs]

It’s interesting because as soon as you said it used the fisheye effect I immediately figured out how you did it. Well, relatively, I don’t know the actual steps though 😅

[@griffpatch]

It just takes a nudge sometimes :) nice one

[@TheComputerCrasher42]

I'm sure there's more cool things like this just waiting to be discovered... And when they are, griffpatch will make a video on it! Random question, did you discover this stretch feature by yourself?

[@griffpatch]

No I didn't discover this :) it's been around for a little while, but I don't think a lot of people know about it so I wanted to make a video

[@sonicramdomchannel]

4:04 thats how actually 3DS' 3D effect is maded

[@TS_64]

Genuinley so inspiring, might apply some of your tutorials in some of my future scratch projects!

[@Samuel11959]

we have waited so long for this... thank you

[@-CosmoCode]

Yay! Griffpatch, I have a question. Would you like to ever make tutorials on other programming languages too?

[@Saleh_925YT]

Bruh just delete the wrong texts and say it you don’t need to say I meant

[@griffpatch]

100% yes... Watch this space

[@-CosmoCode]

​@@griffpatch ??? I think I don't know about Something

[@salibaster9000-hs4cv]

Lifesaver! I have been looking for this! Thanks Griffpatch!

[@firesoul2759]

This is by far the 2nd most mind blowing tutorial I've seen just short of the MMO tutorial :D I always love your videos Griffpatch!

[@chipm0nk]

I'm honestly surprised that no one discovered this sooner! Such an ancient limitation of Scratch, with a solution that's been staring us in the face this whole time. Well done as always!

[@meowy_luffy]

yoooooooooo chimpmonk!

[@channelname7105]

Actually it was discovered i think at least several months earlier although I can't pinpoint an exact person and it didn't have widespread use. Several made triangle mesh renderers with it

[@ChuckSploder]

@@channelname7105 I think it was uiopscratch a year and a half ago

[@helo397]

Hi @chipmonk!

[@Mentalbox52]

@@channelname7105 Squidchip came up with the idea and I implemented it. Ggenije made a project with this effect and I was credited. It's use for textured triangles has since been refined to include the whirl effect for a single stamp tris thanks to chrome cat.

[@pumpkinplayzyt6969]

its always a good day when griffpatch uploads

[@geometrydash2.2137]

I Can't Believe We Can Do This With 3 Costume In The Cat! Great Work Griffpatch!

[@jimbobskimbob]

0:31 scratch cat giving you the stink eye

[@P4ncake_.]

I thought that we just got the 2 axis scaling...

[@griffpatch]

Oh for a simple stretch block!

[@yukokcandy]

Can’t believe we did this without multiple costumes in the cat!

[@griffpatch]

I know right!

[@AbdulMamun_Alt]

@@griffpatchHey griff dude, I have a scratch account but for some reason I'm not getting my email confirmation code (the thing you need to share projects and more) I cannot share one of my best games I've ever made in scratch. Can you help me? And I'll use this bounce squish effect in one of my games, but the problem is that no one other than me can see it 😢

[@fridae8856]

wow this is crazy griffpatch!! Another great tutorial love your work keep it up!

[@devvux]

I always wanted to do this for my slime game! Keep up the good work! ✨

[@lightuptheray4799]

You have inspired me to do so many things with code And this trick really helped with doing different affects like freezing, water, dancing and more!

[@lukes2030]

Griffpatch, This was the BEST practical scratch tutorial I've ever seen in my life, thank you so much for teaching us this, you're amazing ❤🐱

[@couththememer]

I remember when I was playing the school computer I accidentally stumbled upon one of this guy’s game and was surprisingly entertained, so I started playing more of his created games. Kinda crazy how all this time I didn’t know that he was a Scratch tutorial-er.

[@Greignaux]

This is AMAZING !!!

[@adrianyang8652]

I never thought you could all those blocks you used were useful! Thanks for teaching me

[@RonicTheEgg]

This is like, revolutionary for 3D projects

[@trainb0x]

sonunda, böyle bir şey yapmanızı bekliyordum! animasyonlarımı yaparken bu bana biraz zaman kazandıracak. [ finally, I've been waiting for you to do something like this! this will save me some time when I make my animations. ]

[@FeniteFr]

OMG THANK YOU GRIFFPATCH !!!! this is life changing !!

[@PhilHoob]

Wow I have seen something like that before but never in such simplicity! As always, great job Griffpatch!

[@theevoker4678]

Hey Griffpatch loving your vids. Just wondering if you will ever get back to the spooder cat devlog?

[@griffpatch]

Yes I hope so!

[@LegoOnyx27]

Gotta love seeing griffpatch having some fun in the tutorial. :)

[@compactgreen]

fascinating as always, great vid!

[@raymondzhu6685]

This is amazing! I bet if you use this strategy a bit you can also warp a sprite to go into a specific quadrilateral bounding box, which can help us make 3D games without pen and still with high quality.

[@AxolotlXwing]

GUYS, HE FINALLY CHECKED HIS MESSAGES

[@SonunabbiVlog]

Awesome tutorial! I never we could do from just simple fisheye effect Keep it up!

[@mxsteri0]

I NEEDED THIS MORE THAN ANYTHING BACK THEN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR AMAZING TUTORIALS

[@rawr4everPT]

Love it! I always wanted this

[@what_are_u_lookin_at]

Another some pretty cool stuff, griffpatch!

[@ylies_y2000]

the new video format is so good !

[@-_lIl_-]

griffpatch's creativity scares me

[@theopoldthegamer4284]

This is already hilarious, but your editing makes it so much funnier

[@turniphead480]

Wow, this is really cool! I thought it was impossible to do that without a custom block. You are a genius dude!

[@OmegaCat9999]

The end result makes for a nice loading screen.

[@Bloxdman]

Perfect! i loved

[@Polaar54]

Textured walls and floor would be cool in the 3d ray caster like the mode 7 for the nes

[@bastiandoesstuff2023]

i never thought of this omg this man is a genius!!!

[@surlo69]

Great tutorial as always! I saw a scratch project on sprite stretching a year ago by ggenije done in similar fashion. the project itself didnt make too much sense to me so i appreciate the in depth explaination in this video!

[@malik-a-creeper]

This Quickly became one of the MOST Important scratch video basics for me!!!

[@The_Silly_Funny]

This might be one of the most helpful tutorials you've made yet!

[@frigglefry_]

I never thought of this but it's super cool.

[@aether.zip1506]

Love the video! I just finished the Mario game tutorial series and i was wondering when it is coming back? I'm sure lots of other scratchers (such as me) are keen to see whats next!

[@olek3ddesign440]

I have waited so much :D

[@Ameise15_Scratch]

This is really amazing!

[@blueberryscratcher]

Very nice video I've been wanting to make a jumping animation for things like shooter games and this really help thank you!

[@griffpatch]

My pleasure!

[@blueberryscratcher]

Thank you!@@griffpatch

[@poojibear6]

I'VE BEEN WANTING THIS FORERVERRRRRRRRRRRRRR THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@glassta]

you blow my mind griffpatch thank you

[@Speed-TV]

Is it possible to make it scale vertically on both the top and bottom so instead of it looking like it squishes on the ground it squishes in the middle? I'm guessing that would involve changing the y position up.

[@notcodinguy]

This is amaazing!

[@XtoPlasm_]

the animation its actually good 👍

[@colinmacc]

That's very clever. I never would have thought of that!

[@libranden1333]

That's so interesting!

[@trioOFmischief]

2:42 I yawned before you said that

[@Alpha-LMAO]

never knew fisheye effect would finally be useful!

[@LitUpSubway]

I discovered this trick several years ago but I couldn't get it to not have a strong warping effect, and I couldn't really explain it to other people. Glad this tutorial shares this really cool trick!

[@smallg9109]

nice workaround :)

[@Yuewaix]

i actually remember doing something like this before, i never knew you could properly scale sprites with it though, i just used it to bend them from side to side

[@gestalt7529]

Now this is a great 'thinking outside the box' moment!!

[@vinny.6]

Thank you, Griffpatch i can finally code now!

[@samtasawar4981]

I did this project right now I'm done this is fun!

[@cyberxandcorruptedtiger]

Griffpatch can literally do *ANYTHING*

[@coinbruv35]

OMG TYSM GRIFFPATCH, ITS THAT I NEED BROOOO!!!!!!!

[@artur_modder]

Awesome tutorial!