Believe it or not, it's doable, even if it is a bit cheesy.

The noob version: http://www.alice.org/

The girl/middle school version: http://www.alice.org/kelleher/storytelling/index.html

Basically, Alice is a program that lets you make simple games and 3D animation. They look like shit, but it's extremely easy to use, using drag-and-drop plus real-time editing, so you see what your program will look like as you build it. At the same time, it introduces game programming concepts in a sort of hey-let's-make-an-animation-oops-I-just-tricked-you-into-learning-game-programming sort of way. Pretty cool if you ask me, I even got my little sister to do it. She's using Storytelling Alice right now.

It's also free, as it was developed by Carnegie-Mellon as an educational tool.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Nm7bv4wduTI

Heh, its better then the POS iClone.

I wonder if I could Make My Clock with it?

Quote from: GearBox;1354769Heh, its better then the POS iClone.

I wonder if I could Make My Clock with it?

Importing stuff is a bitch in Alice. It's easier just to use the stuff they provide you with.

Quote from: Akuma;1354755i used alice in school

Curious to hear, did it work well as a teaching tool?

Quote from: AirPumpClock;1354775Importing stuff is a bitch in Alice. It's easier just to use the stuff they provide you with.

Figured. At least it doesn't take 6 hours to make something really really really Horrible

Quote from: GearBox;1354778Figured. At least it doesn't take 6 hours to make something really really really Horrible

I think he purposely made that bad. Alice has a kind of a similar cheese level, but it takes a more cartoony approach to the whole thing, which makes it look somewhat less awful.

Quote from: AirPumpClock;1354779I think he purposely made that bad. Alice has a kind of a similar cheese level, but it takes a more cartoony approach to the whole thing, which makes it look somewhat less awful.

Ya, maybe. But iClone is infamous for its low quality and lack of user-friendlyness.

Quote from: GearBox;1354780Ya, maybe. But iClone is infamous for its low quality and lack of user-friendlyness.

Is it meant as an educational tool, or does it attempt to be serious?

Quote from: AirPumpClock;1354798Is it meant as an educational tool, or does it attempt to be serious?

Attempts seriousness. Fails at Life.

I seem to remember downloading a very early version of this or something like it from C|net or PCgameworld in the late 1990s.

Quote from: Akuma;1354803it's actually really user-friendly, but i don't think it would help me if i got into that kind of stuff.

Which One?

Quote from: GearBox;1354804Which One?

Alice. It does go over some good things like methods and looping, and possibly some object oriented stuff, but it makes BASIC look complicated, that's how easy and simplified it is.

Kewl

Quote from: GearBox;1354807Kewl

Yeah. I didn't use Alice when I learned game programming, but I'm messing around with it just for the fun of it.

I used DarkBasic to learn game programming, now I'm switching to BlitzMax because DB, while easy, is rather slow compared to most compilers, not to mention a tiny bit glitchy at times.

I would get all caught up in designing everything and would then never end up creating it

Quote from: AirPumpClock;1354749The girl/middle school version: http://www.alice.org/kelleher/storytelling/index.html

Wanna come over later and program with me?

QuoteHow to get a girl/noob into game programming.

alot of weed and love

Ive used Alice before, it was easy to pic up but it didn't get me to interested into programing because I didn't have to.

I thought alice was that annoying chatbot on msn