apologies, it was called wario ware DIY. made in wario was the non-creator game that inspired it.
On 16 December 2014 at 07:51, Toby Leighton <[email protected]> wrote: > > There was a lovely nintendo DS game maker by nintendo called made in > wario, where you create little 5 second mini games, you draw your own or > use the pre-existing libraries of artwork, compose or use library music and > sound effects, plus you chain together the logic of whats moving about, the > win or lose conditions... Its a bit old now that 3ds is the handheld > nintendo though. > > Upcoming on the Wii-U is super mario maker, which doesn't look as in depth > as wario ware, but lets you build your own super mario bros levels to play > and share. > > neither of these are as in depth as a "real" programming environment, but > if a kid has fun building something they made themselves it may inspire > them to break out of their sandbox and learn something more complicated. A > full programming environment might be throwing them in the deep end, where > a more simple environment like these would be instant creating > gratification. > > On 15 December 2014 at 23:36, Jason Davies <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 15 Dec 2014, at 21:27, Stephen Watson wrote: >> >> On iOS I would suggest he might like a look at a few apps; Pythonista >>> (Editorial, by the same developer) or the new "Automator for iOS", namely >>> "Workflow" >>> >> >> ooh that's fun. Possibly at a tangent, I've been playing with a Leap >> Controller for a few days, with BetterTouchTool. It's awesome:) >> >> I have the trackpad on the left with custom commands (eg four finger tap >> does 'my favourite function in each app'). In Mailmate, it deletes the >> current message; in Mindnode it folds or unfolds the branch; in Finder it >> closes all the windows except the one I'm looking at (etc). >> >> The Leap does things like: 5 finger to right, switch apps (like command >> tab); one finger right, launch BBEdit; one finger left, launch Mailmate. >> Three fingers up moves current window to top half, 3 down window to bottom >> half >> >> ... and so on. Maybe waving your hands around and learning to make the >> computer react would be a fun workflow? >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
