---QUICK OVERVIEW--- (see below for in depth) -Press the green flag or left arrow key to go back. -Possible interactions can occur with: ~Hovering mouse pointer. ~Clicking ~Space ~"x" key ---MISCELLANEOUS--- -Press the green flag. -I recommend full screen. ---MAIN SCREEN--- -Click on one of the five buttons for a serene scene. -To get back to this screen click the green flag or left arrow key.* *Note: this sometimes glitches. If that occurs, press the left arrow key or green flag again. ---EMBERS--- -Click on the "Embers" button. -Press the "x" key to toggle wind on and off. -When wind is active the embers will move towards the mouse pointer. ---RAINFALL--- -Click on the "Rainfall" button. -Press space to change the texture of the rain. This may result in lag. -Press the "x" key to toggle on and off wind. -When wind is active the rain will fall towards the mouse pointer. ---SNOWFALL--- -Click on the "Snowfall" button. -Press space to change the snow. -Press the "x" key to toggle on and off wind. -When wind is active, the snow will fall towards the mouse pointer. ---BALLOONS--- -Click on the "Balloons" button. -Click on the balloons to pop them. -Press space to toggle on and off the original 8 balloon textures.* -Press the "x" key to delay the balloons from appearing so you can attempt to pop all of the balloons on screen. *Note: You may have to press space more than once. I have not yet located the cause of this error. Suggestions are welcome. ---OCEANIC SERENITY--- -Click on the "Oceanic Serenity" button. -Hover your mouse pointer over the fish to scare them away. -Click on the bubbles to pop them. -Occasionally a shark will appear and scare away all the fish. The shark cannot be scared away. ---MUSIC--- -Click on the "Music" button. -Use the "Song Number" slider to change the song.* *Because of the way it detects a different song, the code will sometimes glitch. to fix this either wait for the current song to end (you can speed up the tempo) or you can re-adjust the song number. For more details click "see inside" and find the music sprite.* *When using "Lock" you must wait for the current song to end. Sorry. -The song's name is listed above the "Song Number" slider. -Use the "Volume" slider to adjust, well, the volume. * *You can also just adjust your device's volume. ** **I am not sure the volume affects anything... -Use the "Tempo" slider to change the tempo. When you change the song, the tempo will reset to the song's original tempo. -Use the "Lock" slider to toggle on and off "Lock." When "Lock" is active, the tempo will not reset when you change songs. When "Lock" is active, the song will be locked and will not change regardless of which scene is active (e.g. "Embers"). -Playlist: ~Use the "Playlist" slider to toggle on and off the playlist. When the playlist is active, the song number will be set by the numbers in the "Playlist" list. ~Use the "Add" button to add the song number you want to the playlist. ~Use the "Delete" button to remove a song number from the playlist. ~The "Insert" button inserts a song number at an item number. Click on the "Insert" button. You will be prompted to enter in the item number you wish to insert at. After that, you will be prompted to enter the song number you want. ~Use the "Delete All" button to delete all of the song numbers in the playlist. ~Press the right arrow key to skip a song. ~Note: The left arrow key does NOT go back a song. -Note: The playlist and lock features are VERY glitchy. I do not recommend activating both at once when you intend to leave the music screen. ---DARK MODE--- -Click on the "Dark Mode" button. -Press the "n" key to toggle dark mode on and off. -Note: Pressing the green flag will not undo dark mode. -Use the "Dark Mode?" slider to toggle dark mode on and off. 0 is off, and 1 is on. -Use the transparency slider to adjust how transparent it is. -Use the "Brightness" slider to adjust how dark the screen becomes. -Use the "Reset" button to reset the transparency and brightness to default.
---NOTES--- -The way I updated this may have resulted in a few glitches which I have yet to find and fix. (For more details on how I updated see below) -Credits are located beneath these notes. -Updates are listed farther down -This is a collection of my serenity projects (I took the liberty to change a few titles). -I've put fairly detailed instructions in the "Ember" sprite explaining how the code works so you can put my ember effect in your projects or make your own serene scene. (Just remember to give credit!) ---CREDITS--- -Scratch, Snowflake. (sprite) -Scratch, Balloon1-a. (costume) -Scratch, Balloon1-b. (costume) -Scratch, Balloon1-c. (costume) -Scratch. I based the other three balloon costumes on the costumes listed above. -Scratch, Pop. (sound) -Scratch, Fish. (sprite) -Scratch, Shark. (sprite) -Scratch, Water Drop. (sound) -Scratch, Pop. (sound) -Scratch, Cat. (sprite) -Scratch, Radio. (sprite) -Everything else was made by me. (Assuming I didn't miss anything. If I did miss something, I'm terribly sorry.) -Zhaoa2029, for the idea to put a delay option in "Balloons." (idea) -For those curious I made the music myself with the music blocks. -That said my song "Unnamed1" (I know, I know, very creative name) is inspired by the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate song: "Forest of Hope" ---THANKS TO--- -Neptune-Light Favorited -Coderceliac Favorited -UnicornCTHC Favorited -Pancake_77 Favorited -Angelkittykat2207 Favorited -awesomecatgirl21 Favorited -Suhasini2712 Favorited -soiiiso Favorited -Peter_PL_Programming Favorited - -sunflower_lili- Favorited - innovative-cats-1 Favorited (I'm terribly sorry if I misspelled any of your usernames. I seem to be missing a few names... sorry) ---UPDATES--- 7/19/2021 -I added five more balloon textures based on the original three. -I added eight more popping sounds for "Balloons." -I added a delay option for "Balloons" so that people can try and pop all the balloons on screen. 11/22/2021 -Updated to "Serenity: Silver Collection" -You can press the "left arrow" key to go back now. Originally you had to press the green flag. -I added the "Music" button. -With that, you can now listen to the various music used throughout the project plus one. -For those curious, I updated this project by 1. I copied this project 2. I experimented with the code until I was satisfied 3. I backpacked all the sprites from the other, copied project 4. I deleted all the sprites in this project 5. I added all the sprites from the other project from my backpack into this project 6. I fixed the resulting bugs.* *When I experimented on the copied project, I added various variables not in the original. Thus, when I added all of the sprites in my backpack, those variables had to be created in this project (which Scratch did). But, for some reason, the variables (i.e. the sliders) didn't appear. But, when I tried to re-add the variables (manually using the "create variable") it told me that the variable name(s) already existed. Thus, I deleted the variables that weren't originally in the original project and re-created them--copying their names exactly. The code finally worked.** **(8/11/2022) I think my problem was that the variables were set to "This sprite only." 8/9/2022 - Yes, I still update this, rarely. - I updated "Oceanic Serenity." ~ I removed the ghost effect on the fish and sharks (not the bubbles). ~ I added eighteen more popping sounds to the bubbles. ~ Fish, bubbles, and sharks are now layered according to their distance. ~ For fish and bubbles there are now slight size variations regardless of distance. - I updated "Balloons." ~ I standardized the ghost effect. ~ The balloons are now layered according to their distance. - I added a wind effect to "Embers," "Rainfall," and "Snowfall." - I added "Dark Mode." 8/11/2022 - I updated "Balloons." ~ Swapped the delay key from space to "x." ~ The balloon colors are random now rather than preset. ~ I changed the pop texture.* *Yes, I just copied and pasted the bubble pop texture and enlarged it. 8/12/2022 -I added a playlist feature. -I added the "Lock" feature. -I added one more song. - The playlist feature was VERY difficult to code and is very finicky. Thus, is not easily changed, and bugs are very difficult to fix. The playlist took hours to code. >.< 8/14/2022 -I looped the songs so that they would run more smoothly with the playlist. -The right arrow key allows you to skip a song while using the playlist. -Updated to "Serenity: Golden Collection"! -At the main screen if you type the letters of "GOLD", the scene "Golden Embers" will play. 8/2/2023 -I changed one note of the Golden Embers music. -Should I add the "Golden Embers" music to "Music"?
