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#1 2010-06-03 03:31:18
Toy Robot Programmer: A toy for thinkers
Eventually I want people to be able to save their toys and share them.
It needs a Help screen but if you play with it you'll get the idea.
If you find a bug let me know. Anyway, here it is. Have fun.
Toy Robot Programmer
Last edited by axorion (2010-06-07 10:35:12)
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#2 2010-06-03 17:16:27
Re: Toy Robot Programmer: A toy for thinkers
The program loads with a sample toy. Just press the run [>] button. It may look like the robot program is not running correctly but it is. This project is all about learning very basic programming concepts. If you learn to use stacks you can do some amazing things. Basically the robot remembers what it was doing before a function is called so that when the function is complete it can continue where it left off. For the younger members of Scratch this might be a bit much but be careful mom and dad, you might get hooked.
This project is just a toy. If you learn something about programming along the way that would be great too. With this in mind I'm thinking of turning this project into a full blown programming trainer.
For now I'm working on a simple help button. I may change other thing too but the basic toy will always be a part of the project. Please comment.
Last edited by axorion (2010-06-07 10:46:45)
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#4 2010-06-06 05:29:44
Re: Toy Robot Programmer: A toy for thinkers
The basic help control is now functional. It should make the project more accessible.
I changed the sample to something more pedestrian so that it can be understood by all.
The empty space on the title bar was driving me nuts so I filled it. It still bugs me!
Oh well, The name is still in the title of this thread and there's nothing I can to about it.
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#5 2010-06-06 05:41:18
- Wolfie1996
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Re: Toy Robot Programmer: A toy for thinkers
axorion wrote:
The empty space on the title bar was driving me nuts so I filled it. It still bugs me!
Oh well, The name is still in the title of this thread and there's nothing I can to about it.
Oh - if you want the title changing, you can click on "report" at the bottom of the top post, and ask for it to be changed. One (or more! 
) of us moddies would be willing to change it for you 
Loved the project, by the way! 
"...Jargon - the practice of never calling a spade a spade, when you might instead call it a manual earth-restructing implement..." - Bill Bryson, Mother Tongue
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