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

[Bill Kerr]

Squeak does have a visual drag and drop multimedia programmable interface
called EToys designed especially for youth and beginners to programming

I'm in the process of evaluating it, here are some links if you want to
check it out

http://weeklysqueak.wordpress.com/2006/11/17/squeak-in-extremadura/ (video)

http://www.squeakland.org/project.jsp?http://www.squeakland.org/projects/etoys/EtoysSimstories.004.pr
EToys explained

http://www.squeakland.org/whatis/tutorials.html
DIY tutorials (scroll down to Painting, Handles, Car)

I'll post more to my blog when I have finished evaluation

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Bill Kerr
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On 3/23/07, Tony Forster <forster at ozonline.com.au> 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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