Custom blocks allow us to reuse code by making our own blocks that we can drag in.

Give your block the name “chase Player” or something along those lines.

define chase Player
go to x: (235) y: (180)
forever
	point towards [Player v]
	move [5] steps
end

And now, we can just use that block.

when green flag clicked
chase Player::custom

when I start as a clone
chase Player::custom

Changing the block will effect both code paths now. No more repeating ourselves.

Adding Some Randomness

We can add a little bit of randomness to our custom block now to make the enemies a little bit more autonomous.

define chase Player
go to x: (235) y: (180)
forever
	point towards [Player v]
	turn cw (pick random [-30] to [30]) degrees
	move (pick random [1] to [5]) steps
end

You might need to play with this mechanic a bit, but you get the idea. I think this game escalates a little bit too quickly though. Let’s try to limit the their creation a bit.

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