Hey, great idea! I immediately became a backer. My 2yo daughter is already a solid "Memory" card game player and is sure to love this!
My Question: It seems to me there's a big gap between your game and MIT Scratch... In particular, Scratch, though quite good, still has a steeper learning curve than necessary, I think... (i.e. "Robot Turtles" works for 3yo, but then "Scratch" may not be viable for someone under 7yo, I would think.)
Do you agree with this assessment? Do you know of a good next step for a kid that has mastered "Robot Turtles"? Unless I find other alternatives I'm thinking after my kid learns "Robot Turtles" (and is still having fun with this sort of thing) I might need to develop some custom software that can act as a bridge to Scratch.
I haven't played with Scratch in detail, but expect to graduate my kids to it (or something similar?) as soon as they can read. I won't claim expertise in age 8+ since I haven't dived in depth.
One anecdote: I learned BASIC on my C-64 at age 7 sitting on my dad's lap, writing simple 'games' out of if-then statements. I think that traditional programming languages like Logo and Basic may be viable with mom/dad help as soon as they can read.
My Question: It seems to me there's a big gap between your game and MIT Scratch... In particular, Scratch, though quite good, still has a steeper learning curve than necessary, I think... (i.e. "Robot Turtles" works for 3yo, but then "Scratch" may not be viable for someone under 7yo, I would think.)
Do you agree with this assessment? Do you know of a good next step for a kid that has mastered "Robot Turtles"? Unless I find other alternatives I'm thinking after my kid learns "Robot Turtles" (and is still having fun with this sort of thing) I might need to develop some custom software that can act as a bridge to Scratch.