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My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback
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Re: My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback
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Re: My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback
#283This is very cool. I’ll have to read his blog. My 9yo just picked up a book on coding from the library, I hope he gets interested as well.
Re: My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback
#284It's fun! The animations are great, too! I just wanted to add, somewhat related, that the Icelandic languages has the word "tölva" for "computer", a neologism comprised of the words for "number" and "prophetess", so if you will, the game's protagonist is a very literal computer.
Re: My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback
#285Love the graphics!
Re: My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback
#286Exploit or nod to people who dont want to wait to charge their weapons?
function askThem(charge, TheDamage) {
TheCharge = TheCharge + 1; // TheCharge is always incremented
if (charge <= TheCharge) {
[...]
} else {
window.alert("The move you want to use is not charged up yet.Click 'ok' and then select another move.");
}
}
Re: My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback
#287Nothing more to add to what has been said ("charging" enhancement is the top one feature needed), this is a great work! I simply wanted to share with you how proud would i be if my 9 yo child made such a similar game and wanted to thank you for inspiration since it's a few months i'm thinking to teach him the basic of programming even if i don't want him to focus on computers and screens in general. I wrote my first…
It shouldn't be your place to decide what hobbies your child should and shouldn't focus on.
Re: My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback
#288Maybe we're witnessing one of the last programmers before AI takes over ...
Re: My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback
#289You are an amazing dad. I hope more parents will follow your example and encourage the next generation to be resourceful, passionate and creative.
Re: My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback
#290> But there was one downside to AI. AI was like a human which is why you could talk to it like a human. But because it was like a human, it could also be wrong like a human. So I had to make sure that it wasn't getting the answer wrong. For which I would sometimes use Google Search. I really don't buy that this was written/created by an actual 9yr old. But this might just be my unhealthy pessimism/skepticism when it…
"Everyone dies one day. Everyone. Even wolves. But not books. Not words. Words don't die" -- My son, 3.
Quotes like this always seem smart until you realize you can just burn the books. And the words die like that