Ask HN: Resources for teenager who likes to build games

[jimnotgym]

My 14 year old son loves making games. He builds a lot in Scratch, he designs lots of models in Blender. He knows a bit of Python. But he is building lots of bits of games, and not really making rewarding progress. It feels like he could do with some kind of 'how to' to join it together. There are so many books and video courses out there, I wonder what people have found effective? Would something on Unity be the next best step or something else? It's a bit of a vague question, but it is a very broad subject and outside of my sphere of experience.

[babuskov]

Let him try Godot. It's a great step forward without having to learn everything that Unity requires.

[jimnotgym → babuskov]

Thanks. Can you recommend the Godot tutorials?

[babuskov → jimnotgym]

Start here to understand the basics:

http://docs.godotengine.org/en/2.1/learning/step_by_step/sce...

and soon he will get to create a first game:

http://docs.godotengine.org/en/2.1/learning/step_by_step/sim...

Or maybe do it the other way around. Try to go directly into making the game, and if he doesn't figure out something, he can go a few steps back (see navigation menu on the left)

[jimnotgym → babuskov]

Thanks we will give it a go