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#1 2013-01-26 20:35:15
Stencyl and Scratch
This topic belongs here because I already know Scratch, and I want to know the difference between Stencyl and Scratch, rather than help on Scratch. (unnecessarily long sentence)
Anyway, I was thinking of getting Stencyl, but I'm not sure how different it is from Scratch, because I want more possibilities, if that's the right word :P
Before I get it, can someone who uses it or has used it tell me if there's any real significant difference? Thanks :D
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#2 2013-01-26 20:47:31
- bananaman114
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Re: Stencyl and Scratch
Theres some differences, but it's not too bad
theres a slight learning curve i guess?
it does have a lot of nice presets and it shoulnt be too too hard to learn
i personally havei t sitting in my programming folder doing nothing, too lazy to learn
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#3 2013-01-26 20:48:59
Re: Stencyl and Scratch
It has a lot faster framerate.
Games are easier to make
Other things are usually harder
Stencyl updates more
Stencyl has better support
It's a good transition to real programming. I am currently making an app with it.
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#4 2013-01-26 20:49:38
Re: Stencyl and Scratch
bananaman114 wrote:
Theres some differences, but it's not too bad
theres a slight learning curve i guess?
it does have a lot of nice presets and it shoulnt be too too hard to learn
i personally havei t sitting in my programming folder doing nothing, too lazy to learn
Alrighty then, thanks.
I was thinking of just downloading it right now, because why the heck not, it's free.
majormax wrote:
It has a lot faster framerate.
Games are easier to make
Other things are usually harder
Stencyl updates more
Stencyl has better support
It's a good transition to real programming. I am currently making an app with it.
Okay, I'm probably getting it now. Thanks 
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#6 2013-01-27 12:04:35
- letmethink
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Re: Stencyl and Scratch
It is much better, but doesn't have an in built graphics editor.
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#7 2013-01-27 14:36:43
Re: Stencyl and Scratch
letmethink wrote:
It is much better, but doesn't have an in built graphics editor.
I thought they added one in?
But it shouldn't make a difference, are you not going to learn java or python or C because it doesn't have a built in graphics editor? it's a programming language not a children's toy.
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#8 2013-01-27 14:38:43
- veggieman001
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Re: Stencyl and Scratch
kayybee wrote:
letmethink wrote:
It is much better, but doesn't have an in built graphics editor.
I thought they added one in?
It had one every time I used it, and the first time was while it was still in beta. They could have removed it since then, but I don't know.
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#9 2013-01-28 02:33:46
- letmethink
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Re: Stencyl and Scratch
veggieman001 wrote:
kayybee wrote:
letmethink wrote:
It is much better, but doesn't have an in built graphics editor.
I thought they added one in?
It had one every time I used it, and the first time was while it was still in beta. They could have removed it since then, but I don't know.
Perhaps they did?
Oh and I was comparing it to scratch, like the topic creator asked us to, not saying that it was bad because it didn't have a built in graphics editor.
Fro my information, it does not has one, but instead when prompted tto edit graphics edits an external program for editing graphics of your choice, I currently have GIMP.
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