I am impressed and excited to see where this goes. Please continue, young man! The internet is in love with you right now, but after the spotlight moves on, this is still a worthwhile thing to be working on.
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
#402Earlier quoted context omitted.
Godot is designed for beginners, but also those that don't like to get their hands too dirty with code. Also the web export is likely inferior to what he can do with JS directly. With that in mind I'd recommend he sticks with JS. If he's interested in doing more advanced games he should look into Three.js, or Pixi, Babylon, Phaser and other engines (and eventually even just raw WebGL and using shaders), all within th…
I'm curious to know why you think Godot's web exports are too poor to be useful even to a 9 year old? I've published multiple HTML5 games on itch.io using Godot, including some with P2P multiplayer functionality. Apart from complete inoperability on Safari, I haven't run into many issues?
Because he's building native JS games already. And they likely work in Safari.
It would be a step backwards, unless he wants to publish for desktop/mobile as well.
I even found Godot's desktop export to be less performant than things I've built natively for the browser when lots of onscreen objects are involved. The only way I found to get around that was to use Godot's C++ extensions or modules, which defeats the object of an engine like Godot.
Unity, Defold and Unreal proved unsuitable for other reasons, and the most viable platform for building games for desktop and mobile after working with JS and WebGL turned out to be Raylib. I can only share my experiences, everyone should do what I did and shop around, but if you're happy working in the browser, there is no reason to move away from native technologies.
Re: My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback
#403I am impressed and excited to see where this goes. Please continue, young man! The internet is in love with you right now, but after the spotlight moves on, this is still a worthwhile thing to be working on.
The response here will provide lots of fuel for next iterations!
Re: My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback
#404This is so cool! High five to you Armaan :) I will show the game and the backis stories to my 7 year old tomorrow. There is a decent chance you'll become his new hero. Hope you continue to put out more cool stuff into this world. It definitively needs it! Greetings from Germany
Re: My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback
#405Is the code available?
Re: My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback
#406congratulations... nice work
Re: My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback
#407Is the code available?
yes, just view source. No build step here, all CSS and JS is just on the one page.
Re: My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback
#408Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Everyone lies one day. Everyone. Even dads. But not on the internet. Not HN. HN won't lie" – My granpa, 86
Pardon me, but I’m rather suspicious that your grandpa never really said this.
"Never believe quotes you read on the Internet" ~~ Benjamin Franklin
Re: My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback
#409This is so cool! High five to you Armaan :) I will show the game and the backis stories to my 7 year old tomorrow. There is a decent chance you'll become his new hero. Hope you continue to put out more cool stuff into this world. It definitively needs it! Greetings from Germany
Armaan's dad here. Let us know what your 7 year old thinks! Armaan was around 7/8 when the backis series started.
Re: My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback
#410Congrats! Pretty cool.
And using AI is pretty awesome too. Make sure he doesn't skip the proper Software Engineering stuff too though, get his algorithms and architecture patterns right.