Once Upon a Time – Telling a Story

Did you know that you could also tell a story in PictoBlox? Here’s how!

In this activity, We learn how to make two sprites communicate and then use the concept to tell a story of a fox and lion in which they talk about the problems they are facing in the forest. Let’s get started!

Choosing the Backdrop

Follow the steps below to add a backdrop:

Click on Choose a Backdrop button.
Choose the Savaana backdrop from the library.

Choosing the Sprite

Using the Choose a Sprite button, select the Fox and Lion sprites one by one.
Right-click Tobi‘s icon in the sprite palette and delete it.

Making the First Script for the Fox

Select the Fox sprite by clicking its icon.
Using the go to x:() y:() block, we will set the initial position of the Fox sprite.
Then using the say () for () seconds block, we will make the Fox sprite initiate a conversation with the Lion sprite.
Then we will use a broadcast block from the Events palette. It will broadcast a message to the Lion sprite so that the other sprite can according to the script.

Making the Script for the Lion

Select the Lion sprite by clicking its icon and set its initial position using another go to x:() y:() block.
Flip the sprite horizontally by using the Flip Horizontal command in the edit costume section.

Receiving the Message and Replying to the Fox

To make the Lion sprite sense the message broadcast by the Fox sprite, we will use a when I receive hat block from the Events palette.
Then, we will make the Lion sprite answer the Fox sprite’s question using say () for () seconds blocks and use another broadcast block to broadcast message2 for the Fox sprite.

Making the Second Script for the Fox

First, we will select the Fox sprite by clicking its icon.
Then, just like we did for the Lion sprite, we will make the Fox sprite sense the message broadcast by the Lion sprite using the when I receive hat block.
Then, we will make the Fox sprite reply to the Lion sprite using say () for () seconds blocks.