Scratch

Hello. I am new. First thigns first. I'm currently thirteen. I've been into game-making for two years now. At first I used a programming Language I found on the internet called Phrogram. In the end, I decided against it. I later learned about XNA Game Studio Express through the Christmas edition of a MAKE magazine. My dad and I downloaded it, but after messing around with it for a while, I had no idea what to do. I was obviously not ready for real code. The breakthrough came when I went to a summer camp before sixth grade. (Wait, since i'm in eighth, that makes it 3 years) I was introduced to a genius program called Multimedia Fusion 2 by clickteam (clickteam.com). I bought it and have never been disappointed by it. It did have a few limitations, the most prominent was that it was windows only. That was later fixed with the ability to export to Java, but I still set my sights on broader and better things. I decided to open up XNA game studio again. I did, but I stuck with MMF2 for quite a while longer. It was around this time that my friend told me about a great computer game making program called (what else?) Scratch. At this point, I dismissed his claims. From looking at the projects some people made, I figured it was a poor man's Multimedia Fusion 2. I later upgraded to XNA Game Studio 3.1 and was very impressed. It was again WIndows only and it was limited compared to MMF2, but I liked it because I had always wanted to learn an actual programming language. Then I tried Scratch for the first time today. It was very interesting and I made a random terrain generator. I'm still working on making a decent platform engine, but I hope to soon. Stay tuned! And always use Dr. Petter's musagi and SFXR for your sounds 'cuz they're awesome!