Ask HN: My 10 year old wants to develop games. Which platform is the best?

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My 10 year old wants to develop computer games (preferably something that will also work in a phone). She can program in scratch comfortably. Is this a good time to introduce a physics engine/javascript? Any thoughts?

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My son is learning using Scratch (https://scratch.mit.edu/) and it's pretty well tuned-in to the way he thinks. Haven't put any "code" in front of him yet, but he can make some pretty neat games very rapidly using Scratch. Might be worth a look.

Unity is pretty decent with lots of paid/free assets and stuff.

But is it suitable for a 10 year old?

could be, depending on the level of english the kid is able to read but https://html5gameengine.com/ might have some options especially the first one on the list since it doesn't really require coding from what I can tell, and if the kid finds it fun, you can always switch to a game engine that requires more coding

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