Show HN: Sprig, open-source game console and engine, by teenagers for teenagers
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#2I've been loving my Sprig so far - great project from Hack Club!
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#3Curious, what's the thinking behind making projects like this?
Re: Show HN: Sprig, open-source game console and engine, by teenagers for teenagers
#4Curious, what's the thinking behind making projects like this?
The idea is to help people learn programming by making it easier for them to think of and execute projects which they share with others. In this case those projects are the making of the console/engine itself and for a much wider group of people the contribution of games to the game library. Thanks for contributing to both!
We decided to make the physical console because it was a cool thing to do and would help motivate people to follow through with projects and make games.
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#5This obvious age discrimination against non-teenagers is preposterous! Where are the lawers when you need them?
Just kidding, this is an awesome project! I wish I would have been that creative and competent in my teenage years... or even now, for that matter. Respect!
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#6In a way it is funny to see JavaScript vs Python competing for the next BASIC in this kind of platforms.
Good work, it looks cool.
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#7This obvious age discrimination against non-teenagers is preposterous! Where are the lawers when you need them? Just kidding, this is an awesome project! I wish I would have been that creative and competent in my teenage years... or even now, for that matter. Respect!
Haha thanks. Hack Club certainly has adults involved (like myself) but we structure projects so teens can be core contributors (the rest of the core engineering staff on Sprig are all less than 20 years old and I'd say 95% of the games in the library are from teenagers).
As for Sprig itself the only part that is limited to teens is that we give the console away for free to teenagers who submit games to the gallery. Otherwise anyone can make games and submit them.
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#8This obvious age discrimination against non-teenagers is preposterous! Where are the lawers when you need them? Just kidding, this is an awesome project! I wish I would have been that creative and competent in my teenage years... or even now, for that matter. Respect!
> preprosperous
You mean you expect it to succeed soon? :D
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#9Except for the bare pcb thing, it looks cool..
I cringe thinking about long-term exposure to bare PCBs, sure RoHS is a thing, but it's R(eduction), not E(liminiation).. And those guidelines are under the assumption that the electronics are packaged and not touched to bare skin..
PCBs are still made with fibers which can penetrate the skin, and I'd be worried about exposure to soldermask, solder and what other chemicals are involved.
Re: Show HN: Sprig, open-source game console and engine, by teenagers for teenagers
#10This obvious age discrimination against non-teenagers is preposterous! Where are the lawers when you need them? Just kidding, this is an awesome project! I wish I would have been that creative and competent in my teenage years... or even now, for that matter. Respect!
> preprosperous You mean you expect it to succeed soon? :D
Haha, thanks! ;-) Fixed.