It’s probably a lot easier to get into than BlitMax. I was impressed by the application and the variety of options that it offered – it’s very flexible. We went through the tutorial game together and again Conan understood it easily. Perhaps I need to encourage him more, or perhaps it’s just that games these days are way more fun and appealing (and readily available) than when I was a kid and took up programming, and so BlitzMax may feel a bit techy and boring by comparison. He understood the basics and was able to fiddle with some simple code to get different things happening, but he never really carried it on. I began to teach my eldest son, Conan, who is 8, BlitzMax. So what about programming languages for kids? Well we’ve tried out a few recently with varying levels of success: If you can recommend any more great creative games for kids, please let me know! I’m sure if I let them have a Facebook account they’d also get addicted to Farmville, but I’m not going to let them go on Facebook for a few years yet! It’s highly addictive and they really enjoyed it. In this game you clear out a wasteland and make a lovely garden populated with cute little creatures that you have to care for and stop from fighting each other. You can buy an expansion pack for hardly any MS points and it comes with more things to use in the editor like giant fans. They spent quite a while making fiendish tracks full of exploding barrels and other nutty stuff. ![]() Make sure to patch it if you buy a boxed copy.Īpart from the fact that this game is just brilliant, funny and addictive, it also has a level editor. They’ve both been creating wacky creatures and then exploring their galaxies – there are a lot of options. I totally recommend this game for 5 year-olds upwards.Ĭonan bought this with his Christmas money. They have put an insane amount of time into building all kinds of ground, air and water-based vehicles in the game’s easy-to-use workshop. This game has to win the award for the most hours played. This game has a proper level editor and they have been making all kinds of fantastic creative levels for each other to play (usually full of boulders). Here are some of their recent favourites: My kids love games with level editors or the ability to build vehicles – they spend hours and hours on them! I think it’s cool that they like doing that because it’s training up their little brains as game designers, or maybe engineers.
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