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SuppliesHolder, page 1. Supplies: Holder

A Holder is a specialized playfield for making animations.

It holds all the paintings that make the animation.

A Holder's objects can be scripted to appear in a random order too.
SuppliesHolder, page 2. Click the Show Holder button to see the two paintings in this animation.

Start the script to see the action.
SuppliesHolder, page 3. This Holder stores the colorful circles and shows them in a random order.

Perhaps it could be used in games.
SuppliesHolder, page 4. YOU WIN!.  This simple game uses a Holder.

Use keyboard arrows to move the green bat to touch the pink ball.

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Squeak Etoys is a "media authoring tool"-- software that you can download to your computer
and then use to create your own media. You can write out your project and share it with others.
Etoys runs on any Mac or Windows machine, as well as on the OLPC XO machine.
It is free.    Find out about Etoys.



Text of this guide (for searching): Supplies: Holder A Holder is a specialized playfield for making animations. It holds all the paintings that make the animation. A Holder's objects can be scripted to appear in a random order too. Click the Show Holder button to see the two paintings in this animation. Start the script to see the action. This Holder stores the colorful circles and shows them in a random order. Perhaps it could be used in games. YOU WIN!. This simple game uses a Holder. Use keyboard arrows to move the green bat to touch the pink ball.