friendship2468 wrote:

chrissaisanidiot wrote:

Barclays have just come out with a coding language called Code Playground. You don't see it when you first go on it, but if you look closely at this video, you'll notice the program they're using bears a very striking resemblance to Scratch and uses all the same block categories and has all the broadcasting & wait blocks everywhere.

Is it meant to be like Scratch or is it a ripoff?

This looks like it's copying

It appears to be a collaboration and they are using scratch, so it's fine! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iWQnRIJZic#t=01m11s

Zro716 wrote:

as lightnin once said, imitation is the greatest form of flattery, but talk about that unoriginal design. all they did was change the font and coloring and wuzzam.

9/10 inb4 lawsuit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iWQnRIJZic#t=01m11s They use scratch or has someone already established that? xP

The editor was made FOR FUN? FOR FUN? Right, a lawsuit needs to come in. They're not only basing it off Scratch, they're using it in its entirety and calling it ‘BARCLAYS code playground’.

Paddle2See wrote:

I couldn't access the actual editor for some reason, but if you click on the eyeball guy in the lower right corner, and select “Further Learning” you will see that they list Scratch as a partner. So maybe somebody on the team is aware of them. As pointed it out earlier, we made the source code open-source so I doubt there will be any legal actions initiated.

Why is everybody still yelling “lawsuit!” after this?

Uggh, I hate how Barclays can associate their ripoff “playground” with “coding.”

It's incredibly annoying how they don't advertise it as Scratch. That's so annoying and a lawsuit must come in.

Paddle2See wrote:

As pointed it out earlier, we made the source code open-source so I doubt there will be any legal actions initiated.

Guys…

Iditaroid wrote:

Paddle2See wrote:

As pointed it out earlier, we made the source code open-source so I doubt there will be any legal actions initiated.

Guys…

I understand this…

I don't want to necropost, but I think that this is kind of important– that article said that it was based off of Scratch 1.4, but it's based off of 2.0. It clearly has “More Blocks” and it separates “Control” and “Events.” It doesn't make sense to say it is based off 1.4 when that is obviously 2.0.

Not necroposting, but it is Scratch 2.0 with a different font, a different logo, and different pallete colours. This “code playground” project must die.
EDIT: I saw the advert today. Looks like very bad advertising business!

NoxSpooth wrote:

blatch cat is their mascot

SCRATCH CAT? I'M NOT SCRATCH CAT! IM AN ORIGINAL CHARACTER, BLATCH CAT!

bernard2020 wrote:

NoxSpooth wrote:

blatch cat is their mascot

SCRATCH CAT? I'M NOT SCRATCH CAT! IM AN ORIGINAL CHARACTER, BLATCH CAT!

ORIGINAL CHARACTER, DO NOT STEAL

Btw, this topic is super duper old and orinated last year. Next time, unless you're going to add something relevant, please reveal the posting date before you reply. Necroposting is like resurrecting a serial killer.