Based on our record, Scratch seems to be a lot more popular than Code Kingdoms. While we know about 557 links to Scratch, we've tracked only 5 mentions of Code Kingdoms. 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.
And https://codecombat.com, which has been around for a while now. I think this paradigm (navigating a character using "move" function invocations) is good but kind of exhausts its usefulness after a while. I question whether my daughter learns coding this way or just is playing a turn based top down platformer. The most code like thing is when you use 'loops' to have characters repeat sequences of moves. I... - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago
+1 Scratch! My son started with it, then expanded into Roblox/Lua. Children can download other people's games and experiment there. Scratch also has pre-made art, sounds, music. https://scratch.mit.edu/. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
I am also going to highly recommend Scratch[1]. That is what got me into a programming around that age. You can even help him make a website to host his games on. [1]: https://scratch.mit.edu/. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
This ! Learning to code will come after, spending time with your son writing down ideas might be more fun at first and it's a good time to teach him that games are thoughts first and then coded after. I would have recommended Scratch [1] for a first introduction instead of hoping into code right away, but since he is 9yo he will most likely want to hop on big game engine like he sees his favorite youtubers doing.... - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
How about using https://scratch.mit.edu/ ? - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
Your 2c are good, but I'll add to them - if you have trouble with self-tutoring the basics, then tread hte way of the padawan. Use code.org, codekingdoms.com or codecombat.com and the Microsoft code exercises (Hour of code on Minecraft educational edition - the latest HoC offers both block coding and python coding). Source: about 1 year ago
Codekingdoms.com - offers both block and code, Java (Minecraft) and Lua (Roblox). Source: about 1 year ago
CodeKingdoms, I used it a few years back for MC but they also have Roblox things as well... (https://codekingdoms.com/). Source: over 1 year ago
Https://codekingdoms.com/ Apparently they teach kids to code via minecraft and roblox. Anyone used it? Is it ok / a scam / worthwhile? Tx! - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
I bought my daughter a subscription to CodeKingdoms and I highly recommend it! There are plentiful courses included and it allows you to start visually and finish with full Lua. Everything you build in the site is deployed to Roblox studio as usual. Source: about 3 years ago
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