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I also had an early accidental contact with HyperCard, and sort of learned the basics without knowing it. I was looking for something equivalent to show my 12 y

by mgbmtl 7y ago

I also had an early accidental contact with HyperCard, and sort of learned the basics without knowing it. I was looking for something equivalent to show my 12 year old, who is into Minecraft and generally open minded about learning geeky stuff (they've had Sketch and electronics basics in school, likes to plays with LEDs, 3d print, etc). I found Sketch a bit too limited, despite a few attempts, it didn't work out for me. I don't know much about game programming, but we ended up exploring Unity 3D. There are tons of videos online, it works well under Linux, and you can do lots of different things with limited programming. Probably not perfect, it's just for playing around, but curious to hear other experiences.

erik 7y ago
PICO-8 might be worth investigating. It attempts to capture the experience of hacking on an 8-bit computer rather than something higher level. Also, it's cheap but not free. https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php
PinkMilkshake 7y ago
If Unity worked out well then Godot could be a good choice. It’s conceptually simpler but is still very powerful.
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  I had just signed in to suggest Godot myself. :) For the GP, here's the Godot web site: https://godotengine.org/ https://godotengine.org/ While Godot has its idiosyncrasies, in terms of being a tool that made it possible to actually get something done and playable, I've been pleased with the results I've gotten from it so far. The ability to export to HTML5 in addition to desktop & mobile is great for getting a project in front of people quickly--particularly useful for things like game jams: https://rancidbacon.itch.io/sheet-em-up https://rancidbacon.itch.io/sheet-em-up (which I created as my first game jam entry :) ). Godot is also released under a MIT license and has multiple full-time developers working on it (supported in part by monthly community donations).

by mgbmtl 7y ago

erik 7y ago

PICO-8 might be worth investigating. It attempts to capture the experience of hacking on an 8-bit computer rather than something higher level. Also, it's cheap but not free. https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php

PinkMilkshake 7y ago

If Unity worked out well then Godot could be a good choice. It’s conceptually simpler but is still very powerful.

follower 7y ago
I had just signed in to suggest Godot myself. :) For the GP, here's the Godot web site: https://godotengine.org/ https://godotengine.org/ While Godot has its idiosyncrasies, in terms of being a tool that made it possible to actually get something done and playable, I've been pleased with the results I've gotten from it so far. The ability to export to HTML5 in addition to desktop & mobile is great for getting a project in front of people quickly--particularly useful for things like game jams: https://rancidbacon.itch.io/sheet-em-up https://rancidbacon.itch.io/sheet-em-up (which I created as my first game jam entry :) ). Godot is also released under a MIT license and has multiple full-time developers working on it (supported in part by monthly community donations).