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This isn't just good for nostalgia. My 10 year old has really enjoyed playing with it for years now. She hadn't even realised it was so old until I told her rec
by ascorbic 2y ago
This isn't just good for nostalgia. My 10 year old has really enjoyed playing with it for years now. She hadn't even realised it was so old until I told her recently. Stuff like Stardew Valley means kids are used to the 8-bit style and don't think of it as a signifier of old games.
- boringg 2y agoGoes to show how much graphics aren't the deciding factor in fun games for kids - or rather they aren't even that huge a deal.
- drowntoge 2y agoYeah. It's truly amazing how cleverly they designed these tools to encourage discovery and experimentation. It's made to make it basically impossible to create something that "doesn't look right", which makes it a fantastic creativity toy for children. It makes me a bit sad that it's not easy to find anything today that can compete with what I played with as a kid thirty years ago.
- indymike 2y ago> It makes me a bit sad that it's not easy to find anything today that can compete with what I played with as a kid thirty years ago. My wife is a teacher. I came home from work and she was making Google slides and the stock art was just like KidPix. I suspect that Google slides is the spiritual successor, but it just isn't as fun. > It makes me a bit sad that it's not easy to find anything today that can compete with what I played with as a kid thirty years ago. My kids are always shocked when I dig up some old software that does X or Y that they would otherwise need the pro enterprise AI plus subscription to use through the browser.