Bill Kendrick
Tux Paint
graphics software
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About
Tux Paint is a free and open source raster graphics editor geared towards young children. The project was started in 2002 by Bill Kendrick who continues to maintain and improve it, with help from numerous volunteers. Tux Paint is seen by many as a free software alternative to Kid Pix, a similar proprietary educational software product.
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Development
Tux Paint was initially created for the Linux operating system, as there was no suitable drawing program for young children available for Linux at that time. It is written in the C programming language and uses various free and open source helper libraries, including the Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL), and has since been made available for Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS, Android, Haiku, and other platforms.
Selected milestone releases:
Games like this
Kid Pix
— · FM Towns, Windows
Tux Racer
2000 · Arcade, Linux +3
Zaark and the Night Team
— · Windows
MX Superfly
2002 · GameCube, PlayStation 2 +1
Locomotive Games
Nintendo exclusive77Disney Art Academy
2016 · Nintendo 3DS
Headstrong Games
Nintendo exclusive66Pac-Pix
2005 · Nintendo DS
Namco
There (virtual world)
2003 · Windows, macOS
Nintendo exclusive77UDraw Studio
2010 · Wii
Pipeworks Software
Collections1 collection
Platform libraries
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