Scratch

cocoanut wrote:

pinochio wrote:

You could interview evil string, but flamingtrout is probably better.

I'm going to interview a LOT. Not just one.

Ok! Can you review my article?

When Scratch first began, many were programmers. They made mainly made games. As the population of Scratch grew, such things became less common. Some people brought there other less related programming intrests to Scratch, like text-based games. One form of those games was RPGing.
       RPG stands for Role-Playing Game. In these games, you can create a character based off your imagination and the character can interact with other user-made characters. Galleries are the most common places to find RPGs, since there is no sixty-second rule, you can post a project showing your characters, and it is connected to the main site, but some people used Scratch forums(although now Scratch has a separate forum for Text-Based Games.) These games are very popular all over the website, and the topics can vary greatly.

That's just the beginning.

A bit more of my article... it's now on the third page! 

Q. What made you decide to start this?
A. Well, at the time -about a year ago- I was really into Greek myths and I still am, so I decided to start this. I started the RPG and like most RP's, no one came. But when you post a comment in a gallery, it goes to the top of the list. So, I commented until Igglepie -Who I think was the first- then Maki-Tak then Imacat and all the others joined.

Q. In your opinion, is Scratch a great place to play an RPG?
A. Scratch is a fantastic place to RP! Practically everyone on scratch is imaginative and nice. And, on Scratch it's easy to communicate with up to date comments and project sharing so you can share drawings.

Q. Do you prefer RPGing in a project or gallery?
A. Definitely on a gallery because if you comment on it, it goes to the top of the list. Good viewing. And, you can add drawings and things to it! Take my word, galleries are definitely effective.

Are we allowed to post the whole article? Or do we have to stick to a sample?

Last edited by Chrischb (2009-12-13 00:28:51)

I want to give more people more time to write their proposals. If you think you're ready to submit the final version feel free to post a link to it here. You can post it on a place like: http://pastebin.com/

I'll check back next week to see how things go.

Here's my article, if you want to use it:

RPGs... it has so much history. Now if you've been in the programming industry, or atleast had Commodore 64 for example, you may know what an RPG. Well on scratch, it is rather different. Here, it is commenting, and/or talking on the forums, like in "WOTF RPGing", a famously known text-based game people played on the forums. This involves using your imagination to talk in a fantasy place. Yet when I think of RPG, and maybe you too, the main thing that comes to mind is an actual RPG game, that involves warriors, and items, and maybe skills or talents, and many quests and goals, and you invade other people's territories.

One example of the type of RPG I know, is this project. In this game by B-Reyn428, you fight a creature multiple times, with a melee, magic, and a special attack. In addition there is a shop. Pretty normal. And there are many of these around the internet, although not in scratch.

Nethertheless, there is also the RPG in the form of a text-based game. In this, many people talk in 3rd person, except when typing in parentheses or double parenthesis called talking "out of character". There is often a setting, and the players talk as if they are real people, from staggering rougues to tiny pixie faries. This allows people to use their imagination and creativity, and enriches their vocabulary a bit.

Focusing on the text-based-RPG, this is wonderful to do on scratch, because there are thousands people with young minds, and children ages (9-12) on the website, that makes it so engaging. As we grow older, we lose this creativity and 'randomness' to us, and rather become more mature, but not always.

Maybe it has just been me, but these type of RPGs haven't been on scratch for such a long time. As I have read from others, people have done it in many different locations, from projects, to galleries, to forums. But the first time it got popular, or atleast I noticed, was when the Text-Based-Games forums came out, and nikkiperson2 created "WOTF RPGing". This was a big hit. It became about 576 pages long, with about 24 or 25 posts each pages. People were even so dedicated, that if they had their DS or DSi, and they were on the go, they would find a Wi-Fi hotspot, and post on the thread. Later after the TBG was closed, and the new one was opened - they re-opened WOTF RPGing, with currently about 40 pages, continuing the tradition.

But where does that lead us? How does that help us with scratch? Well this churns our creative juices, and inspires us to make different projects of art, animation, and more, which basically puts the imagine, in "Imagine, Program, Share".

Please tell me anything to change on this article 

Last edited by Lucario621 (2009-12-14 15:30:07)

When Scratch first began, many were programmers. They made mainly made games. As the population of Scratch grew, such things became less common. Some people brought there other less related programming intrests to Scratch, like text-based games. One form of those games was RPGing.
       RPG stands for Role-Playing Game. In these games, you can create a character based off your imagination and the character can interact with other user-made characters. Galleries are the most common places to find RPGs, since there is no sixty-second rule, you can post a project showing your characters, and it is connected to the main site, but some people used Scratch forums(although now Scratch has a separate forum for Text-Based Games.) These games are very popular all over the website, and the topics can vary greatly.
        One of the oldest and more popular RPGs is Warriors of the Forest RPG, or WOTF for short. This RPG can be found both in it's gallery, and it's Text-Based Games topic.


Still in progress.....

You really should tell people to ask for parents permission

Lucario621 wrote:

Here's my article, if you want to use it:

RPGs... it seems that the type of RPGs people are talking about, is just commenting, and/or talking on the forums, like in "WOTF RPGing", a famously known text-based game people played on the forums. Yet when I think of RPG, the only thing that comes to mind is an actual RPG game, that involves warriors, and items, and maybe skills or talents, and many quests and goals, and you invade other people's territories.

One example of the type of RPG I know, is this project. In this game by B-Reyn428, you fight a creature multiple times, with a melee, magic, and a special attack. In addition there is a shop. Pretty normal. And there are many of these around the internet, although not in scratch.

Nethertheless, there is also the RPG in the form of a text-based game. In this, many people talk in 3rd person, except when typing in parentheses or double parenthesis called talking "out of character". There is often a setting, and the players talk as if they are real people, from staggering rougues to tiny pixie faries. This allows people to use their imagination and creativity, and enriches their vocabulary a bit.

Focusing on the text-based-RPG, this is wonderful to do on scratch, because there are often many people with young minds, and people children ages (9-12) on the website, that makes it so engaging. As we grow older, we lose this creativity and 'randomness' to us, and rather become more mature, but not always.

Maybe it has just been me, but these type of RPGs haven't been on scratch for such a long time. As I have read from others, people have done it in many different locations, from projects, to galleries, to forums. But the first time it got popular, or atleast I noticed, was when the Text-Based-Games forums came out, and nikkiperson2 created "WOTF RPGing". This was a big hit. It became about 576 pages long, with about 24 or 25 posts each pages. People were even so dedicated, that if they had their DS or DSi, and they were on the go, they would find a Wi-Fi hotspot, and post on the thread. Later after the TBG was closed, and the new one was opened - they re-opened WOTF RPGing, with currently about 40 pages, continuing the tradition.

But where does that lead us? How does that help us with scratch? Well this churns our creative juices, and inspires us to make different projects of art, animation, and more, which basically puts the imagine, in "Imagine, Program, Share".

Please tell me anything to change on this article 

i think it's supposed to be longer than that

Now I got it submitted... Link.

my example for the option ( i wrote it in  less then 3 mins so kinda messup)

I wrote (a bit) wrote:

a) Scratch Companies
Scratch companies are probably "open source" development group which consists of some Programmers,Art designers,Graphic Artists,Musicians generally these work on SOHO kinda fundamental supporting and helping each other to create masterpeice some examples of scratch companies are DG games (probably the biggest company ever), kami studios,Flaming trout . Generally a scratch company starts with two or 3 developers helping each other in a project under a logo and if the project goes fine the company goes better and better.As for example DG games started when DeltaLord And ChaoticD started to work under the same banner soon chris , Nxtgeek , Bobfred and others joined and the company was going better and better another example of it is Kami Studios in which Extremos worked as a base and then Jsbwalker and others joined.
You check the works of these companies on their websites or on their respective scratch galleries.

As said earlier companies work on the cooperative architecture
as for example in DG games
The programming Part is done by -> TechnoMan , Deltalord, ChaoticD and sometimes me and Bobfred and Chris
Chris is the incharge of the web presentation of DG .
I , Nxtgeek and Illusionist do the artwork and graphic stuff
The_flaming_duck is our music designer.

The cooperation among developer saves precious time when doing a project that makes it even better.
Generally developing in a company removes burden off from u and thats the best part in general if u wanted to create a Project like Crisis by KAMI Studios (underdevelpment) or Space Shoom Series (by DG games ) u would have taken  a lot of effort creating it a bit but due to community based development A scratch Companies increases the quality of Scratching

btw andresmh can we have a Powerpoint slideshow applet on site i am making a scratch tutorial Presentation on Microsoft Powerpoint 2007 for my school i think it could help young or new scratchers to learn scratch easily

Last edited by fanofcena (2009-12-14 04:54:15)

Hello, Scratch Team. Didn't you want an article? There are several here, waiting for you to notice them.

cocoanut wrote:

You and Jonathanpb are like the only ones who've submitted anything...    50% chance for you right there.

Hahaha... let me find my Percent-raise-machine.