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There are still a ton of people learning how to make basic games using Processing or Python. Excel is also used a lot to automate things which can be a gateway
by xmprt 5y ago
There are still a ton of people learning how to make basic games using Processing or Python. Excel is also used a lot to automate things which can be a gateway to learning a more advanced programming language. Just people kids are learning in new ways doesn't mean they aren't learning.
I do concur that it's sad that a lot of modern games and applications have gotten less hackable which has removed a door that a lot of old school programmers used to learn how to code.
- hansworst 5y agoI started programming in Flash (after doing some basic html/css), and have later done some stuff in Processing as well. Flash was an infinitely better tool to get started with programming because it lets you actually draw and animate vector graphics, and then sprinkle in a tiny bit of code to make things interactive. Compare that to Processing, where even just using some images drawn in some other tool is more difficult than it should be. I don't think you can really even compare the two in terms of beginner productivity.
- xmprt 5y agoIn that case, I think Unity fits the hole that Flash used to fill. You can copy a bunch of free assets from the store (or build your own using blender) and then sprinkle in some code to make a game.