I have a niece who wants to make a video game. I have 0 experience teaching and am very likely to recommend her some crazy complicated shit that will turn her off to the idea. She’s 8. Anyone have experience with this? Her first instinct was to try and make games in the Roblox engine but I know exactly how exploitative that shit is and how nontransferable those skills are
Libre software is a must
Scratch! Very simple and easy to learn, perfect for teaching kids the basics of programming. Then you can go into the more advanced stuff
Will 100% be showing her Scratch. I forgot that existed lol