The 2 projects mentioned below were helpful for me to look at in my maze pursuit. I'm actually getting there, albeit slowly. I appreciated seeing the simpler "Sensor Car" project because it actually works! On the other hand the more intricate, and presumably powerful, Robot Car in Maze" project doesn't work; that is, I can't figure out how to get the object to move through the maze. I'm intrigued by the level of complexity that can be achieved in an etoy environment. I just wish I felt more comfortable in controlling objects.
Look forward to reactions. Phil
On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 01:23 PM, Kim Rose wrote:
In repsonse to recent email queries about making mazes/and creating scripts with feedback, I direct you to the "project swiki" that is part of the Squeakland site:
http://www.squeakland.org:8080/super/gallery
If you specifically check out the "Robot car in Maze" and "Sensor Car" projects you can see by using a conditional/test tile and the "color sees" tiles you can make a simple feedback script by just using "forward by" and "turn by" tiles.
Alan, Have you ever been interviewed on Techtv's "Big Thinkers" program? If not, I suggest that the subscribers of this list send emails to http://www.techtv.com http://www.techtv.com/ and ask them to interview Alan Kay on the show! Thanks for giving this "little thinker" something to ponder.. Rachel
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