Yes. My thinking is that they may persue game modding on their own; if not in the near future, possibly some years down the line. You won’t need to hold their hand that much if they discover a taste for it. That programming game definately wins in the short-term.
Prism launcher works well on Linux and helps with keeping multiple versions of the game & multiple modpacks to keep stuff organized.
As for modding itself, it would need an IDE and build system, along with a bit of prep and research…
I think the programming game is definitely the way to go at first.
Though, knowing that modding is a possibility they can persue on their own in the future would still be good. Or maybe remind them of that once they gain some proficiency with the basic concepts.
Short form content, engagement-oriented algorithms, and loot boxes are basically going to be our leaded gasoline
Edit: others suggested programming games; those are also a great start that satisfies the two big requirements I mention.
If he plays any single player games, i’d probably start there. Modding. Especially if Minecraft or Roblox or Rimworld and the like.
I’ve taught a lot of people low level C and C++ over the years. Two of the most important things for beginners is getting feedback (what I call “blinky lights”) and a reason to persist when learning gets hard. Creating a mod or cheats for a game can be great at fulfilling both of those requirements. You get to see a more tangible result of your work than a CLI print, and you have goals or a vision you’re chasing. This is one reason why webdev is so accessible; the issue there is learning multiple languages and frameworks all at the same time which can be difficult if unguided.
My circles tend to all be low-level systems people, may be different in others; but all of the best programmers I know started with hacking on or making games or things for games. The desire to understand, to know more, to create; that pushed all of them. Getting to see the beating heart —the code describing the game mechanics you’ve used for hours— for the first time, can be a magical experience; so things with open APIs or unity games where the code is relatively accessible, are quite good.
El-Sayed completely steamrolled him. That was a total uno-reverse. I don’t know how it could have backfired more. The walk of shame was the cherry on top.
Hell yeah I mean oh no
Sorry, best we can do is reinvent a bus for the 50th time and make it get stuck at a red light.
I’m not too sure it’ll make much of a difference, to be honest. I mean, looking around…
Oh my god. Where? Tell me where the transgender witches are please. You know, so I can avoid them, or whatever.
Heard it was just compressed air?
it’s about plastic pollution not carbon
But like, still, yeah… “pLaStIc StRaWs”
I think it’s shitposting because they clearly drew Snoop instead /s (but true)
Well, it’s something more I’d expect from Bernie.
It’s unfortunate that nothing would change.
“She lasted almost half a Scaramucci”
Baduntss
I think this capitalism thing is working great; don’t you? /s
I’m proudly banned from that. I can’t stand authoritarians.
I don’t think I’ve ever used fetch apps as informational on systems I own. It’s mostly to show other people.
Thanks for the reminder; obviously this is a compliance issue and I need to make sure this adheres to guideline and satisfies spec…
I’ll add a :3 somewhere.
Yet another todo item on the gay agenda (sigh)
Me: I love science
Me, trying to design an experimental with adequate controls: frustratedly curse-mumbling in a dark room filled with crumpled-up statistics papers