Grid Snapping Basics Every Scratch Programmer Needs

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. *Continue Building With Me* If you'd like to build a complete Scratch game step-by-step, check out my full game build: *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. ------ Scratch was developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. See http://scratch.mit.edu