I assumed he was just curious about how they tick (like i once was which
also put me on my career path).  i will have to ask what his motivation is.

As per a previous post about a parent who believed their child had what it
takes to be a world class concert musician but just needed motivation ...
was then told that their child had what it takes you would not be able to
stop them.

I suspect that future world famous games programmers would be showing their
parents how to write games at a young age.

But point taken, just want to support his interest.


On 18 June 2013 21:18, <jim@jpes.com> wrote:

>
>  My son too wanted to be a game writer, although he is older than 12.
> He enrolled in school in a course of
>  study that generalized in computer science, and specialized in game
> writing.
>
>  He went for a few months and decided game writing wasn't as glamorous
> as he first thought.  He is now doing
>  something else with computers.  Game writing is the furthest thing from
> his mind.  (His words, not mine).
>
>  So, with that said, I wouldn't put too much energy and effort into this
> until, (and unless), you see he retains
>  interest.
>
>  I'm not trying to tell you what to do.  After all he is your son.  But
> I just wanted to convey my experience to
>  you.  You can weigh it however you like.
>
>
>  Regards,
>
>  Jim
>
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: [OT]: My Son wants to learn how to write games
> > From: Justin Richards <justin.richards@gmail.com>
> > Date: Tue, June 18, 2013 4:29 am
> > To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
> >
> >
> > It is a tall order but my son (12) has asked me several times to teach
> him
> > how to write games.  This seems like it would be so much easier on a
> > commodore 64 (I enjoyed moving sprites around the screen with a joystic=
k)
> > but as that is long gone I thought i would ask the list what would be a
> > good way to start.
> >
> > I am (was) familiar with C, assembler and perl.  I enjoy PIC assembly
> but I
> > dont think that would be appropriate for a intro into programming games=
..
> >
> > Years ago I attempted Windows programming in C and assembler was just t=
oo
> > much for me.  A case of not able to see the tree for the forest.
> >
> > Perhaps starting with perl and moving alpha-numerics around the screen =
to
> > start with.
> >
> > Any thoughts.
> >
> > Justin
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