Scratch

randalpik wrote:

Whoa! That sounds amazing!
...can I help?

Well i'd rather keep developing the main OS on my own, but there's loads of other things to do!
i need suggestions for apps, i want good apps, not the usual calculator and media player 
then i need someone to make those apps for me once i've approved, but that's later on.
i also need beta testers, later on.
finally i need a site for it (which i have)
and then i just need people who download it and enjoy!

so for now please can you find some ideas for apps?

randalpik wrote:

You could make some arcade-y games, like a pac-man game or pong game.

I have a great window thing which can be dragged, minimized, maximized, and obviously closed, if you want to use that. It also has great graphics.

You might even make a scrolling platformer, if it isn't too laggy. (scratch's middle name is laggy, so you should be careful with that)

You might even make a little terminal window... that would be cool.

wow, those are some great ideas! could you please post a link to that awesome window you have? and i can simply use some of the games i have made; remember i can link the OS to other projects!
i have the blocks to show/hide lists, so i can make a command prompt, but what's that useful for?

ThePCKid wrote:

You confused me.

I don't know if it's gonna be made in something like C# or it's gonna be another Scratch hack.

it's gonna be made in normal scratch combined with some extra blocks i hacked

Last edited by LS97 (2010-05-02 12:37:42)

Dazachi wrote:

I need Windows? Darn.

why? do you have a mac/linux?

and don't worry, you just need to be able to run EXE files and have a folder in C:\ called Program Files. that's it. i knew this would disappoint many Mac users...

Dazachi wrote:

Wait, I can run it? I don't have bootcamp or anything.

what's bootcamp?

but there's many EXE file runners for Mac (i forgot what theyre called) and i suppose even apple has one... theyre useful, and there might be some free ones too 

EDIT: they're called emulators!

Last edited by LS97 (2010-05-21 13:29:48)

Just curious, but why do you need XP or Vista to run it? It's a Scratch project, which runs the same on all computers.

coolstuff wrote:

Just curious, but why do you need XP or Vista to run it? It's a Scratch project, which runs the same on all computers.

yes, but this is not an ordinary scratch project, as i specified in the first post. i need at least 2 exe files to make it work, and i'm not sure about the linux system but i think it doesnt even have a folder in c:\ called program files.

ZapperX wrote:

Looks awesome. Why does it have to be a file in C:\ program files?

ok. i'm seriously thinking of changing that. it's because the link blocks don't support windows dynamic variables (like %userhome% or %systemroot%) so i can't tell it to go to the user directory. i can try to change that though, if it bothers so many ppl.

If you have a Macintosh, use a program called Wine to run the app.

Come on! sign up for beta testing! quicky quicky quicky! click to register!!!

Last edited by LS97 (2010-05-20 16:29:59)

ThePCKid wrote:

If you have a Macintosh, use a program called Wine to run the app.

Isn't Wine for Linux? Or is there a Mac version?

TheSaint wrote:

THis sounds interesting. Will you create an online version, or will it be specifically for offline only?

There will be an online "demo" version that does not include any of the new blocks, but if you want them (the new blocks), you will have to use the offline version.