I Spent 2,000 Hours Using Scratch

[@rymoEight]

At first, I was kind of salty when I saw this. I spent over 5 years on Scratch trying to get popular as a kid, but I never got popular. I put a lot of time and effort into my projects, but I never saw any returns. But, your origin story was honestly kind of inspiring, and it made me realize I was making games for the wrong reasons. I was trying to get popular, instead of trying to make good games. I don't intend on going back to Scratch, but I do feel like looking at my new games with a different perspective.

[@NaraSherko]

I used scratch for 3 years

[@HardingFamily-y4p]

@@NaraSherko just a couple months and my parents are already praising me.

[@liquidcashews]

would you count 1 year and 60-80 total views from incremental games

[@GeckoTech_Engineer]

I do it for fun, I’ve made a few shared projects that haven’t gotten a ton of attention

[@Natalia_Dubinina]

Welp, i used scratch for 3 years and still make crap...

[@djarogames]

Wow, I couldn't imagine making a 3d engine in Scratch lol. That's awesome

[@Ranck101]

Making a 3D engine is actually easy just wach a tutorrial

[@Cirwilius]

@@Ranck101 In Scratch?

[@Ranck101]

Jea you can check out my 3D gameon RNK studios and im currently working on a horror game

[@RioKabeer]

@@Cirwilius ye

[@Cirwilius]

@@RioKabeer you konow "Ranch100..."?

[@zaneacelily9991]

It's just nice to see a scratch user that is actually aiming to make better games rather than get 10k followers.

[@codingpileofdirt]

Exactly. The main goal in my opinion of Scratch is to make projects worthy of entertaining an audience of as many people as possible, and to be known, not just to be the most followed.

[@BananaMan6763]

I agree with you guys. I feel like the point with Scratch is for you to improve as a programmer, not just get super popular, and then use your skills to move on to bigger stuff, like making games in more advanced game engines, or doing other programming related things.

[@neut_ro]

This encourages me to actually try learning scratch not just fool around.

[@redrose7864]

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[@lexgamerafton]

creating a big game in other super good game engines is better than trying to get views in scratch

[@joescraft123]

@@lexgameraftonwhy try to get views and get popular just try to have fun

[@brendandonegan6788]

This is fantastic! As someone who is trying to improve at scratch, it's awesome to see your work!

[@redrose7864]

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[@That1Knife]

Hey, I've actually seen quite a few of your games on scratch, but clicked on this without knowing it was you 😂That's amazing! As an advanced scratcher who has spent a lot of time making games on scratch rather than switching to other platforms for a long time, I can relate to this

[@LimoDieFlasche]

Your projects are the most impressive stuff I've ever seen... Just wow!

[@PolyPenguinDev]

You made my two favorite scratch games ...

[@BinglesP]

I love Scratch's block system, actually. I much prefer it to text-based code that breaks easily with syntax errors off of the slightest typo you can't find, and having to remember every little prompt and setup for every little thing. It especially helps me as someone with memory problems who only codes for fun on some occasions. Keep on making Scratch games as you wish, I just followed you there and subscribed here. Can't wait to experience your other content!

[@Flameonoodle]

If there was a professional engine that was as easy and convenient as Scratch, everyone and their mothers would be making games lmao. But as a wise Pixar villain once said, if everyone's super, no one is.

[@jasonhuang3049]

?? Loads of game engines can be used for professional games that use blocks such as gdevelop. But if ur making a professional game using code is way better as you can make more features.

[@dinakerivind]

whats wrong with your memory if you dont mind me asking

[@BinglesP]

@@dinakerivind Short term memory loss due to ADHD, nothing special

[@NovumSB]

same

[@mathpuppy314]

I don't know why I never thought that the creator of crystal seeker was a real human.... and to now know you made more fully fledged games, it's crazy man! I switched away from scratch a few years ago now and I never really got fully into other game engines. I felt like the barrier to entry was just too high. I also miss programming some of the fundamentals like physics and 3d renderers. Seeing how you use this platform as an honest large-scale creative tool is inspiring and maybe I'll come back at some point.

[@fireworksstudios9172]

Your persistence is inspiring! Thanks for sharing with us your journey!

[@antondruzhinin9056]

my jaw dropped when i saw editor for 3d platformer in scratch. Really impressive job!

[@pacsonic9000]

1. Scratch allows you to sell your games as long as you don't share them on their website. Also, there's packagers that lets you run Scratch projects as an .exe file (Most noteably Turbowarp). 2. Speaking of that, there's Turbowarp. An open source Scratch clone with .sb3 support and extensions that can't run on the Scratch website like native gamepad support, stretch, etc. as well as 60fps native or interpoltation and other features like higher/smaller resolution and more. Asteroid, a game on Steam, runs on Turbowarp and the creator is working on a new one that's supposed to come out sometime this year.

[@cubus5451]

Didnt watch the Video now but Scratch just is my favourite Game Engine. Also I just realized that Scratch is one of the only Programming Languages that dont have Errors, you just cant make Mistakes, also love it that you dont have to spend 80 percent of the time debugging, cus there are only logic bugs and no compiler errors or syntax errors

[@nathanroed6924]

I wish I could have the syntax errors :( logic errors that take +- 4h to solve arent fun.

[@cubus5451]

@@nathanroed6924 but nothing compared to compiler Errors 😩 when your code has 200 lines and the command field says Syntax Error in line 15604 missing Attribute 🧌

[@thingthingthingthingthingthing]

And you don’t need variable types :)

[@ThatOneHellmetVro]

I actually love making my own spin off games of popular games in scratch and its actually really fun and sometimes even challanging

[@zaneacelily9991]

It's one of my favourite things to do lol. Saves time on idea thinking, plus the fact that it's normally is a fun challenge.

[@syrie89]

Dang this is so impressive for a channel as small as this

[@-_LE_-]

This guy is so underrated! he deserves 10 million subscribers

[@tauraitrust245]

fax

[@berthamcdurtha8554]

nah man if he had that many subscribers, his content would be worse bcoz most would be kids begging for likes and stuff

[@darklava8924]

I love this video, keep up the good work!

[@jakedragracer]

Dude, I’ve been playing this game for a whole year and I didn’t realize that you were the creator great game man😂

[@wowyok4507]

100% vectoid 3d is the best. I got all my friends on school to play it for a year amazing 10/10. These days only generic projects get recognition but that is a true masterpiece

[@looking-for-music.inpiration]

did you just sponser yourself

[@toiletwars]

No

[@whatsupcallum]

Uh yea he did 😅

[@Paulskreativewelt321]

10:18 your unity game deserves 1000 times more downloads even i would play it

[@fuzzy2107]

My 3 favourite scratchers have always been you, griffpatch, and pinpoint. I have seen other scratchers create great projects, but these 3 scratchers really pushed scratch beyond its limits. I think I've narrowed my favourite scratcher down to you. I feel like I am im the middle of your journey. At first my mom got me into coding classes. Then when I understood enough, I made projects that I actually felt were good at the time, but are clearly a spec of dust compared to yours. I quit around a year ago, only making projects for school. I have had no interest in scratch at all until I saw this video. You deserve every sub is youtube for your determination, and 1000+ IQ.

[@ggenije]

Thanks

[@shahjahanmirza1616]

What About ZonxScratch?

[@alecule]

the video is entertaining :) you're a good programmer to create those game in Scratch. good luck on your programming journey!

[@potatoavalanche360]

My problem with scratch isn't the limitations to the code and model design (Which are pretty problematic), it's the censorships. The scratch team will cencor your project for bacically anything they find inappropriate. But I find your scratch journey totally inspireing, and I hope you find a way to monetize your games! ❤

[@Poptartofawesomeness]

'i spent 2000 hours' and it shows. i think you have the most talked about scratch games i've heard of. everyone who talks about scratch mentions 'look at this crystal game' every video. maybe you should start reaching out to those youtubers, and talking with them. what you've done is super impressive.

[@0th_1t13d]

Pretty underrated, also I didn't know that some of the projects I played (like Crystal Seeker 3D) are made by you.

[@Mushybread-irl]

Wait really like Crystal Seeker

[@Kevoonio]

@@Mushybread-irl did you even watch the video???

[@Mushybread-irl]

@@Kevoonio Half.....😅

[@giddledude]

This reminds me of my old scratch projects, i too made a 3 platformer engine. I remember when yours came out and it was originally a tank.

[@glade2216]

Wow thanks so much for featuring my Bloons Tower Defense 3 game!!!!! :D

[@Amelia-zm1it]

you always make complex subjects so digestible, thanks! ️

[@DevXP]

This video was very interesting, its really impressive to see someone build themselves up from the ground. I'm super impressed with your skills & dedication to scratch. I feel like this one of the elements why scratch is such a unique platform than any other game development environment. I can't wait to see what you have in store for the future. :)

[@kosmicwaffle]

oh wow, I've actually played that tower defense game! that's crazy, randomly stumbling upon this video that just happened to be from the creator of it, keep up the great work!

[@Xx-Sage-xX.l]

YOU MADE BLOONS ON SCRATCH!!!!!!!!!! 🎺🐛

[@00Allex00]

i remember i saw a small copy of minecraft where you can put and destroy blocks, you have inventory you can move and jump as well, the area was about 100 x 100 blocks randomly generated and it was made in FRICKING SCRATCH. p.s. I've just seen, DUDE YOU'RE CRAZY, you made a 3D GAME in 2d kids program, and you add the possibility of making lvl, i hope you'll get a millions of subs

[@FlummoxTheMagnificent]

I would love to see a video on your 3d rendering technique! I’m working on a 3d engine right now, partially inspired by your game…

[@OliverGroß-u4s]

Thats actually a great spin off from BTD6. I like all the new enemys, thats a thing i miss in BTD6. Im happy you kept the original theme and didnt make something completly crazy out of BTD6. I might look into it although ive never used or heard scratch before :3 But in the end, im a potential new player so great that you do advertisement.

[@itheswungburrito4146]

this remotivated me to finish my VR racer (Unity not scratch!), thank you!

[@WilliamMessick-tn3iv]

I look at this thinking this was just a random kid, I didn't see the creator until later, I've seen you before on the platform, forget Griffpatch, you are definitely the best on the platform!

[@SuperLlama88888]

Wow! Great video! Loved the storytelling!

[@iLbEdcs]

svaka ti cast i ja se bavim programiranjem ali u pajtonu ai svakako bravo sto si tako dobar u skrecu

[@RheaSinghal]

Hey, i've used scratch for a long time, if you have problems running games, you can use Turbocharge, basically scratch but it writes all your code in JS so it runs way faster. It would be cool to see the 3d game especially running way faster.

[@User14234]

Ja sam kao mali isto koristio Scratch, mada igrice koje sam tad pravio su bile daleko od zabavnih. Svaka cast na napredku 🤙

[@ggfield]

You give me inspiration i working on a scratch fighting game that as combos and air, and your motivating me thank you

[@lexgamerafton]

didnt know u created cursors io its literally my childhood game i played with friends and its so nostalgic now that game will sit deep in my memories it was so fun one of those bonk io and brofist io type games i love

[@ggenije]

It's remake, not original. Watch that part again.

[@oPlazmaMC]

crystal seeker is like the only real 3d platformer engine every other one is stolen

[@strongnuggies]

Hey great video I’m also a scratch developer of some sorts, but I have recently decided to stop scratching but because of you I’m try it again.

[@wd89601]

Good luck ! I'm trying to learn to draw atm ,but often get disheartened when I feel my work isn't as good as I'd like it to be , hope you stick at it :)

[@JosiahChetra]

OMG you made crystal seeker. I played the game 😱

[@DuckyGames-dc4pu]

Yep

[@AuthenticKale]

This guy is my idol now, no questions asked.

[@kevinyan4438]

ive been using scratch since i was 5! I remember playing crystal seeker when it came out too, it's dope af. I switched to unity and now godot :)

[@probrickgamer]

I am 8 years old and I made the game CAT CHASE BEETLE in scratch. I love this platform

[@PhilHoob]

OP, I feel inspired for my next game!

[@aleksandarstankovic4476]

Cant wait for another banger video

[@donutstudios6353]

Scratch's drag and drop editor feels a lot better to use than every other drag and drop editor I've used

[@arandomguyscrolling2023]

This kinda reminds me of why I make videos. I don’t do it for subs, but rather making my ideas come true. heck, that’s the entire reason I’m making my own object show (if you don’t know what an object show is, look it up). To make my silly characters do silly things. Another reason Is To Entertain. I’m Not Trying To Persuade You To Watch It, I’m Persuading You To Start Making KZbin Videos - To Make Your Dreams Come True.

[@McVincient]

AMAZING

[@ggenije]

Thanks!

[@LunaRimu]

so inspiring, thank you!

[@StalJan2000]

Snap is strong with blocks and functions than Scratch but Scratch are popular in YT than Snap

[@Tianeptine1062]

i've used snap but now i use turbowarp instead because snap is buggy and slow, always freezes and crashes

[@PGtheVRguy]

I remember when I switched from Scratch to GameMaker some person online yelled at me for switching lmao

[@BABABABAABABABABA]

bro is WAY to late too the party 😂😂😂😂

[@Narvalo_Lastar]

No way you're the guy who made crystal seeker, the way my eyes widened

[@cewla3348]

"The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy." how it FEELS to develop games

[@CNWPlayer]

He has mastered the holy art of Scratch. Oh and my account is 5 years old and I've only had TWO famous projects. TWO. And they weren't even THAT famous.

[@Thebenjiball0]

I got a little famous on scratch (I made MOONWALK) and honestly I know this sounds kinda bad but what inspires me the most is thinking of if I made the game outside of Scratch as a mobile game with ads or something, and every view were 1$. That's what blows my mind. 😅 Side note: I LOVE your 3d tower defense! It may even be one of the best tower defense games of all time for me

[@delta-q7b]

au brate igrao sam crystal seeker u skoli dok smo ucili o scratchu i pitao sam se kako ljudi prave 3d tamo, nisam imao pojma da je neko nas to uradio, ogroman nalet nostalgije!!!

[@shadowsciencesssf4717]

I use scratch and ive gotten really good over the years, but I really only make stuff for the joy of making them, not to be made as finished products. I put them together for my needs because I find it fun, not to make it work or fit others needs or wants.

[@Kloiyd]

Even though im not a scratch user not do I really play games in scratch, this video was still very interesting

[@greenderp1548]

dude I've been using scratch for 3 years but some of these games I didn't even know where possible to make!

[@veto_5762]

Being the barrier of entry to play a scratch game way lower than any other makes people willing to try different game ideas (kinda like it used to be with flash), so it's easier to throw stuff out there to see if it sticks

[@ggenije]

Yeah, just your audience is very limited to younger people, where most most indie games are bought by people who don't use scratch. But still, knowledge is transferable to other groups...

[@veto_5762]

@@ggenije just like with flash, is really useful to try very specific or weird game concepts and getting an idea how much people might be interested on them. There's a reason a lot of flash developers later came to make popular indie games

[@numbers._.]

It is so sad that scratch is very slow because making 3d games can be less rewarding. Turbowarp is cool but the process of making a game can be very laggy. I am helping making a game called FrostX a fps and a scratch game usually runs on 30 fps but our fps runs 20 on scratch which is very annoying you also have to stop the whole game from running before you add more blocks to your code since it is THAT laggy. btw this game did win yoshihome’s recent game contest.

[@HeroEmu_Gaming]

this has very well claimed the title as best scratch project

[@Hjeyki]

i like scratch so much !This video is the motivation for me to return to doing projects on scratch. Thank you very much

[@Conclusionary]

Good thing you switched back to Scratch before you got too used to Unity, because if you got to used to Unity right now, it would be hard to change to Scratch or something else (due to Unities greedy CEO).

[@zaneacelily9991]

The current unity pricing is also really cursed now

[@roastedchicken1706]

My friend and I unironically like playing vectoid td 3d on free time

[@meatballmustard7658]

I still come back to super scratch bros every now and then

[@mrbubblyboiii8409]

This man is so underrated tbh

[@A.R_69]

I think its funny that after jan. 1st 2024 scratch will technically be a better programing platform than unity

[@Louis14022]

so true lol

[@HandleOnYoutube]

how?

[@hironturtle6316]

Man Dios mio, de veras que me encantó demasiado este video, y me sorprende muchísimo todo los juegos que hiciste y mencionaste en el video, gracias por darme más motivación para seguir haciendo mis juegos en scratch ;w;

[@emileleclerc4050]

I finaly found who have made most impressive 3D Platformer in scratch

[@jonnytheegg1187]

I saw the scratch bloons project and I was like, hold up THATS YOU?!

[@Poffessor.cringereal]

Thanks for making school fun.

[@111_ee8]

Awesome, i subscribed to go down your own roller coaster ride! Hope to see more content soon.

[@PaperGameStudios]

Super cool video! I'm trying to make games on Roblox for similar reasons but I think the community there is much more competitive when it comes to making games. I need to learn how to advertise better!

[@pickandshot]

Safe to say Vectoid and Cats TD 3 aren't getting dethroned as the best tower defense anytime soon. I am trying to, though...

[@Justanuggy]

Ye cats td 3 is crazy fun

[@fps-elite]

these games where very fun to play

[@EquaTechnologies]

7:50 Bro, this looks EXACTLY like an N64 game, AWESOME!!! Oh and that Crystal Seeker game... HOW HOW HOW... HOOOW DID YOU DO IT?????

[@ggenije]

There is literally a video I made for crustal seeker development.

[@EquaTechnologies]

@@ggenije Yep, I watched it before this one but I'm STILL astonished by how much effort was made into that Crystal Seeker game.

[@EquaTechnologies]

@@ggenijeMeanwhile when you respond almost only to me in this video: Signature look of Superiority

[@kemoscyanahmed3449]

one of your most popular games: crystal seeker, I wanted to ask how did you made collisions in 3d

[@3TheHedgehogCoder3]

Yeah, I've been trying to add collisions to my 3d engine but it isn't working :(

[@ahanshi4732]

I like your td 3D it's cool. I also told my friends about your Td 3D.

[@truestbluu]

I remember playing some of these games.

[@BananaMan6763]

This video is really good, and really entertaining. I should be very happy to see a video like this from the guy who made games like crystal seeker 3d. Also, when talking about your closest tower defense attempt you said you were still using clones at that point which is why you never finished it. Are you against using clones? If so, why? Since I’m still technically a beginner to Scratch is it ok for me to still use clones? Should I eventually move on to not using clones? And should I stick to clones if I want to?

[@ggenije]

You could use clones as long they don't have dynamic complex interactions with other sprites. In case of tower defense, some projectiles had pierce, which means they need to damage exactly certain number of enemies. This is problem with clones because you can only check does they collide with another sprite or not, which makes "piercing" impossible to make. The solution is to put each enemy and projectile data into lists (position, type...), and then you manually check collision. Practically you could still use clones in this situation, but having data in lists give much more freedom, like prioritizing rendering for one type of enemies, which is annoying to do with clones/layers. In conclusion, of course you could use clones, because Scratch very intentionally put them, but if you want to make anything with >>dynamic complex interactions

[@BananaMan6763]

@@ggenije Thank you so much for responding. I think I should understand how to use lists instead of clones when it’s better for me in certain situations. I also initially plan to learn how to make game loops for Scratch projects soon, from your tutorial, but I may forget about the idea, at least for a while.

[@tripplebro3]

Never back down, never give up

[@benji_bon]

bro i have literally played vectiod t3d/ i didn't know you made that, that's pretty cool!

[@YeetachuAnimation]

growing an audience on scratch was definitely pretty easy for me lol

[@AnominousPenguin]

Him:"You can get 1000's of followers in a few weeks" Me:Working for 3yrs with 4 followers*

[@IntelliSkit]

0:23 - graffpatch has a tutorial on stretch block

[@ggenije]

Thats not a single block, its 20+ blocks + hacked costume + non precise stretch

[@IntelliSkit]

@@ggenije i mean custom block but anyways, i see what you mean, in that case yes, we need stretch block

[@Leo-io4bq]

Great storytelling

[@amandahh2050]

wait until bro finds out griffpatch

[@Daniel1-l8r]

Lol

[@yeetdragon2413]

Crystal seeker is a great game, I've met the previous record holder for lvl 1 irl

[@the_SEAT]

Scratch is op. I haven’t gotten any errors since I started

[@gmoogle2615]

You are a great filmmaker

[@wweeeee]

I’m here before this video blows up

[@tylerkropf9522]

Vectroids 3D is my favorite tower defense game