Rob that seems quite cool for young children to get into programing.
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Rob Wuijster <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Paul, > > I recently came across this: > http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/kodu/ > http://fuse.microsoft.com/projects/kodu > > Apparently from 8 and up.... > > Rob > > \/-------------\/----------------\/ > > On 26-8-2013 14:47, Paul Griswold wrote: > > > My 10 year old daughter has expressed an interest in making her own > games. As a typical 10 year old she doesn't have the patience to sit and > type code out of a book to make a tic-tac-toe game. I think she's still at > the age where she needs to see more immediate (and cool) results. > > So, does anyone know of any online, kid-friendly, game building apps > that might at least teach her some basic concepts? > > The one I'm leaning towards is Scratch, but there are just hundreds of > other options out there and I have no idea what's good and what sucks. > > Anyone have a favorite they'd recommend? > > Thanks, > > Paul > > P.S. if it makes any difference, her favorite game is Minecraft. > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6607 - Release Date: 08/25/13 > > >
