The original post also reminded me very much of QBasic. A major charm was how easy it was to just get some graphics on the screen. Some tiny resolutions, functi

The original post also reminded me very much of QBasic. A major charm was how easy it was to just get some graphics on the screen. Some tiny resolutions, functions for a circle, a pixel, a line and a rectangle and you can do stuff from there. I very much remember making simple animations like the author has shown in QBasic. And that's also why I think environments like QBasic, TI Basic or - more modern - godot, Game Maker Studio and such are very valuable. They allow kids to start programming with something simple and fun.