Comments on: The Apprentice Thanks Dan! I'm looking forward to blogging the whole process at my blog -- I'll be getting back to the usual posts here next time I'm up. Thanks Dan! I’m looking forward to blogging the whole process at my blog — I’ll be getting back to the usual posts here next time I’m up.

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By: Brett Douville/2011/03/18/the-apprentice/#comment-1903 Brett Douville Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:28:24 +0000 oh, in case you want some ideas: http://scratch.mit.edu was one of the first things Geek started playing with in terms of programming. Visual programming and he made many a game with it. He was a bit younger, but still uses it as a prototyping tool from time to time. In terms of something to complete soonest, this might be a good place to start. Then he learned python, though the game platforms for that were not that easy to get working with, frustratingly enough (pygame is based on sdl which is a nightmare of open source modules that was a ton of pain to get built and installed (at least on Mac OS X)). http://www.cocos2d.org/ might be a possibility, but we didn't find it at the time. We've used cocos2d-iphone ( http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/ ) and had a lot of fun with that. Many good tutorials and such, but as a first programming environment and at 10, that might be a little much. oh, in case you want some ideas:

might be a possibility, but we didn’t find it at the time.

We’ve used cocos2d-iphone ( Awesome! I hate to admit it, but I got a little choked up at that great knowledge transfer from father to child. I love it! Awesome! I hate to admit it, but I got a little choked up at that great knowledge transfer from father to child. I love it!

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By: Dad/2011/03/18/the-apprentice/#comment-1725 Dad Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:23:24 +0000