Links
initiatives & software
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Context Free Art
A program that generates images from instructions called a grammar.
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DrawBot
A MacOSX application very similar to Spryte.
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LÖVE
A 2D game engine, for rapid game development/prototyping in Lua.
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NodeBox
Another MacOSX application very similar to Spryte.
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Processing
A very popular, Java-based alternative to Spryte.
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Pygame
Pygame is a set of Python modules designed for writing games.
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Python
Official website for the Python programming language.
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Shoebot
A pure Python graphics robot. The engine for Spryte.
other interesting links
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Algorithms & Aesthetics
An introduction to programming languages, their correlations with
aesthetics, and the reasons why Spryte is an ideal way for
designers to learn programming (pdf).
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Creative Commons
Making it easier for people to share and build upon the work of others.
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organisms.be
Tom De Smedt's interesting articles on computational creativity,
NodeBox, and a number of other interesting topics.
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osalt.com - Graphic Apps
Open source software alternatives for commercial products.
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Free Software introduction
In this video, Mr. Stephen Fry introduces you to free software.
