Wildscaper

WildScaper RAD (Rapid Application Development) software was first developed as a web application delivered online to Australian schools in early 2007. The idea for the software was first originated by Martin Adams from Adams Design in Adelaide, Australia who then went on and developed the desktop application version for WindowsXP and MacOSX platforms. The software uses the latest in streaming MP3 audio and animated, environmental symbols that users can paint. Australian educational software has developed from CD driven content that is often used only once into sophisticated desktop applications that allow users access to the latest in digital tools, graphics editors and publishing formats. Using the latest RAD technologies, Wildscaper was written to use XML and HTML files so users could edit or view their published files as formatted xml in a browser or text editor. Young students can view the maths involved in generating their graphics on screen and edit it the xml syntax in a simple text editor.

Freescaper RAD player software was also developed shortly after the release of Wildscaper when it was realized that allowing users to freely distribute their files as software applications for Windows and MacOSX would be an excellent method of providing users with an end product. FreeScaper was made free to distribute without the need to pay any royalties to Wildscaper or any other third party. Wildscaper's introduction into the Australian primary school software curriculum allowed students as young as 5 years to create their own software product titles for distribution.

RAD technologies have rapidly changed software development and are increasingly cheaper to produce compared with traditional software tools such as C++ and SQL. Interactive designers are now writing desktop applications that previously had been produced by medium to large software compaines and Wildscaper is a valid example of the new RAD technologies at work.

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