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
Scratch.mit.edu is a highly-recommended place to start [1] https://scratch.mit.edu/ > Scratch is the world’s largest coding community for children and a coding language with a simple visual interface that allows young people to create digital stories, games, and animations. Scratch is designed, developed, and moderated by the Scratch Foundation, a nonprofit organization. [2] 1: https://scratch.mit.edu/. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago
Https://scratch.mit.edu/ (Scratch version 2). - Source: dev.to / 5 months ago
Someone who uses scratch.mit.edu (like me). Source: 5 months ago
Now that I think of it, I did start game development on scratch before going right into java (because of minecraft). Source: 5 months ago
I'm looking for the best systems to help a 4/5 year old get the basics of programming. My daughter has shown interest in what I do, and loves puzzles and building things. Looking for something visual and fun that can start her down the path of logic and creating with computers. I have a passing familiarity with Scratch [1], which I'm now looking into more, but am hoping others can share their knowledge and... - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago
I wouldn't start from scratch. I would start with Scratch: https://scratch.mit.edu/. Source: 5 months ago
If only I had known about Scratch earlier! - Source: dev.to / 6 months ago
I'm not sure if your 4.5yo is old enough to try Scratch[1] but nothing is too young these days. My elder got into Scratch around that time. These days, my younger one is into https://code.org and she make things go around, do stuffs, etc. 1. https://scratch.mit.edu. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago
Mashing this up with something like https://scratch.mit.edu/ would float my boat :). - Source: Hacker News / 6 months 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 / 6 months ago
Huh. I thought the title might have been a grammar mishap ("from scratch" is how I read it first), but apparently Scratch is a kids-oriented visual programming tool: https://scratch.mit.edu/ Neat. Kind of reminds me of LOGO in days of yore. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago
So what is this using, some kind of embedded Scratch[1] widgets? I would love to use a UX like that as GUI for my Scheme-based DSL so that it can be edited by non-engineers! Does anybody have any idea how one would go about embedding widgets like that, if there's a pre-made tool for it because I couldn't find any? [1] https://scratch.mit.edu/. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago
Hi! I'm SayaMan. I'm making a mario rpg game on scratch.mit.edu (yes, yes I am well aware that it is scratch) and need help making frames for cutscenes. I did draw the first one initially but my drawing tablet isn't working right now. Can anybody help? Source: 7 months ago
// EDIT You can also try something like Scratch. Source: 7 months ago
The computer is mostly used for Roblox, Scratch (https://scratch.mit.edu) and digital art (Fire Alpaca). If the new computer supported it, I know that she'd like to be able to play some games on Steam as well but that isn't a major priority. Source: 7 months ago
That's cool, it's kind of like Scratch [*] for business. Presumably the market is people who don't like Retool because it is too high-level (not enough control) and don't like code because it's too low-level (too much boilerplate and tool complexity). The risk is that the finer grained control stuff is too much like code ('you lost me at "loop" and "condition"', etc.), or not powerful enough to do the tasks that... - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago
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