Have a look at Stencyl. It has many of the same frontend components as for example GameMaker, but it also has in-editor logic programming where you can select i

Have a look at Stencyl. It has many of the same frontend components as for example GameMaker, but it also has in-editor logic programming where you can select items from dropdowns to construct basic code with. If you look at their webpage, just scroll down a bit and you'll see an example: http://www.stencyl.com/ http://www.stencyl.com/ Even so it will probably still be a bit daunting for a 9yo to start off with, you might have to provide some guided learning and maybe make a basic game together.