[Tux4kids-discuss] TuxPaint Ideas

[Bill Kendrick]

Hi Ioana, thanks for the suggestion.  I have actually already started
a separate project that is a turtle-graphics based drawing system,
"Tux's Turtle."

Unlike Logo, it's fully interactive, and not based on programming
individual commands; e.g., you press [D] to draw a line, [R] to rotate
N degrees, [M] to move forward without drawing, etc. -- as you do
this, the turtle draws and moves, and at the same time, 'behind the
scenes', the "program" is being recorded so that it can be edited,
played back, saved, etc..  (It is based on "Delta Drawing", an old program
for early 1980s mirocomputers (Atari, Apple II, etc.))

http://tuxsturtle.sourceforge.net/

At this point, I don't think I'd like to add much in the way of
programming functionality to Tux Paint.  (I WOULD like to completely
change how plug-ins (Magic tools) are developed, and emphasize how older
children (say, high school) can create their own, to extend Tux Paint.)

-bill!

On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 07:47:48PM +0300, Ioana Culic wrote:
>    Hello,
>    I am really interested in working with you within the Google Summer of
>    Code programm. 
>    I would like to submit a proposal regarding the TuxPaint application. I
>    thought of extending it so that it could also help children learn
>    programming. 
>    The idea would be to use the Logo programming language. We could use Tux
>    as the character which should be moved on the screen. There sould be two
>    play modes: one which allows you to draw whatever you like,and another
>    which gives you some drawings you must reproduce.
>    I have thought of implementing the application for mobile devices(Android
>    or iOS).
>    I would deeply appreciate if you could give me some feedback on my idea. 
>    Ioana Culic

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