Interactive Game Development Platform (and So Much More)

[Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)]

I'm not into computer games. At. All. Neither playing them nor designing them. But I have to admit, this is way cool:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlI-gPu3SPI

-Phil

Addendum: The guiding principle behind this presentation applies to much more than game creation. Be sure to check out the links in Gordon's post #5.

[GordonMcComb]

Talk about teaching kids to program! They'd be all over this. This is what the Raspberry Pi needs.

-- Gordon

[rod1963]

Very interesting, looks to be a combination of Java and HTML 5, just wonder what the resource requirements are.

[iDave]

That's so very cool! The best game development system I've ever seen. Wish there was a website I could find out more or the name of the software. Thanks for posting

[Martin_H]

That is neat. I really like the ability to run the program backwards. The language looks like JavaScript with a roll your own object inheritance system added on.

[Mike G]

Wow... that development system is impressive.

[nightwing]

And think I did it the hard way through the 80's...

Here is the site that cover that and some more... its in French...

http://www.hteumeuleu.fr/bret-victor-et-le-futur-des-interfaces-de-developpement/

Google translation
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&ie=UTF8&twu=1&u=http://www.hteumeuleu.fr/bret-victor-et-le-futur-des-interfaces-de-developpement/

[GordonMcComb]

For more details on the presenter of that code see Bret Victor's Web site here:

http://worrydream.com/

The full video from which the game snip was derived is here:

http://vimeo.com/36579366

It's very worth watching from start to finish. His DC circuit simulation is also very good. I also liked his approach to developing algorithms, using on-the-fly nodes to reveal wrong assumptions in the coding. He uses a typical binary search as a demonstration, but it would work for most anything.

-- Gordon

[Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)]

Gordon,

Thanks for digging up the complete talk. I agree: it's very worthwhile to watch from beginning to end and is about so much more than game creation. In the context of that presentation, I recognize that I tend to take on projects that amuse me. I wonder if self-indulgence is a valid life principle. :)

-Phil