Scratch, the colorful drag-and-drop programming language, is used by millions of first-time learners, and in Scratch Programming Playground, you'll learn to program by making cool games. Get ready to destroy asteroids, shoot hoops, and slice and dice fruit!

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Getting up to speed with Scratch -- Rainbow lines...in space! -- Maze runner -- Shooting basketball hoops with gravity -- A juicy block breaker -- Snaaaake -- Fruit slicer -- Asteroid buster...in space! -- Making an advanced platformer.