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

  • ImSoOCD [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    This is very well thought out and I appreciate it. In terms of making art and being creative, I 100% want to spare her as long as possible from the urge to monetize it. She’s essentially been gambling since she was a toddler. The combinations of “surprise” toys and collectibles all rolled into toy franchises with cartoons, complete with animated cartoons and entire Youtube channels dedicated to unboxing them and talking about how fun it was to buy them, this shit has gotten really aggressive. But in terms of stuff that she makes on her own, I will discourage her from commodifying that work for as long as possible