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#1 2011-11-11 10:35:12
Scratch alternative for Teachers
Hi
I'm looking for a game creating tool for teachers. I discovered about scratch some weeks ago, a friend suggested it, but I've found out its more intended for 8-14 year old kids rather than teachers.
Scratch is wonderful, it's what *I* would have wanted when I was I kid (I used basic in a spectrum 48k instead), but I don't think its something I can get teachers to use easilly.
Any ideas?
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#2 2011-11-11 13:30:14
- Codebreaker
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Re: Scratch alternative for Teachers
I suggest using the programming Language, 'Alice'. It has 3D capabilities, and has a wider range of tools.
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#5 2011-11-11 19:51:24
Re: Scratch alternative for Teachers
I was looking for something as simple as scratch, but less programming oriented.
I want them to make games, without ever seeing a line of code, or something remotely similar. Scratch, Alice, Byob are still programming. Flash is too open and complex, I wanted something easier and more "game-making ready".
I want them to make games for class, and children play them, I dont need them to be able to make the next iPhone hit (it would be nice, though 
), as many game maker tools seem to aim.
To sum up, I want something "scratchy" 
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#6 2011-11-11 19:58:16
- MoreGamesNow
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Re: Scratch alternative for Teachers
I don't mean to go off topic, but Scratch isn't intended specifically to make games, which is why you need to write collider scripts, animations, etc. from scratch (see what I did there? xD).
Anyway:
I think it would help more if you specified what types of games you want to make. I've seen - though may not be able to "refind" - a program that makes making a platformer fairly simple, but can't, in anyway, be used to make, say, a matching game. If you want a program that lets you make games without "seeing a line of code" you'll probably have to live with a narrow selection of game types 
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