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Alice is an interactive graphic 3D programming environment for building virtual worlds populated by 3D objects that can move, spin, change color, and react to user input.
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What is Alice? • Alice is an interactive graphic 3D programming environment. • Computer Programming requires an aptitude for solving problems. • Alice is not an Object Oriented Programming language (it does not have the features for OOP), however it is an Object based programming language.
Alice is a program for building virtual worlds populated by 3D objects. • Objects can move, spin, change color, react the to a mouse, and etc.
The Alice Interface • There are 5 areas that make up the Alice interface. • World: Displays the world you are building. • Object Tree: contains a list of objects in the world • World Details: Provides information about the world or objects in it. • Edit or Editor Area: Objects are made to move and spin, etc. • Events Area: Allows objects to do certain things.
World Running... • The location of the animated visual output produced by the program is displayed.
Steps to Planning an Animated Alice World • Set the stage • Write the program to animate the world causing the players to behave according to plan.