Scratch

All4one wrote:

I have an idea: Scratch for the Wii! I know you can already access the online community on the Internet Channel, but I think there should be a Scratch Channel (downloadable on the Wii Shop Channel), where you can make Scratch projects and post them! You could use your cursor to pick up and drop Scratch blocks, or to draw in the Paint Editor.

This would not just take the advantage of doing Scratch on your television set, but it could also popularize Scratch!

So, post what you think or any ideas. I would appreciate some ideas. So, come on! Us Scratchers could create a new channel for the Wii! This topic proves that anyone can do anything if you put your heart to it.

Nice idea! you could also do it for the dsi! though if you tried to comment, it would just say "true", so i actually think it would be probably better for wii. 

Harakou wrote:

ScratchReallyROCKS wrote:

murpho wrote:

This entire system would have to be transformed into a different language and the language the wii uses would slow this down badly so it would take a really long time to load and would have slow interaction

This is true, the wii only has 88mb of ram and 512mb of storage, and (from what I've heard) only a 700MHz cpu (yes, I said Megahertz, not Gigahertz.) Big Scratch projects on my computer are slow and I have 2gb of ram, 160gb of storage, and a 2.26GHz cpu. That means I have over 20 times the ram of a wii, over 300 times the storage of a wii, and over 3 times the speed. I don't think Wii Scratch is going to happen.

True, but the Wii's operating system doesn't use nearly as much memory(ram) and speed as Windows or another desktop OS. Scratch runs fine on my computer, even though my processor is only 1.46GHz because I'm running Windows XP, which only requires ~300MHz processor. I imagine the Wii's OS requires even less. (I always have to look for a "flaw in your theorizing," don't I?  )

That said, I don't think Scratch for the Wii is going to happen. It would be way too much effort for too small of an audience. Besides, most things like that are tricky to use on the Wii anyway. Have you ever tried playing Linerider on it? Not like using a mouse at all.

My computer has a1.8 Ghz Processor and has 2GB of RAM and runs windows 7 Ultimate. It,s usually fine. Sorry if I'm making mistakes but I can't see what I am typing! The text has overlapped on my iPhone!!!!

Harakou wrote:

Optimax-DJ wrote:

Harakou wrote:

True, but the Wii's operating system doesn't use nearly as much memory(ram) and speed as Windows or another desktop OS. Scratch runs fine on my computer, even though my processor is only 1.46GHz because I'm running Windows XP, which only requires ~300MHz processor. I imagine the Wii's OS requires even less. (I always have to look for a "flaw in your theorizing," don't I?  )

That said, I don't think Scratch for the Wii is going to happen. It would be way too much effort for too small of an audience. Besides, most things like that are tricky to use on the Wii anyway. Have you ever tried playing Linerider on it? Not like using a mouse at all.

My computer has a1.8 Ghz Processor and has 2GB of RAM and runs windows 7 Ultimate. It,s usually fine. Sorry if I'm making mistakes but I can't see what I am typing! The text has overlapped on my iPhone!!!!

I'm not quite sure what your point was there... 

I was saying that you don't need a powerful processor to run a power hungry application. Which is why I think scratch for the wii would work. But you are right, it would need more processing power, which I think the PS3 would be better. Although PS3's can run JavaScript, so there you go.

Optimax-DJ wrote:

Harakou wrote:

Optimax-DJ wrote:

My computer has a1.8 Ghz Processor and has 2GB of RAM and runs windows 7 Ultimate. It,s usually fine. Sorry if I'm making mistakes but I can't see what I am typing! The text has overlapped on my iPhone!!!!

I'm not quite sure what your point was there... 

I was saying that you don't need a powerful processor to run a power hungry application. Which is why I think scratch for the wii would work. But you are right, it would need more processing power, which I think the PS3 would be better. Although PS3's can run JavaScript, so there you go.

Actually, my point was that the Wii could run Scratch.

No. The Wii is slow to begin with, and this is Scratch. That's like saying "Let's put Spore on a Gameboy!" It's not meant to be. Scratch is computer, and it should stay that way.

If that was possible already, I probably woundn't have sold my wii.

ScratchReallyROCKS wrote:

I wan't Scratch on my Wii! That would be Awesome!

want has no apostraphy.

lasc12 wrote:

No. The Wii is slow to begin with, and this is Scratch. That's like saying "Let's put Spore on a Gameboy!" It's not meant to be. Scratch is computer, and it should stay that way.

Cool Topic!
You could burn scratch onto a disc.

what about scratch for making wii games
two ideas:
1.scratch on the wii(possibly)
2.scratch on computer to make wii games

well how would you program it anyway?

Try downloading scratch on the internet channel and see what happens! 

This would would do well for the paint editor.

Last edited by spkshark (2011-05-12 12:19:57)