----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stef Mientki" <s.mientki@mailbox.kun.nl>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] Programming for kids...


>
>
> William Chops Westfield wrote:
>
>>
>> On Dec 17, 2004, at 8:56 AM, Bob Ammerman wrote:
>>
>>> My 14 y.o. son programs in the following environments:
>>>
>>> 2) Using GameMaker - a development environment using an object oriented 
>>> model and C-like syntax to design computer games.
>>
>>
>> "Gamemaker" sounds interesting.  Is that
>>    http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/markov/gmaker/ ?

Yes. My son has a lot of fun with it. The latest version has some basic 
support for 3D, so now he is dealing with concepts the coordinate 
transformations, viewpoints, texture mapping and the like. Pretty cool!

Bob Ammerman


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