Kids With Autism Love This Software

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Interesting article

http://www.newsweek.com/id/179952


I want a copy

it's like a more mature version of 'The Sims' but without the people... great concept

i love designing stuff and use powerpoint all the time to design layouts and other things i find to fill my spare time and this software could really do wonders for me.

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most people think i'm a bit strange, even abnormal. normal is the majority, the average, what is most frequent. if you lived around here, you'll see the positive of not being normal

I've been making virtural museums with power point for years. I've figured out how to make it look as if it was in first person perspective and everyone I show it too says it has the feeling of a real museum. I find it amusing at how impressed most people are with it when it is so easy to do. When I was still working in a traditional Power Point setup (slideshow) college students who took courses in Power Point said they could not do the things I had done. You've got to be kidding me. The neighbor kid I was a "big sister" figure to told me her computer teacher lets them play games during classtime. The same thing must have been going on in the Power Point classes. Heck, I should download this and play with it.

Sketchup's been out for quite a while. It's ok as a modeler, I hear, but the problem is that it creates models in a proprietary format that only Sketchup (the free one) can use.

I use something called Wings 3d, which is free, and exports in several different formats, which can be used in other art programs like Poser, Vue, Bryce, etc. It's called 'box modeling', where you take a primitive shape and manipulate it in all sorts of ways.

The one I found kids really like is a Japanese program called Doga L-1. You get robot and spaceship parts, which you attach to each other, size, scale, rotate, whatever you like. L2 and L3 cost money, but it's the next best thing to modeling if you don't know how...

Other free modelers include
Truespace (some versions)
Blender (open source; a little confusing with all the separate menus..
Amapi (some older versions)
Anim8tor ( a single file, basic, but people have used it)

I haven't made anything much more complicated than a 3d model of a game level of Zork (trust me, the game's likely older than most of the people here.. the 'Relativity' building by Escher, and any number of spaceships...

I used Sketch up it was really really fun, and I got to see my dream home the way I wanted it in all its uniqueness ^_^

i actually think someone here recommended that for me o_o I think it was CL, what a coinkidink!! Mmm archtecture and smooth shapes make me warm inside.

I use ketchup on occasion but I usually can't make much with it. It's like Lego, it just ends up frustrating me. =/

sounds interesting, but rather hard.

I would prefer Vocaloid over this, oh well

never heard of it, but i can see why so many seem to love it. its for the same reason i love making mods for games!

SketchUp looks pretty good as a basic tool for messing around with some modeling, but it seems like the MSPaint of modeling software. I think Blender may suit people with ambitions toward more sophisticated 3d work, and the full version is free directly from the Blender Foundation.

Confused-Fish does bring up an important point about tools like Blender: as its capabilities increase, a tool's complexity goes up as well. For everything beyond the simplest of software, you need to be willing to commit quite a lot of time to learning how to use it. However, if you do put in the time, you will be rewarded with more creative freedom and more professional looking pieces.

Personally, I'm a bit spoiled when it comes to modeling. I have LightWave 9 and Maya 8 on my personal computer, and I use Maya 2008 and RenderMan for my classwork on the school's workstations.

I like Beat Um Up's & Fighting more.

i got my laptop today and it comes with blender, over the next few days i should be giving it a go and see how good it really is.

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most people think i'm a bit strange, even abnormal. normal is the majority, the average, what is most frequent. if you lived around here, you'll see the positive of not being normal

I like that idea---Sims without the people. I have most of the Sims, but hardly ever play them because I cannot stand the social interactions in it. I don't even know why I bought them. I love roller coasters and have never cared for the simulator games with people in them, so I got No Limits roller coaster simulation off of the internet---no people, just coasters. I love it. So I can see why this architecture program is a hit with autistic children. Being AS myself, I think I would have loved this program as a child---especially since I have always loved architecture.