Game programming for kids: looking for open source 2D game development kit

John Nagle nagle at animats.com
Fri Mar 30 12:00:17 EDT 2007


Max Kubierschky wrote:
> Diez B. Roggisch schrieb:
> 
>> Max Kubierschky schrieb:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm planning to give a game programming course for kids of mixed age.
>>> For this, I am looking for an open source 2D game development kit.
>>> I am also willing to participate in the development of the 
>>> development kit.
>>>
>>> Features I'd like to see
>>> - Possibility to construct simple games via drag and drop without 
>>> programming
>>> - Integration into an IDE
>>> - Based on Java or Python
>>> Pluses:
>>> - Good Tutorial
>>> - German documentation

     The Blender GameKit will do all that.

     You can do simple games without programming.
     There's a graphical integrated environment.
     Programs can be written in Python.
     There's a published book ("Blender GameKit")
     German documentation may be hard to come by, though.

					John Nagle



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