Did griffpatch create Scratch?
The user griffpatch created a project that re-creates the Scratch programming interface inside a Scratch Project. While this is not a true emulator because of the inability to run Scratch projects, it is enough like a real emulator to be mentioned.
Griffpatch (Real name is Andrew Griffin)is a Scratcher who got the most followers in Scratch. He is also known to make incredible and almost unrecreatable games in Scratch!
In the mid-1970s in the South Bronx, a young teen DJ named "Grand Wizzard Theodore" (right) invented the "DJ scratch" technique. Other DJs, like Grandmaster Flash, took the technique to higher levels.
Amazingly, each of these games was created by griffpatch, who is the most followed account on Scratch, with nearly 400K followers.
Scratch is typically recommended for children over the age of 8. For kids ages 5-7, ScratchJr is an alternative option with an even simpler and more intuitive platform than regular Scratch.
Scratch is a free programming language and online community where young people can create their own interactive stories, games, and animations. Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab.
F4F is a thing some scratchers do (standing for: Follow 4 Follow). It means that if someone follows the scratcher, they will follow them.
Scratch - Did You Know? On March 5, 2007, the oldest existing Scratch project, Weekend, was uploaded.
| Paradigm | Event-driven, block-based programming language |
| Developer | MIT Media Lab |
| First appeared | 2003 (first prototype) 2004 (second prototype) 15 May 2007 (public launch) 9 May 2013 (Scratch 2.0) 2 January 2019 (Scratch 3.0) |
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To become a Scratcher, you must be active on Scratch for a while, share several projects, and comment constructively in the community. After a few weeks, you will receive a notification inviting you to become a Scratcher. If you accidentally close this notification, that's okay!
Who created Scratch?
Mitchel Resnick, Professor of Learning Research at the MIT Media Lab, and David Siegel, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of the investment management firm Two Sigma, are the original founders.
Scratch is the world's largest coding community for children and a coding language with a simple visual interface that allows young people to create digital stories, games, and animations. Scratch is designed, developed, and moderated by the Scratch Foundation, a nonprofit organization.
Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab.
Scratch co-creators Mitchel Resnick (seated, left) and Natalie Rusk (seated, right) chatted with Scratchers who had a lot of ideas and questions about their projects.
