tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22075785745514780182012-02-16T06:24:14.277-06:00Being a professional game programmer isn't enough. I'm always finding new things to work on in my free time such as new languages, new game ideas, and etc. Of course I have other timesinks too such as boating and attempting to create music.vatolocohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14486804376472882207noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207578574551478018.post-61301531494166185442008-06-19T10:14:00.000-05:002008-06-19T10:28:40.321-05:00So I've been doing some research to try and find the best language/tool to give to my nephew (10 years old) to try out as a first time programmer. So far I've been leaning towards XNA since it's very easy to work with and the feedback loop of seeing what you're making is pretty quick.<br /><br />However, while mentioning this to a co-worker, he asked me if I've heard of Alice (<a href="http://www.alice.org/">http://www.alice.org</a>). I hadn't so I spent some time with it this morning. Here's a quote from their site:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"An educational software that teaches students computer programming in a 3D environment."<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_wMIH65CO16g/SFp6nKwB5WI/AAAAAAAAAPI/Vi7kNZQoV_E/s1600-h/alice_programming_tool.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_wMIH65CO16g/SFp6nKwB5WI/AAAAAAAAAPI/Vi7kNZQoV_E/s320/alice_programming_tool.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213614331954062690" border="0" /></a><br />I must say that this is genius.<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span> Even with my coding experience, I was hooked playing around with stuff in their editor. They are definitely on to something with this tool. Within minutes I had a dog in the world that would stand there and wag his tail back in forth.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Does anybody else have any recommendations? I've been out of the school system/university loop a while so I'm not sure what's out there these days.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2207578574551478018-6130153149416618544?l=scottvelasquez.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>vatolocohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14486804376472882207noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207578574551478018.post-69099439371110636962007-10-22T00:14:00.001-05:002007-10-22T00:14:35.438-05:00Is this thing turned on?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2207578574551478018-6909943937111063696?l=scottvelasquez.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>vatolocohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14486804376472882207noreply@blogger.com0