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Getting kids (6-10) started witg programming and game dev (programming.dev)

submitted 4 weeks ago by somegeek@programming.dev to c/gamedev@programming.dev

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Hi. I want to get my little cousins into computers, and since they're kids, making games are really fun for them. I made a game with them with Love2D and they had a blast (I put their faces on the characters) but I think Love2d is a bit too hard for them.

My main motive for them is to make something and be creative. Programming is just a tool for that.
So something simpler with less code and mental load that let's them create stuff more simply is good.

What do you guys suggest?

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[–] somegeek@programming.dev 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Totally agree. I thought about robotics stuff a lot for them. They got hyped when I created a synth with a rpi pico. Maybe I'll buy them an arduino kids robotics kit.

the benefit of the software first approach is that it costs nothing and shows them you don't need to buy stuff to create things neccesarily.

[–] sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Didn't think of an Arduino kit but that would be a good low cost entry as well. You don't even need to program it to start. Just basic circuits with switches and lights is a great education tool.

[–] mapto@feddit.bg 1 points 3 weeks ago

I've always found it weird that Arduino has its own language. On top of it, it's not a really well designed one in the sense that it does not follow a simple paradigm where there are few basic fundamentals and from there it's only vocabulary.