How to Make Flappy Bird Game in Scratch | Coin Collection Game in Scratch | Scratch Coding for Beginners

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Introduction — Flappy Bird Game in Scratch

Have you ever wondered how people create fun games like Flappy Bird without writing a single line of code? With Scratch programming, anyone — from complete beginners to young creators — can build exciting games simply by dragging and dropping visual blocks. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to make a Flappy Bird game in Scratch, and not just the regular one — we're adding a fun twist: 💰 Coin Collection Mechanics!

Your bird will flap through moving pipes while collecting coins to boost its score, making gameplay more engaging than the original Flappy Bird. Along the way, you'll explore must-learn concepts such as gravity, costume animation, clone-based obstacles, collision detection, score tracking, and win/game-over logic.

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Whether you're learning Scratch at school, teaching kids to code, or simply exploring game development for fun, this hands-on, beginner-friendly project will help you build a polished game step by step.

So get ready — let's flap into Scratch and start creating!

What You Will Learn

✓ How to create sprites in Scratch
✓ How to animate costumes
✓ How to create gravity + physics motion
✓ How to scroll backgrounds
✓ How to generate obstacles using clones
✓ How to add collectible objects
✓ How to detect collisions
✓ How to create scoring systems
✓ How to create game win & game over screens

👉 Watch the Full YouTube Tutorial Here:

How to Make Flappy Bird Game + Coin Collection Game in Scratch | Scratch Coding for Beginners | Kodex Academy

Step-by-Step Coding — Flappy Bird Game in Scratch

What is Scratch?

Scratch is a beginner-friendly block-based programming platform developed by MIT Media Lab. It helps kids and adults learn programming logic, animation, and game creation visually.

Official Website → https://scratch.mit.edu

If you're new here, sign up and open the editor.

1. Add the Bird Sprite

You can upload your own sprite or use premade Flappy Bird artwork.

Rename the sprite to: Flappy Bird

Add costumes → (flapping animation)
Import all bird costumes.

Reduce size:

Set size to 50%

2. Add Scrolling Background

Instead of switching backdrops, we will use backdrop images as sprites.

Upload the background sprite twice:

✓ backdrop1
✓ backdrop2 — Flip backdrop2 horizontally for seamless texture

Resize to fill.

Code (Backdrop1)

when green flag clicked

go to back layer

go to x:0 y:0

forever

  change x by -5

  if (x position) < -460 then

    go to x:465 y:0

  end

end

Code (Backdrop2)

when green flag clicked

go to back layer

go to x:465 y:0

forever

  change x by -5

  if (x position) < -460 then

    go to x:465 y:0

  end

end

✓ Result → Continuous scrolling background

3. Bird Movement (Gravity + Jump)

Create variable → y velocity

Code

when green flag clicked

go to x:0 y:0

set [y velocity] to 0

forever

  change y velocity by -1

  change y by (y velocity)

end

Space Key → Jump

when [space] key pressed

set [y velocity] to 10

point in direction 60

Costume Animation

forever

  next costume

  wait 0.05

end

Now the bird flaps naturally and falls like real physics.

4. Add Pipes (Obstacles)

Upload obstacles with 3 different costume variations.

Clone Pipes Continuously

when green flag clicked

hide

forever

  wait (2) seconds

  create clone of myself

end

Clone Behavior

when I start as clone

go to x:240 y:(random position?)

switch costume to (pick random 1–3)

show

repeat until (x position) < -240

  change x by -5

end

delete this clone

✓ Pipes now spawn & move left.

5. Track Pipes Passed

Create variable: obstacles crossed

Code

when green flag clicked

set [obstacles crossed] to 0

when I start as clone

if (Flappy Bird x position) > (x position) then

  change [obstacles crossed] by 1

  stop this script

end

6. Coins (Collectibles)

Upload coin sprite
Resize to 20%

Use same clone system from obstacles (copy and adjust)

Remove costume switching.

Code

when I start as clone

go to x:240 y:(random)

show

repeat until (x position) < -240

  change x by -5

end

delete this clone

7. Coin Scoring

Make variable – coin collection

Default

when green flag clicked

set [coin collection] to 0

Detect coin collision (inside bird logic)

if touching [coin] then

  play sound (coin)

  wait 0.5

  change [coin collection] by 1

end

8. Win & Game Over Screens

Create Backdrop3
Make 3 costumes:

1. Default
2. You Win
3. Game Over

Broadcast Messages

if (coin collection) > 4 then

  broadcast [You Win]

  hide

  stop all

end

if touching [obstacle] or touching [edge] then

  broadcast [Game Over]

  hide

  stop all

end

Backdrop Reception

when I receive [You Win]

switch costume to [You Win]

show

play sound (win)

stop all

when I receive [Game Over]

switch costume to [Game Over]

show

play sound (lose)

stop all

✓ Game finished!

Final Game on YouTube – How to Make Flappy Bird in Scratch | Coin Collection Game in Scratch | Scratch Coding for Beginners

Enhancements You Can Add

1) Difficulty Increase

Increase pipe speed over time:

set [speed] to 5

forever

  change [speed] by 0.1

end

Use speed variable instead of fixed -5.

2) Add High Score

if (coin collection) > (high score) then

  set [high score] to (coin collection)

end

3) Animation of Coins

forever

  next costume

  wait 0.2

end

4) Add Restart Button

Add sprite → Button

when this sprite clicked

broadcast [restart]

External Learning Resources

Scratch official site	https://scratch.mit.edu
Scratch tutorials	https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tutorial=getStarted
Flappy Bird history	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flappy_Bird

Conclusion

Congratulations! You've just built your very own Flappy Bird + Coin Collection game in Scratch — complete with animated movement, scrolling background, coins, obstacles, scoring, and exciting end-game screens. Along the way, you explored essential Scratch programming concepts such as cloning, sensing, events, variables, costume switching, and collision detection — all of which form the foundation for creating more advanced games.

By adding collectible coins and a win condition, this project goes beyond the traditional Flappy Bird game and introduces richer gameplay mechanics. Even better? You achieved all of this without typing a single line of code — simply by snapping together logic blocks inside Scratch!

Now that you understand how to make games in Scratch, try experimenting further:

✓ Add sound effects or background music
✓ Increase difficulty over time
✓ Display high scores
✓ Add power-ups, shields, or extra lives
✓ Customize sprites or themes

Each enhancement helps you think creatively and improve your programming mindset.

If you're excited to keep learning, check out more Scratch games and tutorials on our channel and continue exploring what you can build. The possibilities in Scratch are endless — from simple animations to fully interactive adventures.

So keep experimenting, keep building, and most importantly… have fun coding! 🎉

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