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Speaking from my own experience, give him not a programming language, but either a game that includes a programming language, or a tool for making games that in
by Mithaldu 11y ago
Speaking from my own experience, give him not a programming language, but either a game that includes a programming language, or a tool for making games that includes programming.
Game Maker is the biggest player in that market and used for tons of tiny one-off indie games, as well as lots of commercially successful and great games:
http://www.yoyogames.com/studio http://www.yoyogames.com/studio
Have a look at the showcase to see what kind of games have been made with it: http://www.yoyogames.com/showcase http://www.yoyogames.com/showcase
- andersthue 11y agoLooks interesting and more challenging than scratch- I remember a drag and drop game tool on the c64 that never really caught me, but I think my nephew needs something that quickly gives him results- then he can learn to tame the instant gratification monkey later:)
- amarsahinovic 11y agoI also recommend Game Maker, it's an excellent tool for what you need, you can make fully functional games quickly with only drag and drop, and when you learn enough you can dive into the code and do much more (if needed).