<s>
Stagecast	B-Language
Creator	I-Language
is	O
a	O
visual	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
intended	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
teaching	O
programming	O
to	O
children	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
construct	O
simulations	O
,	O
animations	O
and	O
games	O
,	O
which	O
run	O
under	O
Java	B-Language
on	O
any	O
suitable	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
known	O
as	O
Creator	O
originally	O
started	O
as	O
a	O
project	O
by	O
Allen	O
Cypher	O
and	O
David	O
Canfield	O
Smith	O
in	O
Apple	O
's	O
Advanced	O
Technology	O
Group	O
(	O
ATG	O
)	O
known	O
as	O
KidSim	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
Kurt	O
Schmucker	O
became	O
the	O
project	O
manager	O
,	O
and	O
under	O
him	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
renamed	O
Cocoa	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
expanded	O
to	O
include	O
a	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
plug-in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Larry	O
Tesler	O
,	O
Cypher	O
,	O
and	O
Smith	O
,	O
left	O
to	O
form	O
Stagecast	B-Language
Software	O
after	O
retaining	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
Cocoa	B-Operating_System
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
reuse	O
the	O
Cocoa	B-Operating_System
name	O
for	O
the	O
entirely	O
unrelated	O
Cocoa	B-Operating_System
application	I-Operating_System
framework	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
had	O
originated	O
as	O
OpenStep	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sales	O
of	O
Stagecast	B-Language
Creator	I-Language
ended	O
on	O
September	O
30	O
,	O
2014	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Stagecast	B-Language
Software	O
's	O
cessation	O
of	O
operations	O
and	O
support	O
ended	O
on	O
December	O
1	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
new	O
features	O
were	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
system	O
during	O
its	O
evolution	O
from	O
KidSim/Cocoa	O
to	O
Creator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
ensure	O
Creator	O
's	O
cross-platform	O
compatibility	O
,	O
the	O
entire	O
system	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Cocoa	B-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
system	O
was	O
a	O
Mac-only	O
product	O
and	O
included	O
an	O
'	O
Autoplayer	O
 '	O
functionality	O
that	O
allowed	O
a	O
Cocoa	B-Operating_System
simulation	O
to	O
be	O
run	O
as	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
program	O
on	O
any	O
Mac	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
port	O
to	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
Creator	O
simulations	O
can	O
be	O
posted	O
on	O
a	O
Web	O
page	O
and	O
run	O
as	O
an	O
applet	O
.	O
</s>
