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Modern: Building games in Roblox? You could get a Raspberry PI (or any computer with an emulator) or a real 80s computer. Set the PI up with whatever emulator.

by ilaksh 3y ago

Modern: Building games in Roblox? You could get a Raspberry PI (or any computer with an emulator) or a real 80s computer. Set the PI up with whatever emulator. And maybe a book like this one https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Manuals/Hardware/Getting%2520Started%2520With%2520Extended%2520Color%2520Basic%2520(Tandy).pdf https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Manuals/Hard... Getting Started With Extended Color Basic. Or set up a normal Linux without installing a GUI. Or set up an emulator with DOS Box. Or install nothing but Unity/Unreal Engine/Godot on a computer and disconnect it from the internet.

boringg 3y ago
Hmm good ideas in here. I have a pi at home - never considered it for that kind of option.
PenguinCoder 3y ago
Don't let your kids get exploited by Roblox.
rerdavies 3y ago
Why?! Most particularly with respect to Extended Color Basic. The horror! The horror! Why would you cripple your child, when doing the real thing is so much easier? Build a website. Write a game. Make your own really cool alarm clock. Make a demo. Write a voice-driven app. Steer them toward something that has relatively decent bumper-rails and ecosystems. Python. React (with typescript enabled). Or a good web framework for game development. Or, let them assemble a collection of emulator games. So many cool things they could be doing. A Pi with no less than 8GB of RAM is a marvelous adventure. (4Gb isn't really enough to run VSCode).
- ilaksh 3y ago
  I was answering the thrust of his question which seemed to be aiming for a restricted retro environment that would force some kind of technical problem solving skills without allowing kids to just run Steam or something. That BASIC book is a really excellent intro to programming for a kid.
ilaksh 3y ago
https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Manuals/Hardware/Getting%20Started%20With%20Extended%20Color%20Basic%20(Tandy).pdf https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Manuals/Hard...

by ilaksh 3y ago

boringg 3y ago

Hmm good ideas in here. I have a pi at home - never considered it for that kind of option.

PenguinCoder 3y ago

Don't let your kids get exploited by Roblox.

rerdavies 3y ago

Why?! Most particularly with respect to Extended Color Basic. The horror! The horror! Why would you cripple your child, when doing the real thing is so much easier? Build a website. Write a game. Make your own really cool alarm clock. Make a demo. Write a voice-driven app. Steer them toward something that has relatively decent bumper-rails and ecosystems. Python. React (with typescript enabled). Or a good web framework for game development. Or, let them assemble a collection of emulator games. So many cool things they could be doing. A Pi with no less than 8GB of RAM is a marvelous adventure. (4Gb isn't really enough to run VSCode).

ilaksh 3y ago
I was answering the thrust of his question which seemed to be aiming for a restricted retro environment that would force some kind of technical problem solving skills without allowing kids to just run Steam or something. That BASIC book is a really excellent intro to programming for a kid.

ilaksh 3y ago

https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Manuals/Hardware/Getting%20Started%20With%20Extended%20Color%20Basic%20(Tandy).pdf https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Manuals/Hard...