If you've been programming for a bit, you may have heard of using a debounce to slow things down a little, but you may not know entirely how to use, when to use it, or why to use it.


Debounce is used to slow something down, the best way to explain is with an example. The code below takes advantage of debounce and shows you how to use it.

when green flag clicked
set [Debounce v] to [false]
if <key [q v] pressed?> then
if <[Debounce ] = [false]> then
set [Debounce v] to [true]
switch backdrop to [((backdrop #) + (1)) v]
wait (1) secs
set [Debounce v] to [false]
end
end

Thats it for now!

yeah but how do you get a boolean (true and false) value I can only make number values

Hello! It's great that you want to help out other Scratchers. However, I think we have enough guides in the forums at the moment. Please feel free to welcome new Scratchers on the group welcoming topic or on individual topics created by New Scratchers.

Other places that can always use more helpful Scratchers like you, are the "Help With Scripts“ and ”Questions About Scratch" areas - please use them as designed, by responding to topics created by folks with problems to solve

Finally, a really good place for Scratch guides is the Scratch Wiki - check it out and see if it's something you might like to work on. They have a number of guides - and great organization.