what engine would you recommend for a couple of teenage kids (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml to c/gamedev@programming.dev

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Hi everyone. I have two teenage boys who are obsessed with creating realistic trains in Roblox. We live in Japan so train culture is very prominent. They have spent over 500 hours designing a massive world with trains and buses, but it all belongs to Roblox doesn't it.

I think they have a lot of talent and want to give them an opportunity to develop their own game. What platform would you recommend they start out in? Thanks for any advice,

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[-] lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 1 year ago

This sounds great. Looks like it runs on Linux too so I can pull them away from the mandatory Windows environment Roblox uses. I'll start digging around for tutorials. Thanks for the suggestion

[-] thantik@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Most importantly it exports to Mobile. Mobile is a bigger market right now than any of the others. You can make iOS, Android games -- even simple games with some ads on them could pull in a small amount of income.

[-] lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago

This is a huge bonus for sure. They spend a lot of time playing games on their phones. I'm sure if they could see what they created on their phones it would encourage them to make more stuff. Thanks!

[-] ArmainAP@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Fun fact: Godot also runs on Android devices. Having a big screen tablet with bluetooth mouse and keyboard makes a pretty sweet mobile workstation.

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