He might like the games factory: http://www.clickteam.com/website/usa/ http://www.clickteam.com/website/usa/ It's not writing code but it actually teaches you

He might like the games factory: http://www.clickteam.com/website/usa/ http://www.clickteam.com/website/usa/ It's not writing code but it actually teaches you a lot about objects, event handling, conditionals and you can pipe out something really cool/fun in an hour or two. ( my first game I made when I was 12 was a "death star run" game. I had no artistic talent, but it was still fun. )