QuoteAlice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a teaching tool for introductory computing. It uses 3D graphics and a drag-and-drop interface to facilitate a more engaging, less frustrating first programming experience.
ALICE - for students (http://www.alice.org/)
Take a look, even if you are already a programmer.
They have built interesting ideas into it. And - its free.