Similar Projects

Here is a list of other projects with goals and features similar to Waterbear.

• Scratch: http://scratch.mit.edu/ (The inspiration for Waterbear, highly recommended for children!)
• GameSalad: http://gamesalad.com/ (A nice way to level up when outgrowing Scratch)
• Snap (Build your own blocks): http://snap.berkeley.edu/ (A rewrite of Scratch in JavaScript)
• Blockly http://code.google.com/p/blockly/ Is a bit different approach with SVG and block more like starlogo. The API to implement a new block/language is a bit overwhelming, but the end result is fantastic, and 100% syntax error free!
• Antimony: Something different, a visual graph-based (vs. block-based) language for CAD that looks very interesting. http://www.mattkeeter.com/projects/antimony/3/
• Tinkerblocks: http://www.tinkerblocks.org/
• TypeBlocks: http://www.tinkerblocks.org/typeblocks
• TurtleBlocks: http://www.tinkerblocks.org/turtleblocks
• PictureBlocks: http://www.tinkerblocks.org/pictureblocks
• Tynker: http://www.tynker.com/ ($50 per course! No wonder they got $3.5 million in investment)
• Beetle Blocks (play in 3D): http://beetleblocks.com/
• Lego Mindstorms (build toys and program them): http://mindstorms.lego.com/en-us/Default.aspx
• Modkit: http://www.modk.it/editor/preview/ is very similar, but just for Arduino. They have some nice UX polish.
• Scriptblocks: http://code.google.com/p/scriptblocks/ (this one has some different ux issues, but some nice things as well)
  • http://designblocksjs.appspot.com/
  • http://www.designblocks.net/
• Squeak: http://squeak.org/ (What Scratch was made with)
• Alice 3D: http://www.alice.org/
• Design Blocks: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/evhan55/designblocks-visual-programming-for-artists
• Open Blocks: http://education.mit.edu/openblocks
• StarLogo: http://education.mit.edu/projects/starlogo-tng
• Google App Inventor: http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about/
• Gamestar Mechanic: http://gamestarmechanic.com/
• Greenfoot: http://www.greenfoot.org/door
• Roblox: http://www.roblox.com/
• Minecraft: http://minecraftedu.com/
• 12Blocks: http://onerobot.org/products/12blocks/
• Microsoft Touch Develop: https://www.touchdevelop.com/