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Do you want to create your own text generator to display changing text on the Scratch project stage without creating sprite costumes for each line of text? Text generators could be used in games, storytelling projects, informational projects, and more! Let’s explore how to create a text generator that you can then customize.

Check out our printable coding cards for this video here: https://resources.scratch.mit.edu/www/cards/en/advancedtopicsgraphics-cards.pdf

Find our text generator example project here https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1138479378 And if you'd like to quickly get started, use the "Letter - BACKPACK THIS" sprite inside to get costumes with all letters, numbers 0-9, and many punctuation marks.

Or see this example of a text generator used in a storytelling project: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/985124543

And if you need more information about some of the advanced blocks we used, see our cards on:
Conditional Statements: https://resources.scratch.mit.edu/www/cards/en/conditionalstatement-cards.pdf
Variables and Lists: https://resources.scratch.mit.edu/www/cards/en/variablelist-cards.pdf
My Blocks: https://resources.scratch.mit.edu/www/cards/en/myblocks-cards.pdf

Looking to learn more? The Scratch Foundation has partnered with The Achievery to provide free beginner and intermediate creative coding lesson plans on a variety of topics for educators, caregivers, and learners. Sign up (for free!) for the Achievery by using our custom partner code “SCRATCH” when you register to support our work, and see our units like "The Bounce Algorithm" for more! https://www.theachievery.com/account/signup

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