Greenfoot News

Greenfoot 3.9.0 released

Greenfoot Team — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 09:03:48 +0000

Greenfoot 3.9.0 is <a href="https://greenfoot.org/download">available for download</a>. It now runs on Java 21, and has new builds for Apple silicon (M1, M2, etc) and Raspberry Pi.

Greenfoot 3.8.1 released

Greenfoot Team — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 17:30:25 +0000

Greenfoot 3.8.1 has now been released and is <a href="https://www.greenfoot.org/download">available for download</a>. This is primarily a bug fix release to fix some packaging issues.

Greenfoot 3.8.0 released

Greenfoot Team — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:07:26 +0000

Greenfoot 3.8.0 is now available <a href="https://www.greenfoot.org/download">on the download page</a>.

Greenfoot 3.7.1a released to fix macOS 13 Ventura crash

Greenfoot Team — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 17:23:45 +0000

There was an issue on macOS 13 Ventura with Greenfoot crashing on load. We've now released 3.7.1a on <a href="https://www.greenfoot.org/download">our download page</a> which fixes this issue.

Greenfoot 3.7.1 released

Greenfoot Team — Thu, 12 May 2022 15:02:07 +0000

Greenfoot 3.7.1 has now been released and is available <a href="https://www.greenfoot.org/download">for download</a>.

Greenfoot 3.7.0 released

Greenfoot Team — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 16:25:40 +0000

Greenfoot 3.7.0 has now been released and is <a href="https://www.greenfoot.org/download">available for download</a>. This features many improvements and bug fixes, including a rewritten Java editor.

Greenfoot 3.6.1 released

Greenfoot Team — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 11:44:02 +0000

Greenfoot 3.6.1 has now been released and is <a href="https://www.greenfoot.org/download">available for download</a>. This fixes several bugs, most notably a bug where Greenfoot could lock-up while resetting and require a restart.

Greenfoot 3.6.0 released

Greenfoot Team — Tue, 18 Jun 2019 12:48:24 +0000

Greenfoot 3.6.0 has now been released and is <a href="https://www.greenfoot.org/download">available for download</a>. This release moves to Java 11 and requires a 64-bit operating system.

Greenfoot 3.5.4 released

Greenfoot Team — Fri, 03 May 2019 14:49:38 +0000

Greenfoot 3.5.4 is now released and <a href="https://www.greenfoot.org/download">available for download</a>. This fixes three notable bugs: issues with freezing on Windows (especially on load), windows appearing off-screen, and the changed-on-disk dialog showing too often.

Greenfoot 3.5.3 released

Greenfoot Team — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 11:51:18 +0000

Greenfoot 3.5.3 is now released and <a href="https://www.greenfoot.org/download">available for download</a>. This fixes a couple of bugs, in particular a memory leak which could occur in scenarios with large or numerous images. During prolonged use Greenfoot could run out of memory and crash. This bug is now fixed.

Greenfoot 3.5.2 released

Greenfoot Team — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 17:18:44 +0000

Greenfoot 3.5.2 is now released and <a href="https://www.greenfoot.org/download">available for download</a>. This fixes a couple of bugs, in particular a memory leak which could occur in the Java editor. During prolonged use Greenfoot could run out of memory and crash. This bug is now fixed.

Greenfoot 3.5.1 released

Greenfoot Team — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 09:17:18 +0000

Greenfoot 3.5.1 is now released and <a href="https://www.greenfoot.org/download">available for download</a>. This fixes various small bugs, in particular one with clicking the mouse in scenarios with worlds larger than one pixel, and a few save the world issues (including it being missing from the top menu).

Greenfoot with Stride Workshop for Teachers - London

Greenfoot Team — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 09:54:12 +0000

Greenfoot with Stride – Programming after blocks (Key Stage 3)

At King's College London, Strand, on 2 Nov, 17:00-20:00

Limited seats - RSVP

Greenfoot scenarios on your phone!

Greenfoot Team — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 15:04:15 +0000

Greenfoot scenarios are now automatically converted to HTML 5 when uploaded to the greenfoot.org site - this has a number of benefits, including that you can now run Greenfoot scenarios on a smartphone!

Greenfoot Live - A summer break

Greenfoot Team — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 11:51:45 +0000

Greenfoot Live is taking a summer break and will be back after the Northern Hemisphere's new academic year.

Greenfoot LIVE #4 coming up

Greenfoot Team — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 16:45:35 +0000

Join us for the next live session, where we will talk about what is going on at Greenfoot development level.

Happy Birthday Greenfoot!

Greenfoot Team — Wed, 31 May 2017 11:27:04 +0000

Greenfoot is 11 today - getting into teenage years.

Greenfoot LIVE #3 coming up

Greenfoot Team — Tue, 30 May 2017 12:57:46 +0000

Join us for the next live session, where we will talk about exporting to JavaScript.

Greenfoot LIVE - 2nd meeting

Greenfoot Team — Thu, 11 May 2017 16:23:19 +0000

Monday, 22 May 2017, at 5pm UK time (GMT + 1)

Join us for Greenfoot LIVE

Greenfoot Team — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 14:40:29 +0000

Join us for Greenfoot Live on 8 May 2017.

Greenfoot 3 is here

Greenfoot Team — Sun, 25 Oct 2015 01:10:36 +0000

Greenfoot 3 has been released – the biggest change in Greenfoot since its original release.

Start experimenting with Greenfoot 3

Greenfoot Team — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 11:57:25 +0000

Greenfoot 3 is nearing final release. Get the Greenfoot 3 preview now, see what is new, and help us with testing.

Greenfoot on the Raspberry Pi

Greenfoot Team — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 12:57:01 +0000

Greenfoot 2.4 is now part of the Rasbperry Pi distro!

Out now: Greenfoot 3 Preview 2

Greenfoot Team — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 10:21:35 +0000

Fancy a new editing paradigm?

Greenfoot book - 2nd edition

Greenfoot Team — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 00:34:03 +0000

The second edition of the Greenfoot book is out now.

Greenfoot 2.4.1 Release

Greenfoot Team — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 15:15:43 +0000

Greenfoot 2.4.1 has been released. You can download it for <a href="http://www.greenfoot.org/">all platforms</a>.

Out now: Greenfoot 2.4

Greenfoot Team — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 12:20:54 +0000

Get it while it's fresh.

Watch This Space: Greenfoot 2.4 out soon

Greenfoot Team — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 08:15:51 +0000

The next release of Greenfoot, version 2.4, is now in final testing and just about ready for release.

All Day Greenfoot Workshop in San Francisco Bay Area

Greenfoot Team — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 21:36:47 +0000

Silicon Valley Code Camp is a FREE code camp geared towards professional developers. We are introducing a new kids track this year with 4 hands-on workshops on Greenfoot by none other than Neil Brown.

The Greenfoot Team Are Hiring

Greenfoot Team — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:22:34 +0000

The BlueJ/Greenfoot team are currently looking to hire new two team members. We are inviting applications until the 19th December. You can view the official job description and apply online, while one of our existing team members, Neil Brown, has written a more informal description of the job and the team.

One teacher's experience with Greenfoot

Greenfoot Team — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:25:34 +0000

By now, many teachers have tried teaching with Greenfoot. Now one of them has shared his experiences in some detail.

The Great T-Shirt Bonanza

Greenfoot Team — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:06:28 +0000

Until the end of August, we're giving away free T-shirts for every new resource uploaded to the Greenroom.

Greenfoot on the Raspberry Pi

Greenfoot Team — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:14:12 +0000

Many of you will have heard by now of the Raspberry Pi, a small, credit card-sized $25/$35 computer. Now Greenfoot will run on it.

The Sinepost - Learning Maths and Computing

Greenfoot Team — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:30:52 +0000

A new blog by Neil Brown introduces mathematics concepts using programming. This works both ways: understand maths through programming, or improve your program using maths.

Greenfoot at SIGCSE

Greenfoot Team — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:56:34 +0000

There will be two Greenfoot events at SIGCSE 2012: a workshop and the Going Greenfoot evening event. Join us if you can.

New Greenroom feature: Resource sets

Greenfoot Team — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:25:27 +0000

The Greenroom has a new feature: Resource sets. This is intended to make finding and browsing resources much easier than before.

If you wanted to teach your kids Java, what would you use?

Greenfoot Team — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:03:23 +0000

For James Gosling, father of Java, the answer is Greenfoot.

Greenfoot version 2.1 released

Greenfoot Team — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:37:29 +0000

A new Greenfoot version has been released, bringing some new functionality.

Greenfoot on a Stick

Greenfoot Team — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:41:01 +0000

You can now download a disk image that can run Greenfoot from a USB drive — no installation required.

Comparing Scratch, Alice and Greenfoot

Greenfoot Team — Thu, 26 May 2011 09:07:30 +0000

There are a good number of educational programming environments available now. We sat down to compare three of the most successful ones: Greenfoot, Scratch and Alice.

Now open: The Blueroom

Greenfoot Team — Tue, 24 May 2011 08:46:01 +0000

After the success of the Greenroom, a sister site has now opened: The Blueroom. The Blueroom is the educator community site for BlueJ users.

Feedback on resources

Greenfoot Team — Thu, 05 May 2011 12:11:18 +0000

Feedback requests will start appearing on the index page for users that have downloaded resources over a month before. We hope this will encourage more user feedback on resources.

New tutorial video: Shooting

Greenfoot Team — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:10:57 +0000

A new tutorial video is available that explains how to implement a shooting action in Greenfoot.

The New Gallery

Greenfoot Team — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:29:32 +0000

Over the last couple of months, the Greenfoot Gallery has seen a significant overhaul, with plenty of new features.

Greenfoot now available in 10 languages

Greenfoot Team — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:18:54 +0000

The Greenfoot software is now available in 10 different natural languages, thanks to community efforts and volunteers who have provided translations.

Greenfoot Kinect software updated

Greenfoot Team — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:56:21 +0000

The Kinect software for working with Greenfoot and the Kinect has been updated. The new version is faster, better (it tracks user outlines properly) and now copes properly with the sensor going to sleep.

Program With Greenfoot and Kinect

Greenfoot Team — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:02:07 +0000

The library to program Greenfoot scenarios with the Kinect module is now available. Watch a short video here, and find out the details.

Greenfoot workshop at CCSCNE 2011

Greenfoot Team — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 15:22:45 +0000

An introductory Greenfoot workshop will be offered on 15 April 2011 at the CCSCNE 2011 Conference, held at the Western New England College, Springfield, MA, USA.

Greenfoot News now available via RSS

Greenfoot Team — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 09:20:38 +0000

The Greenfoot News announcements are now also available via RSS.

One Year of the Greenroom

Greenfoot Team — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:19:03 +0000

The Greenroom turns one. In late March 2010, the Greenroom was officially opened to the public. A year on, we have more than 100 resources and over 1,000 members.

Connect with Kinect

Greenfoot Team — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:22:24 +0000

The Microsoft Kinect™ module, a body tracking sensor developed originally for the Xbox game console, is fast becoming one of the most popular gaming devices. Now it's become easy to program—with Greenfoot.

Greenfoot at SIGCSE

Greenfoot Team — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:05:27 +0000

Several Greenfoot events took place last week at the SIGCSE 2011 conference in Dallas, Texas, including a popular Greenfoot Breakfast with information and demos of new Greenfoot developments.

Thomas Cooper, Leader Of The Atlanta Hub

Greenfoot Team — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:02:10 +0000

Hub number 5 on our list of Greenfoot Hubs is Atlanta, with its Hub Leader Thomas Cooper, Computer Science Department Chair at the Walker School in Marietta, Georgia.

Fran Trees, leader of the Greenfoot Hub New Jersey

Greenfoot Team — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:27:52 +0000

Today we introduce Fran Trees, from Drew University, leader of the New Jersey Greenfoot Hub.

Introducing Daniel Green, Leader of the Kansas City Hub

Greenfoot Team — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:29:42 +0000

Next in our series of Greenfoot Hub Leaders is Daniel Green, leader of the Kansas City Hub.

Introducing the Greenfoot Hub Leaders: Stephanie Hoeppner, Ohio Hub

Greenfoot Team — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:58:00 +0000

Continuing our series of presenting the Greenfoot Hub Leaders, we introduce Stephanie Hoeppner, leader of the Greenfoot Hub Ohio.

Greenroom hits 1000 members

Greenfoot Team — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 16:27:50 +0000

Still six weeks shy of its first birthday, the Greenroom has just welcomed its 1000th member.

Introducing the Greenfoot Hub Leaders: Adrienne Decker, New York Hub

Greenfoot Team — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:17:23 +0000

Making a start in our series introducing the Greenfoot Hub leaders is Adrienne Decker, leader of the Greenfoot Hub New York, located in Buffalo.

Greenfoot Hubs Now Open

Greenfoot Team — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:25:03 +0000

Greenfoot is coming closer to your hometown.

In an effort to bring Greenfoot support closer to our users, we have now started—in collaboration with a number of volunteers—to set up some Greenfoot Hubs in different places. These hubs will offer local workshops and training, support the community and help develop new material.

End of Year Reflections

Greenfoot Team — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:55:55 +0000

As we quickly approach the end of the year by many people's calendars, this seems like as good a time as any for some reflections, a look back, a look forward and a few thank yous.

End of Year Reflections

Greenfoot Team — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:55:22 +0000

As we quickly approach the end of the year by many people's calendars, this seems like as good a time as any for some reflections, a look back, a look forward and a few thank yous.

Coming soon: Greenfoot Hubs

Greenfoot Team — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:57:24 +0000

We are in the process of setting up local Greenfoot Hubs. Watch this space…

Greenfoot wins 2010 Premier Award

Greenfoot Team — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:37:25 +0000

Greenfoot was awarded the 2010 Premier Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Courseware, a prize given to systems that show "high-quality, engaging, non-commercial learning innovations designed to enhance engineering education."

Fresh from the press: Greenfoot 2.0

Greenfoot Team — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 21:27:21 +0000

Greenfoot 2.0 has been released now. It offers a number of interesting new features, and might well be worth looking at.

Greenfoot on Twitter

Greenfoot Team — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:11:34 +0000

The Greenfoot team is gingerly stepping into the age of the World Wide Web 2.0 for Trendy People: we’ve created a Twitter account.

Greenfoot 2.0

Greenfoot Team — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:10:36 +0000

This month we will be releasing Greenfoot 2.0, a major new version of the software with many new improvements. You can find more information and leave comments in the post in the discussion forum.

Using your Gamepad with Greenfoot

Greenfoot Team — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:26:11 +0000

Looking for additional ideas to make Greenfoot programming more interesting? How about connecting your game console controller to your Greenfoot game…

Greenfoot book in German

Greenfoot Team — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:46:36 +0000

The German translation of the Greenfoot book is nearing completion. This should be good news for young learners in Germany, for whom reading English is often a big stumbling block.

Happy Birthday

Greenfoot Team — Mon, 31 May 2010 15:01:32 +0000

Happy Birthday, Greenfoot! Today, Greenfoot turns four. Greenfoot 1.0 was released on 31 May 2006.

A Preview of Things to Come

Greenfoot Team — Fri, 07 May 2010 22:22:10 +0000

Major improvements are on the way for the Greenfoot editor. Code completion, faster navigation, scope highlighting, and more. The official release is still some time off – find out how you can get a preview at the new features already.

The T-Shirt Giveaway Continues

Greenfoot Team — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:41:00 +0000

During April, anyone that creates a new resource will get a free Greenfoot T-Shirt (Large or Extra Large) sent to them. So if you have some material that might make a good resource, even if it's not polished, why not upload it before the end of April and grab a T-Shirt?

Greenfoot webinar with Michael Kölling

Greenfoot Team — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:41:24 +0000

From Monday, 19th April, to Monday, 26th April, a series of three public webinars starts in which Michael Kölling will present aspects of teaching with Greenfoot. The webinars are open to the public, and everyone with a web browser can participate.

John Chapman - Videos

Greenfoot Team — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:13:44 +0000

One of the more sophisticated media formats–video–is being used in the resources uploaded by John Chapman. John has produced three videos that accompany the first few chapters of the Greenfoot textbook.

The Great Easter T-Shirt Giveaway

Greenfoot Team — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:42:57 +0000

This Easter, we're planning to give away some Greenfoot T-shirts. Anyone who creates a new resource between now and the end of April will receive a Greenfoot T-shirt, mailed to wherever they are in the world. Now is the chance for you to upload that worksheet you had lying around, and get a free T-shirt into the bargain.

Cormac McClean - Frogger exercise

Greenfoot Team — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:59:23 +0000

Software Development lecturer and Free/Open Source Software advocate Cormac McClean uses Greenfoot as a second semester topic to illustrate inheritance and polymorphism. He posted his "Frogger" exercise, based on a classic 1980s arcade game, to the Greenroom in the first week of the room opening.

250 members and counting

Greenfoot Team — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:38:55 +0000

Three weeks after opening, the number of people subscribed to the Greenroom has grown to 250. This is a much faster growth than we had anticipated.

Thomas Cooper - Lecture Slides

Greenfoot Team — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:48:24 +0000

Thomas Cooper is the Technology Department Chair at The Walker School in Marietta, GA. He has been teaching programming with Greenfoot for one semester. Over the past six months, he has created teaching slides to go with the Greenfoot book, and now started to upload these to the Greenroom.

CS Unplugged and Greenfoot

Greenfoot Team — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:04:13 +0000

Joe Lenton is a student at the University of Kent who recently developed CS Unplugged-Greenfoot crossover material. CS Unplugged, a great project coordinated at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, has been teaching computer science to school kids around the world for many years now. And without computers! Now we have material that allows you to continue the Unplugged activities into Greenfoot.

Greenfoot at SIGCSE 2010

Greenfoot Team — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:34:05 +0000

At the SIGCSE 2010 conference in Milwaukee (March 10-13) there will be several presentations and discussions featuring Greenfoot, including a workshop and a lunch event. Get a talk about Greenfoot, a free lunch (yes: that really said free lunch!) and other goodies, and chat to the Greenfoot team. Join us there if you can make it.

The room is open!

Greenfoot Team — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:29:22 +0000

We have talked about it for over a year, worked on it for months, and it's finally here: The new Greenroom has opened its doors. Welcome!