pretty cool
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slipstreamsurfrDo you have children you'd like to introduce to programming?
Want to goof around with scripting in a 3d world?
check out alice.org given to us by Carnegie Mellon.
We had to do a simple programming lab in my insy class to end out the semester. The goal was to create an e-card like thing for a holiday or event of your choosing.
With simple syntax, a built in catalog of 3d objects, it's easy to start figuring it out. Need some more help? They have a forum you can ask questions on, or even just to download someone else's 'world' that they've created to look at the code. Pretty simple stuff.
Starting with no knowledge of Alice it took about 3 hours or so to turn out a working e-card with it. After another hour and I cleaned things up, got things to happen concurrently, and added sound. It's an easy and fun environment to work in.
Like I said, if you know a child, or even an adult, who you'd like to expose to the world of programming, give Alice a try.
Pretty nifty stuff...
Want to goof around with scripting in a 3d world?
check out alice.org given to us by Carnegie Mellon.
We had to do a simple programming lab in my insy class to end out the semester. The goal was to create an e-card like thing for a holiday or event of your choosing.
With simple syntax, a built in catalog of 3d objects, it's easy to start figuring it out. Need some more help? They have a forum you can ask questions on, or even just to download someone else's 'world' that they've created to look at the code. Pretty simple stuff.
Starting with no knowledge of Alice it took about 3 hours or so to turn out a working e-card with it. After another hour and I cleaned things up, got things to happen concurrently, and added sound. It's an easy and fun environment to work in.
Like I said, if you know a child, or even an adult, who you'd like to expose to the world of programming, give Alice a try.
Pretty nifty stuff...