I'd like to get my sons (age 10 and 8) programming, but the only hook that I think will get them started is the ability to make a kinda cool game.
Ideally, I'd like to see a tutorial that leads them down the path of making a starter non-lame game. A specific example I've found, for Flash-based games, is at the KongregateLabs site: http://www.kongregate.com/labs
Can EToys achieve the same thing? Are there any existing tutorials or projects that cover similar material?
Scratch seems to have some challenges in this area: http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=12971
Bill Seitz schrieb:
I'd like to get my sons (age 10 and 8) programming, but the only hook that I think will get them started is the ability to make a kinda cool game.
Ideally, I'd like to see a tutorial that leads them down the path of making a starter non-lame game. A specific example I've found, for Flash-based games, is at the KongregateLabs site: http://www.kongregate.com/labs
Can EToys achieve the same thing? Are there any existing tutorials or projects that cover similar material?
My students develop PacMan games, but there is no tutorial online yet. You can find an example here http://www.squeakland.org/launcher/?http://www.mttcs.org/Projekte/Squeak/mat...
Rita
Scratch seems to have some challenges in this area: http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=12971
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Bill,
Have a look at my Waveplace tutorials:
http://waveplace.com/resources/tutorials/
The emphasis is on storytelling, but game-like interactions are built along the way.
Tim
-- Timothy Falconer Immuexa Corporation http://immuexa.com 610-797-3100
On Jan 1, 2009, at 10:07 AM, Bill Seitz wrote:
I'd like to get my sons (age 10 and 8) programming, but the only hook that I think will get them started is the ability to make a kinda cool game.
Ideally, I'd like to see a tutorial that leads them down the path of making a starter non-lame game. A specific example I've found, for Flash-based games, is at the KongregateLabs site: http://www.kongregate.com/labs
Can EToys achieve the same thing? Are there any existing tutorials or projects that cover similar material?
Scratch seems to have some challenges in this area: http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=12971
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