I know there are lots of other programming languages like C, squeak, etc, but are there any other ones for kids?
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I heard something about a program called Alice. But it looks weird.
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ProgrammingFreak wrote:
I heard something about a program called Alice. But it looks weird.
Alice is really limited. I tried it and do not suggest it. You can't make your own sprites, and making events is more difficult than in scratch. The only plus is 3D.
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ProgrammingFreak wrote:
I heard something about a program called Alice. But it looks weird.
Do. Not. Use. Alice.
It's for animations, nothing else.
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how bout Small Basic? thats what i started in!
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Try VB express, it is free and easy to learn. Or you could try applying for stencyl.
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html, python,
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Kileymeister wrote:
ProgrammingFreak wrote:
I heard something about a program called Alice. But it looks weird.
Alice is really limited. I tried it and do not suggest it. You can't make your own sprites, and making events is more difficult than in scratch. The only plus is 3D.
yeah. i tried to animate in alice for a school project and it wouldn't convert the file so i could put it in windows movie maker. it's very confunsing too. i deleted it

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Hackety hack is an awesome coding tool for kids
https://github.com/hacketyhack/hacketyhack
If you get good enough you can create professional looking programs. Its far more capable than Scratch but takes some time to learn.
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ProgrammingFreak wrote:
I heard something about a program called Alice. But it looks weird.
Yeah, I've used it, and Alice 3 is even more complicated. I just stick with Alice 2.2, even though it's hard to use.
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Scratchthatguys wrote:
ProgrammingFreak wrote:
I heard something about a program called Alice. But it looks weird.
Yeah, I've used it, and Alice 3 is even more complicated. I just stick with Alice 2.2, even though it's hard to use.
Alice is very hard to make anything but animations with. It also is very limited about things you can do with it.
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V82 wrote:
Scratchthatguys wrote:
ProgrammingFreak wrote:
I heard something about a program called Alice. But it looks weird.
Yeah, I've used it, and Alice 3 is even more complicated. I just stick with Alice 2.2, even though it's hard to use.
Alice is very hard to make anything but animations with. It also is very limited about things you can do with it.
I've made a game with trap doors and rotating bookcases before.
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Another good thing is Atmosphir. It's actually a 3D game creator, but you can use things like triggers and use camera sets, and even add properties. By the way, on Atmosphir, I'm MaxisBL.
Atmosphir home
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yes heres a good starter one, its called python. try it out its real fun.
heres a link to its website: http://python.org/
once you instal it try opening a new window on it and type this in:
import random
number = random.randint(1, 10)
print "Im thinking of a number between 1 and 10."
guess = raw_input("Can you guess it? ")
if guess == number:
print "Yes that was the correct number!"
elif guess != number:
print "Nope that was the wrong number. The correct number was", number, "."
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Try Panther
Has more stuff than Scratch
I have made a few things in there
Learn about it here
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GlitchSprite wrote:
Try Panther
Has more stuff than Scratch
I have made a few things in there
Learn about it here
Tried already, but thanks!
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If you're looking for an animation program that's basic, and cheap, maybe give 2Simple2Animate a try. Okay, it's animation at it's most basic, but it's worth a try for £5. I made some reasonable stuff in there.
I'd also recommend Panther for games programming. It's a Scratch Mod, so you don't need to acquire any new skills. Really easy, just with more blocks.
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Stencyl is going public in january.
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IDK about for kids, but I'm learning Vbasic and Vc++
Visual is good because you can add components without coding everything, but you can probably code them too.
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