🦕 Dino Chase! Move a Dinosaur with the Mouse in Scratch

Create an exciting interactive game where a dinosaur follows your mouse pointer around the screen! This Scratch project is perfect for kids, beginners, and educators looking to teach basic motion, mouse interaction, and sprite control.

What You will Learn

• How to move a sprite with the mouse in Scratch

• Pointing and movement logic

• Continuous loops using forever block

🧩 Step-by-Step Instructions

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  🖼️🦖 Step 1: Set Up the Stage

  
  

  • Click on Choose a Backdrop, then select the Neon Tunnel backdrop.(you can select any backdrop as your wish)

  • Delete the cat sprite.

  • Click on Choose a Sprite and add the Dinosaur sprite to your project.

  
  

  

  
  

🧠 Step 2: Make the Dino Follow the Mouse

1. Go to the Code tab.

2. Add this code to your dino:

when green flag clicked

forever

    point towards [mouse-pointer v]

    move (10) steps

end

🔍 Code Explanation

• when green flag clicked: Starts your code

• forever: Makes the loop continuous

• point towards mouse-pointer: Makes the dino always face the cursor

• move 5 steps: Moves forward a little bit every time

✅ Final Test

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Click the Green Flag ▶️Move your mouse — the dino should chase it! Watch it turn and follow like a real hunting dino!

🦖💬 "Where the cursor goes, the dino follows — coding made fun, one step at a time!"