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Based on our record, LOVE 2D seems to be a lot more popular than Microsoft MakeCode Arcade. While we know about 190 links to LOVE 2D, we've tracked only 4 mentions of Microsoft MakeCode Arcade. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
Alternatively, get her an emulator of an old 8 or 16 bit system, I started coding at the age of 10 in these systems, with books that were oriented for kids. https://www.atariarchives.org/ http://redparsley.blogspot.com/2016/08/input-magazine-retrospective.html https://archive.org/details/input-hi-01 Or if you prefer something more up to date, https://arcade.makecode.com/. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago
Https://arcade.makecode.com/ Is great fun to use and made for kids. The forum (forum.makecode.com) is well moderated and safe too. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
I'm not sure how this reduces the barrier to game developement. There are already lots of free assets and game engines designed for making arcade games that are a lot easier then say Unity or Unreal. Like https://arcade.makecode.com/ or https://microstudio.dev/ or https://scratch.mit.edu/. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago
For the game angle https://arcade.makecode.com may be more of a fit. You can even build a cabinet. Disclaimer: worked on both. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago
Look into learning LÖVE[1] and the Lua[2] programming language [1] https://love2d.org/ [2] https//lua.org. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago
How does it compare to Löve 2D, other than shipping with a IDE? Looks like Defold supports more platforms, but I guess there are some strings attached since packaging games for various consoles usually come with very non-open dependencies. https://love2d.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago
Reignite my Lua skills with Love2D, and maybe a little bit into [Luanti][launti]. - Source: dev.to / 9 months ago
Early this year, I did game development with Love2D engine (relies on Lua language) and was inspired by its approach, so decided to make something similar myself for the competition. - Source: dev.to / 12 months ago
I recently learned that the popular game Balatro was made in LÖVE. I had never heard of it until then. But looks interesting. https://love2d.org. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago
Scratch - Scratch is the programming language & online community where young people create stories, games, & animations.
Godot Engine - Feature-packed 2D and 3D open source game engine.
Snap - Snap (formerly BYOB) is a visual, drag-and-drop programming language.
Unity - The multiplatform game creation tools for everyone.
microStudio - microStudio is an all-in-one online game engine that enables you to create games, develop programming skills, have fun playing what you have created, share with others, and prototype.
TIC-80 - TIC-80 is a fantasy computer where you can make, play and share tiny games.