depending on how difficult type of game they want, (ie randomness, choices, etc) you could use macromedia director. I've made games in it in the past, that, programmed correctly can be very fun ...

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The feline guide to programming. Design-it-yourself sandbox game Crazy Dreamz: MagiCats Edition is one French indie development team’s vision for making coding accessible to all. In it, players ...

In May 2013, Tom Francis opened preorders for his 2D stealth hacking game Gunpoint. By the time Gunpoint actually went on sale, a week later, Francis had already made enough money to quit his job ...

As mobile game development becomes ever more popular, so the range of development tools also grows. There a particular focus on reducing barriers of entry as low as possible. Alongside drag-and-drop ...

These titles on Steam teach players about coding in interesting ways.