Variant
A variant of Alice 2.0 called Storytelling Alice was created by Caitlin Kelleher for her PhD dissertation. It includes three main differences:
- High-level animations that enable users to program social interactions between characters.
- A story-based tutorial that introduces users to programming through building a story.
- A gallery of 3D characters and scenery with custom animations designed to spark story ideas.
It appeared to increase interest (42% increase in programming time and over three times as many students doing additional work as Generic Alice) without any drop off in basic programming tasks acquired. The next version of Storytelling Alice is known as Looking Glass, and is being developed at Washington University in St. Louis.
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