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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
A few years ago I took a class of middle schoolers through a simple game dev course and rarely have I seen a group of kids so motivated. Using microStudio[1] they built the story, art, music, gameplay, and levels - I only helped a bit with the code. They kept asking about it long afterwards, so I eventually threw it up on a static site: http://uprag.quest (warning - flashy jump scares) [1] https://microstudio.dev. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago
Let The Letter Drop is a mix of crosswords, Connect4, Tetris, and a little bit of Wordle's daily-ness. Select letters from your tray and drop them on a board to build words and score points. Multi-letter pieces can be rotated. Use special pieces like bombs and bumpers to move the letters on your board around. Every day, everyone gets a fixed bag of letters and a set of words to make. Make all 3 and keep going for... - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years 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
MicroStudio is a free, open source game engine (MIT License), available online at https://microstudio.dev or as an offline application here: https://microstudio.itch.io/microstudio. Source: about 3 years ago
If you have the time, give it a try. Maybe visit micro studio and follow their tutorial which runs in the browser. That can give you a little taste of both programming and game dev. Source: about 3 years 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.
GDevelop - GDevelop is an open-source game making software designed to be used by everyone.
Microbit - BBC's handheld, programmable computer given free to UK kids
Unreal Engine - Unreal Engine 4 is a suite of integrated tools for game developers to design and build games, simulations, and visualizations.
