A year or two ago I created a very similar language [1] in collaboration with my kids, then aged 8 and 10. They had a lot of fun writing their own stories and

A year or two ago I created a very similar language [1] in collaboration with my kids, then aged 8 and 10. They had a lot of fun writing their own stories and "telling computers what to do". The oldest has since moved on to writing her own HTML and CSS. Hoping to keep the fire alive. A few more ideas that I never got around to, feel free to take or leave them: * A simple tool to draw characters. My kids liked Google drawings more than Paint. They didn't mind (at first) that the drawings weren't animated. * Sharing stories with family and friends * Drawing backgrounds, moving between scenes, animation editor. * They liked the idea of writing a story, but very quickly wanted to build a game. An animation editor could introduce looping. Collisions could introduce conditional actions, etc. Good luck. It's a lot of fun. [1]: http://kevinbeaty.net/projects/storyturtle/ http://kevinbeaty.net/projects/storyturtle/