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Is it possible for a kid to develop games ? (thebrainbin.org)

submitted 1 year ago by TheracAriane@thebrainbin.org to c/gamedev@programming.dev

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Is it possible for a kid to develop games ? I mean not the computer wizkid, but the average one who is simply fond of playing computer games ??

[–] Im_old@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Look into scratch (the programming tool), it's amazing to start with

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[–] BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Yeah you gotta be careful with this one though. I started using this at age 11 and now I have to sit through sprint planning meetings and discuss velocity of Jira board tickets.

It is really good though. Learning this as a kid and then into more serious game dev tools as I grew experience has led to a computer science degree and a "mostly" enjoyable software development career.

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[–] Im_old@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

It could be worse, you could have to sit through those meetings AND not be a developer 😅

But yeah, they are boring if not properly done (and I've seen them done properly once).

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