Scratch Code A Harry Potter Story

What can we do if we can't access the Scratch website or can't find a castle/forest backdrop or good sound effects?

Use the Scratch Desktop app if you can't access the website, draw your own castle and spooky forest in the Backdrop editor, and replace missing sounds by importing short recordings from a phone into the project's Sounds tab or using built‑in library sounds.

My broadcasts don't seem to trigger the other sprites or the sounds cut off—what should I check?

Make sure the broadcast names match exactly and each listener sprite has a matching 'when I receive [message]' block, add 'show' and 'switch backdrop to' in your start script, and insert 'wait' or use 'play sound until done' between 'say' and 'broadcast' so animations and sounds can finish.

How can I adjust the project for younger kids or make it more challenging for older kids?

For younger kids simplify the story plan to a beginning and end, use two sprites and a single button sprite for the choice, and for older kids add extra costumes, multiple broadcasts for branching choices, variables to track decisions, and more complex animations like glide and clones.

What are easy ways to extend or personalize the Harry Potter inspired story after the basic version works?

Personalize it by recording your own spoken lines and spell sounds in the Sounds tab, add extra costume changes and glide paths for richer animation, create multiple endings tied to different broadcasts, and write clear playing instructions and credits in the project notes before sharing on DIY.org.