[Yr7-10it] Intel Gamemaker enthusiast stumped at Apple School

[Cameron Bell]

Has anyone had any experience with this that they could pass on? 
Apparently its going Open Source which will probably result in 
cross-platform ports in the future.

http://www.kidsprogramminglanguage.com/index.php

Cameron

Tony Forster wrote:
> Philip
>
> The short answer is probably no, there are no comparable drag&drop 
> programming tools for the Mac. The latest Macs will run Windows and 
> other Macs will run a windows emulator, slowly.
>
> Kahootz offers creative and storytelling opportunities but does not 
> hold the challenge of problem solving and deep thinking that you will 
> get with Gamemaker.
>
> There are some open source tools, eg Python and Squeak, but they are 
> text based, not nearly as good as drag and drop programming.
>
> I have listed all the tools I could think of at 
> http://tonyforster.blogspot.com/2007/02/game-programming-tools.html
> also see http://www.schoolgamemaker.rupert.id.au/links.htm#other for 
> more Mac stuff
>
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