![]() If you have children and they haven't heard of Roblox either, I would advise you don't tell them. Now, you may not have come across Roblox, but it is an on-line game based on a Lego-like world. The beautiful simplicity (and relevance - the code looks like real Visual Basic) of Simple Basic is in stark contrast to my experience using the scripting language associated with Roblox. Notably, the language uses a 'Turtle' to draw on the graphics screen, which I think is a Logo language like construct to make graphics a little more fun. It's entirely feasible to write little games like Snake and Breakout with this system, and there are plenty of examples on the Net to look at and learn from. You type code into one window, with an excellent IntelliSense system in place to help remember syntax, then hit Run and either a text window or a graphic window (or both) opens up and you get to see the results immediately. There are very few icons cluttering up the toolbar, and the whole process is very simple. I've not had a lot of success up to now, but this Small Basic is excellent, and after me showing him a quick demo program last evening, I couldn't prise him off it to go to bed. Me, I just want him to grasp the fundamentals of programming, especially as he wants one day to work for Media Molecule and develop Little Big Planet 8 or whatever. I guess some dads, frustrated Wayne Rooneys, buy a football and march their kids out into the middle of a wet field. I've been on the lookout for a programming language to encourage my 12 year old son Josh to get started on turning into a mini-version of me. ![]() how often do you get to say that? It's called Small Basic, and it's a free download. Can I commend to you a piece of software from Microsoft.
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