Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Learn how to snap sprites perfectly to a grid in Scratch!
In this tutorial I’ll show you a simple but powerful Scratch programming technique used in many games: grid snapping.

Grid snapping lets you place sprites cleanly into tiles, making it perfect for things like:
• Tower defence games
• Inventories and item placement
• Level editors
• Tile-based games and maps

By the end of this scratch tutorial you’ll understand how to convert sprite positions into grid cells and snap objects precisely into place — a key skill for Scratch game development.

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*Backyard Battle: Bots vs Aliens*
The step-by-step path to creating a finished Scratch game.
👉 https://griffpatch.academy/build-a-scratch-game

You can even grab the Backyard Battle Workbook to help guide you through the build.


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Scratch was developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. See http://scratch.mit.edu