simplerman

Hi,

I want to start a small community pilot project to help young kids, 8 and above, get interested in programming. We will use video games and robotics projects. We want to keep our tech stack as simple as possible. Here are some of the choices:

Godot + Aurdino: We can use C in Godot and Aurdino. Aurdino might be more interesting for kids as opposed neatly packaged Lego Kits.

Apple SpriteKit + Lego Mindstorm: We can use Swift with Legos. But cost will be higher.

Some of the projects we are thinking are:

Game-ish:

1. Sound visualizer like how Winamp and old school visualization were. Use speakers. And various other ideas around these concepts.

2. AR project that shows the world around you in cartoonish style. Swap faces etc.

3. Of cousre, platform games.

Robotics projects:

I see a lot of tutorials for Arduino such as robots that follow sound or light, or stuff like lights display. We will use mostly those.

Some harder project ideas I have are for drones, boats, and other navigational vehicles. This is why I want to use Arduino. But is C going to be too hard for young kids to play with?

What do you recommend? If this works, I would like to expand it and start a company around it.