![]() It can't go through floors or ceilings or through walls, but it can run and jump to get around everything. That is, a sprite, or an actor, as it's known in GameSalad, runs around an environment and is subject the rules of that environment. This is a template for a running and jumping game, and it uses environmental physics. And to show you a little bit about GameSalad, I'll focus on these templates. On Mac, it's possible to start a new project by using one of the existing templates. ![]() On Windows, you'll have more of a conventional menu-based interface. On Mac, when you first start up the application, it looks like this. You'll need to provide your email address and register, but then you can download the software for either Mac or Windows. The software you use to build games with GameSalad is completely free. ![]() Before that age, the interface is probably a little bit too complex. I do recommend this for older kids, starting at about age 13. But because it's primarily a graphical programming environment that requires little to no code, kids can learn it pretty easily. GameSalad isn't just for kids, it's used actually by real software developers to build game apps that are published on a lot of platforms. And now I'm going to describe another graphical programming tool named GameSalad that kids can use to build their own games. In this chapter, I've described graphical programming tools for building animations with Scratch, and Android mobile apps with MIT App Inventor.
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