Lost Scratch projects

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Lost Scratch projects Dec 14, 2022 18:06:18 GMT extremewreck2000 and lostmediajacket like this

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Post by lucianothewindowsfan on Dec 14, 2022 18:06:18 GMT

So in case you have living under a rock, Scratch is a very popular programming language made for children aged 8-16. It currently has millions of users.

On November 10, 2022, a Scratch API update no longer allows viewing of unshared projects on TurboWarp.

This change affects unshared projects. Unfortunately, it also includes deleted projects, so we now have an apocalypse full of lost Scratch projects, not to mention, projects that follow the community guidelines could sometimes be deleted as well, mostly due to mass-reporting.

10 months before the API update, I archived a lot of deleted/reported Scratch projects right here. I even archived my own deleted projects, such as the one right here. I even archived two community guideline-compliant projects on my Scratch account.

If you have downloaded a deleted Scratch project, then go upload it to Scratch. You could also upload it to the Internet Archive in case the project is not community guideline-compliant.

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Lost Scratch projects Dec 17, 2022 0:12:02 GMT extremewreck2000 likes this

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Post by lucianothewindowsfan on Dec 17, 2022 0:12:02 GMT

So as it turns out, they even found Kaj's project back in 2015! Back then, TurboWarp wasn't a thing, so it was instead loaded on the Scratch offline editor. It's just an Animal Crossing image.

Kaj is infamous in the Scratch community. Contrary to popular belief, (s)he did not hack other people's accounts. Instead, after not receiving many views, (s)he shared a project threatening to "destroy Scratch" and began posting a lot of negative comments (e.g. "this project is ugly" and "I will hack you"), therefore leading to his/her ban in the 2008.

Last Edit: Dec 19, 2022 21:28:09 GMT by lucianothewindowsfan

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Lost Scratch projects Feb 10, 2023 10:02:10 GMT extremewreck2000 likes this

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Post by tussockythree68 on Feb 10, 2023 10:02:10 GMT

Hey, I actually have a dog in this fight. Scratch is what taught me the basics of programming back in like 2010 or 2011. I have an old project I've been looking for for some time now. It was made with the offline Scratch program for Windows XP (Or possibly Windows 7 I don't remember for sure). I didn't make it in the web app (I actually don't even know if there was a web app at the time). At the time I think there was a way to upload to the Scratch website from the program itself, because I do remember having it uploaded to the Scratch site at the time.

Also, If I can give a recommendation, I would make it so that these files have names instead just a string of numbers. That way people can more easily find them when searching IA.

Last Edit: Feb 10, 2023 10:04:06 GMT by tussockythree68

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nostalgist32x God Goodnight, whatever that is Posts: 1,920	Lost Scratch projects Feb 10, 2023 13:00:03 GMT extremewreck2000 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by nostalgist32x on Feb 10, 2023 13:00:03 GMT Gosh I and my classmates used scratch in our careers class, I had no idea there was any Scratch lost media.

lucianothewindowsfan New Member Posts: 13	Lost Scratch projects Mar 14, 2023 21:34:56 GMT extremewreck2000 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by lucianothewindowsfan on Mar 14, 2023 21:34:56 GMT Unfortunately, my old Scratch account got hacked, so the projects I reuploaded on IAmClausAgain got deleted alongside the account itself. I since made a new one at SoyLucianoChile.
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Lost Scratch projects Aug 21, 2023 20:13:12 GMT extremewreck2000 likes this

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Post by lostmediajacket on Aug 21, 2023 20:13:12 GMT

A particular advantage of the Scratch community is the ability of users to remix projects. In some cases, if the changes are not too much, a lost original project can be pieced back together from a remix. Unfortunately, this isn't much help for things that were shared through TurboWarp/Phosphorus/Sulfurous/whatever using the old API. In those cases, all you can really do is either hope that someone downloaded the project or that the creator will upload some version of the project to either Scratch or somewhere else. I think also that certain projects taken down by DMCA might have their remixes taken down as well, but idk.

Sorry if this is considered necroposting or anything like that. I've been invested in the Scratch community and its hidden depths for a while now, so I thought I'd share some thoughts. It kind of intrigues me how deep the iceberg/rabbit hole/whatever of Scratch can go with topics such as kaj, smeole, and other such things.

I think one of Scratch's most notable removed projects, a Pac-Man project which was taken down by Bandai Namco, wasn't accessible on TurboWarp (or any of the other stuff I listed) even during the time of the API glitch. This might have been because of how major the situation became. It would be interesting if some variant of the project is still floating around somewhere on the Internet, whether that's on Scratch or elsewhere, even though people have said that remixes of that project may have been taken down as well.

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Lost Scratch projects Aug 26, 2023 23:17:33 GMT extremewreck2000 likes this

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Post by lovelyyt on Aug 26, 2023 23:17:33 GMT

Pretty sure I actually have some Scratch projects downloaded onto my old Chromebook which are now lost media. One was a project for a fanmade CBBC ident project which has spawned many remixes but got took down after the original creator's parents deleted his account IIRC. I believe I also have some projects saved made by a certain user who I will not name but I will not share those projects as the user was known for doing bad stuff and people didnt want me to share the projects because of this.

My old and banned Scratch account Lovely_YT had a bunch of unshared projects - some of which were unfinished and being worked on right before my account was banned in December 1st 2021! Those are definitely lost media. My shared stuff however is still up to this day because I was lucky enough for my projects to be kept on Scratch publicly.

Last Edit: Aug 26, 2023 23:19:19 GMT by lovelyyt

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Lost Scratch projects Sept 14, 2023 16:27:09 GMT extremewreck2000 and lostmediajacket like this

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Aug 21, 2023 20:13:12 GMT lostmediajacket said:

A particular advantage of the Scratch community is the ability of users to remix projects. In some cases, if the changes are not too much, a lost original project can be pieced back together from a remix. Unfortunately, this isn't much help for things that were shared through TurboWarp/Phosphorus/Sulfurous/whatever using the old API. In those cases, all you can really do is either hope that someone downloaded the project or that the creator will upload some version of the project to either Scratch or somewhere else. I think also that certain projects taken down by DMCA might have their remixes taken down as well, but idk.

Sorry if this is considered necroposting or anything like that. I've been invested in the Scratch community and its hidden depths for a while now, so I thought I'd share some thoughts. It kind of intrigues me how deep the iceberg/rabbit hole/whatever of Scratch can go with topics such as kaj, smeole, and other such things.

I think one of Scratch's most notable removed projects, a Pac-Man project which was taken down by Bandai Namco, wasn't accessible on TurboWarp (or any of the other stuff I listed) even during the time of the API glitch. This might have been because of how major the situation became. It would be interesting if some variant of the project is still floating around somewhere on the Internet, whether that's on Scratch or elsewhere, even though people have said that remixes of that project may have been taken down as well.

I'm aware of preserving by remixing. In fact, I remixed some remixes of projects from my old now-hacked Scratch account (IAmClausAgain) and restoring them as I can.

Last Edit: Jan 8, 2024 18:23:24 GMT by lucianothewindowsfan

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Lost Scratch projects Oct 4, 2023 23:42:18 GMT

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Post by crumbelivable on Oct 4, 2023 23:42:18 GMT

Sept 14, 2023 16:27:09 GMT lucianothewindowsfan said:

Aug 21, 2023 20:13:12 GMT lostmediajacket said:

A particular advantage of the Scratch community is the ability of users to remix projects. In some cases, if the changes are not too much, a lost original project can be pieced back together from a remix. Unfortunately, this isn't much help for things that were shared through TurboWarp/Phosphorus/Sulfurous/whatever using the old API. In those cases, all you can really do is either hope that someone downloaded the project or that the creator will upload some version of the project to either Scratch or somewhere else. I think also that certain projects taken down by DMCA might have their remixes taken down as well, but idk.

Sorry if this is considered necroposting or anything like that. I've been invested in the Scratch community and its hidden depths for a while now, so I thought I'd share some thoughts. It kind of intrigues me how deep the iceberg/rabbit hole/whatever of Scratch can go with topics such as kaj, smeole, and other such things.

I think one of Scratch's most notable removed projects, a Pac-Man project which was taken down by Bandai Namco, wasn't accessible on TurboWarp (or any of the other stuff I listed) even during the time of the API glitch. This might have been because of how major the situation became. It would be interesting if some variant of the project is still floating around somewhere on the Internet, whether that's on Scratch or elsewhere, even though people have said that remixes of that project may have been taken down as well.

I'm aware of preserving by remixing. In fact, I remixed some remixes of projects from my old now-hacked Scratch account (IAmClausAgain) and restoring them as I can.

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Lost Scratch projects Jan 8, 2024 18:25:25 GMT extremewreck2000 likes this

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Aug 21, 2023 20:13:12 GMT lostmediajacket said:

A particular advantage of the Scratch community is the ability of users to remix projects. In some cases, if the changes are not too much, a lost original project can be pieced back together from a remix. Unfortunately, this isn't much help for things that were shared through TurboWarp/Phosphorus/Sulfurous/whatever using the old API. In those cases, all you can really do is either hope that someone downloaded the project or that the creator will upload some version of the project to either Scratch or somewhere else. I think also that certain projects taken down by DMCA might have their remixes taken down as well, but idk.

Sorry if this is considered necroposting or anything like that. I've been invested in the Scratch community and its hidden depths for a while now, so I thought I'd share some thoughts. It kind of intrigues me how deep the iceberg/rabbit hole/whatever of Scratch can go with topics such as kaj, smeole, and other such things.

I think one of Scratch's most notable removed projects, a Pac-Man project which was taken down by Bandai Namco, wasn't accessible on TurboWarp (or any of the other stuff I listed) even during the time of the API glitch. This might have been because of how major the situation became. It would be interesting if some variant of the project is still floating around somewhere on the Internet, whether that's on Scratch or elsewhere, even though people have said that remixes of that project may have been taken down as well.

Sorry for the necropost as well, but I think the deleted Pac-Man project was included on Scratch 1.4's sample projects.

chirag2003 Full Member Learning about those old medias!!! Posts: 100	Lost Scratch projects Jan 8, 2024 18:47:32 GMT extremewreck2000 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by chirag2003 on Jan 8, 2024 18:47:32 GMT I remember Scratch the Cat used to be in my school computer!

nv01 Full Member Posts: 120	Lost Scratch projects Jan 8, 2024 23:09:07 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by nv01 on Jan 8, 2024 23:09:07 GMT I remember making Scratch projects in school too, I deleted all of them years ago though. Has anyone ever made a Scratch archive before?

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Lost Scratch projects Jan 25, 2024 0:53:34 GMT via mobile

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Post by tsua098 on Jan 25, 2024 0:53:34 GMT

Dec 14, 2022 18:06:18 GMT lucianothewindowsfan said:

So in case you have living under a rock, Scratch is a very popular programming language made for children aged 8-16. It currently has millions of users.

On November 10, 2022, a Scratch API update no longer allows viewing of unshared projects on TurboWarp.

This change affects unshared projects. Unfortunately, it also includes deleted projects, so we now have an apocalypse full of lost Scratch projects, not to mention, projects that follow the community guidelines could sometimes be deleted as well, mostly due to mass-reporting.

10 months before the API update, I archived a lot of deleted/reported Scratch projects right here. I even archived my own deleted projects, such as the one right here. I even archived two community guideline-compliant projects on my Scratch account.

If you have downloaded a deleted Scratch project, then go upload it to Scratch. You could also upload it to the Internet Archive in case the project is not community guideline-compliant.

Bro I had an account with like 1K+ projects, it got deleted and I could only recover like five. If you know anybody who might have copies of some pls lmk

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