Scratch

Ruby, PASCAL, Turing and BASIC are pretty easy. Java would be good to learn though since its the standard language taught in schools and one of the most popular languages.

Stencyl is probably the easiest step to make.
It's still a block based language (meaning you know exactly which commands you can use) and it compiles almost directly to Flash, thus starting to use the concepts of object variables, referencing, events and most importantly object creation.

I found it slightly harder than Scratch (of course), but perfect for this kind of use.
One (easily solvable) issue? You have to sign up for the beta. I think they're accept most people so far, but I had better credentials as an experienced C++, VB and Scratch coder.

If stencyl doesn't work for you, I really suggest you take a different block based language. Leave the text-based ones for later 

amanda1suze wrote:

Here I am just starting with scratch and all of you guys are talking about advanced languages!

In any case, I know a little bit of C programming and HTML. I wonder if these languages would help me in any way in understanding scratch?

I would say it's rather the opposite...

I list from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programming_languages
Though Python is probably your best bet, you could also try Just BASIC and FMSLogo.

But Python is the one I would recommend. Also every programming language requires quite a bit of knowledge to make any game with graphics and movements. A good book for learning Python is "Python for the Absolute Beginner".

Though you said you have already tried Python. Trust me, it's probably the best next step. It takes a bit to learn, but once you know the basics ( if, while, if else, loops, variables, "raw_input('')" ) you can make a basic text RPG game. Once you get more into it, you can make graphical games and maybe even some multiplayer ones. 

Good luck on your search! 

I would say Python and Java would be the best step to take forward to.    Java would be a good try, and it's often used to make games vs. Python. So, perhaps, Java first? Good luck, though!

Chrischb wrote:

Kenichi10B wrote:

I would like to know what program is being used to make Scratch 2.0.

Flash, actually ;P

True. Or on-the-internet Squeak.
There should be a Squeak version of Scratch 2.0.

My advice is use Stencyl or VB.
Stencyl is a bit harder but block-based.
VB has this syntax like "MsgBox("Text.")" and "A = MsgBox("Testify.")".

Squeak... Thats what Scratch was made in.

We've got pretty much the same conversation going on over in Miscellaneous

http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=58097

Why don't we use that topic since it's got more responses?