Click the green flag, and watch the cats spin faster and faster until they become animated. Or start playing around with the slider directly - that's up to you.
◓◑◒ Challenge Yourself ◐◓◑ Can you figure out ... ☛ What happens at speed 22.5? ☛ What happens at multiples of 22.5? ☛ What happens at -22.5? ☛ What happens at 337.5? ☛ What happens at 336? ☛ What happens at 360? ☛ Why those things happen at those specific speeds? ☛ What "speed" actually represents? ◒◐◓ What Is a Phenakistiscope? ◑◒◐ A phenakistiscope (or phenakistoscope) is an animation device invented in 1832. There are lots of phenakistoscope projects on Scratch. Do a search and you'll see. Read more about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenakistiscope ◓◑◒ Credits ◐◓◑ I was inspired to make this by @Chumie's charming "Phenakistoscope : Hamburger": https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/534781379/ I made the Phenakistiscope costume in Illustrator. The running cat is from @griffpatch's wonderful Scratch Cat Run Cycle v2.3: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/112494410/ The backdrop is from the Scratch library.
