My son (8) really wants to grow up and develop games for Nintendo - How can I best lead him on this path/get him started in learning?

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  • scratch-www

    Standalone web client for Scratch

    • There is always the scratch. Good for simple intro to programming. https://scratch.mit.edu

  • PhysicsExamples2D

    Examples of various Unity 2D Physics components and features.

    • He should pick an engine and just make games in it over and over until he's fluent with it. Doesn't matter if it's a simple little engine like Pico-8, something big and complicated like Unity, or something in between. Just pick some platform and start making games. They don't have to be fun, or pretty, or efficient. The goal is to get fluent with an engine. Here's a list of some engines. Some will require coding, some won't. If he's really interested in programming, PyGame might be a good start.

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  • raylib

    A simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming

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