Maybe try something with instant feedback? I'm not sure what precisely, but I'm picturing a split view with text on the left and the output on the right. I do

Maybe try something with instant feedback? I'm not sure what precisely, but I'm picturing a split view with text on the left and the output on the right. I do this in web dev, React + hot reload is wonderful. For games, I've done it with instantly recompiling shaders but not much else.