Welcome to Float To The Top, an underwater survival game where quick reflexes and smart movement are the key to staying alive. Guide your octopus safely through the ocean as waves of drifting jellyfish and obstacles descend from above. Avoid collisions, collect points over time, and see how long you can keep floating. Simple controls, smooth gameplay, and a rising challenge make this a fast-paced adventure beneath the sea.

This tutorial should take around 10-20 minutes to replicate. Recreating games could give new ways or methods to create a game, such as ways to improve, like reducing code along with new expansions.

Supplies Needed

1. Scratch Account—to create and save your game online. An account is free.
2. Computer or laptop—with internet access and a keyboard for controls.
3. Mouse or Trackpad—for dragging and placing code blocks.

1) Project setup

1. Open Scratch and create a new project.
2. Remove the default cat
3. Choose/create these sprites:
4. Octopus (player): Decrease the sizes of the Octopus to make it easier or Increase to make it harder

1. Jellyfish (obstacle) Decrease the sizes of the Jellyfish to make it easier or increase them to make it harder

1. Background—pick an underwater backdrop.

Recreate the code above by clicking the Octopus Sprite

This will account for:

Setup of the Octopus

Natural Movement of the Octopus

Player/User Movement of the Octopus

Bobbing Motion of the Octopus

Close Down when Player/User loses

Recreate the code above by clicking the Jellyfish Sprite

This will account for:

Setup for Jellyfish

Random Positioning of Jellyfish

Movement of Jellyfish

Cloning of Jellyfish

Recreate the code above by clicking the Stage/Background Box

This will account for:

Score Calculation

Along make sure to press the checkmark so the user can see the score when playing

You should be done with the coding of the game, and now it's time to play.

Now you can choose to play or advance the game; maybe add a new sound when the player loses, such as a zap when the jellyfish touches the player or another stage. Maybe when the player finishes stage 1, evil divers are after the octopus, or the octopus changes form to something different, maybe an astronaut flying through space with aliens chasing.