RokCoder

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   by RokCoder 4y ago

   I'm a long time advocate of Scratch and love the fact it makes programming so accessible to children. In the early days of computing you would turn on your computer and be able to program in BASIC straight away. There were no extra pac
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   by RokCoder 4y ago

   I mentioned this already in an earlier post but I've been working towards addressing this by building a tool that bridges the gap between Scratch and Unity. Talking with Scratch Team members in the past, Unity has been cited as a good
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   by RokCoder 4y ago

   As for reaching the limits of Scratch, that depends on what you think the limits are. It's amazingly versatile and surprisingly powerful. I teach at Code Clubs and am constantly encountering children (and even teachers) that believe Sc
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   by RokCoder 4y ago

   I've been working towards addressing this by building a tool that bridges the gap between Scratch and Unity. Talking with Scratch Team members in the past, Unity has been cited as a good exit strategy. Unlike many other languages you a
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   by RokCoder 5y ago

   Someone suggested that this qualified for Hacker News so I thought I'd send it this way. Initially wanting to show kids the old BBC Micro game called Thrust in their language of choice (Scratch) I went on a rather insane journey that r