Microsoft MakeCode -- Best First Game Engine?

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Today we are looking at Microsoft MakeCode Arcade, a beginner focused game engine usual a visual blocks based approach, with JavaScript language options nicely integrated. It comes out of the box with everything you need to start making simple games.
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@gamefromscratch 4 жыл бұрын

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@jacobbradshaw995 4 жыл бұрын

I was planning to introduce my 7 year old cousin to C++ but maybe this is better...

@gamefromscratch 4 жыл бұрын

Are you trying to create a monster? ;)

@ccgb92 4 жыл бұрын

LOL

@eminioxpl6651 4 жыл бұрын

C++? Just teach him an assembly

@FathinLuqmanTantowi 4 жыл бұрын

cpp is fine, just accompany it with js or python so they are not bound on language or syntax and use whatever necessary to solve something

@Colopty 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, C++ might be a bit though to start out with if he's planning to dive right into something graphical, doubt a 7 year old has the patience to work without higher level abstractions already prepared (unless you're using an engine I guess, then any language is pretty much good). Also Rust might be a better entry into C++ level programming.

@phillippi2 4 жыл бұрын

I've actually found this quite convenient for prototyping games I'm working on.

@ccgb92 4 жыл бұрын

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@gamefromscratch 4 жыл бұрын

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@ccgb92 4 жыл бұрын

@@gamefromscratch Yeah, that's definitely not what I envisioned you looking like! I thought you were like a 20 year old college student / graduate. But it's awesome to see your face nonetheless!

@bazyt1 4 жыл бұрын

Local primary school where I taught is using this. Watched a class making Flappy Bird clones, they really enjoyed it 😁

@megakilllll 4 жыл бұрын

Man how i live without your channel, u are real MVP!

@ziccodx 4 жыл бұрын

Man, this looks like it could be a ton of fun as a project. I've used to play around in Construct and I would recommend it for sure for prototyping or game dev without code.

@JohannDowa 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, that is a surprisingly complete game builder.

@beProsto 4 жыл бұрын

So, I showed this to my younger brother and he loved it! The only bad thing is the fact that after making a simple platformer game logic, his computer started slowing down at amazing rates :D

@rhodesiaFarmer 4 жыл бұрын

your channel is all i need in my life :3

@bit-studios1 4 жыл бұрын

This is excellent!!! Will definitely start teaching my two kids coding using this.

@igorthelight 4 жыл бұрын

Just don't force them if they don't want to :-)

@oukid2633 4 жыл бұрын

that really nice that they gave a javascript option.

@vaishnav_mallya 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like scratch with extra steps but a great way to teach programming to kids nonetheless

@FuZZbaLLbee 4 жыл бұрын

Reminds me when I played around with the microbit editor. Switched to JavaScript, did the coding, switched back and there where a lot of puzzle 🧩 pieces

@zuxel6 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like Scratch

@gamefromscratch 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, very much takes the programming model from Scratch.

@neozoan 4 жыл бұрын

My nearly 9 year old loved the Galaga tutorial, and has been adding sound effects and a background.

@Welux 4 жыл бұрын

nice i still waiting for more ;)

@NerdyTeachers 4 жыл бұрын

Exciting for teachers and students! Better than Scratch because its game development and possibly a good step before learning how to actually write code in a fantasy console like PICO-8. Great overview as always, thanks for sharing!

@gamefromscratch 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, why I like this (and recommend this) over something like scratch, is simply because it does follow game development paradigms. You're creating a game loop, responding to callbacks and can hop into code any time. What you learn here WILL transfer with you to another game engine when you move beyond.

@slowbro13215 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this looks much more powerful than Scratch without being harder to use. I used Stencyl for a while & although Stencyl had all the same functionality, this looks easier to use and cleaner.

@vaishnav_mallya 4 жыл бұрын

This and lua or python should be the stepping stones to learn programming.

@mortigus2878 4 жыл бұрын

it's simple but i'm still scratching my head...

@vaishnav_mallya 4 жыл бұрын

(☞ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞

@zyansheep 4 жыл бұрын

badum tssss 10/10 comedy

@TheNewton 4 жыл бұрын

9:32 that is clever, saving the project "image" as a literal PNG image that can be used to load the project later. Need to see if it still makes a OS thumbnail as that solves a longstanding UX filemgmt problem with just about every game engine.

@cst1229 3 жыл бұрын

After saving one of the examples and viewing it in an image editor, it looks like the project is stored in metadata and the picture part is just for show.

@fablewalls 4 жыл бұрын

Looks amazing, going to explore this wit my daughter tomorrow but the bit @9:18 worries me - a shareable .png image file with all the coding data hidden inside? Just wait till the hackers hear of that and use it to stick their viruses in for the unwitting user....

@hanakiku8897 4 жыл бұрын

i was starting with scratch to learn. but i was not really happy about it that i can not export them for others. okay you can upload it to the community. but to give it friends and not the community you have to upload it and the other person need the software. i have some other software now where can do that. so...can the "microsoft makecode" export? and if i use my own tile sets and grapics i can use them to make money?

@jflittlebase414 4 жыл бұрын

Any advise for making pixel art horror game using which engine better？

@monnef 4 жыл бұрын

Looks good, but I guess it's not open-source, right? Another thing, that's not JavaScript, but TypeScript (notice the `: Sprite`).

@ekagaurangadas 4 жыл бұрын

Why the Visual Scripting looks so like Stencyl?

@nathanrey 4 жыл бұрын

Is there a c# option? If Microsoft is developing this they should add one 😉

@igorthelight 4 жыл бұрын

And they will accidentally make XNA Framework :-)

@sirgrem2988 4 жыл бұрын

It resembles Scratch, that is. But that kind of visual approach that I cannot find myself comprehend (I am 16, and tried Scratch before jumping into C++), and honestly I find Construct 2/3 visual approach is much easier to use and much more simple in my opinion as I struggled with Scratch before. I suppose it is different and subjective for each younger beginners on approaching programming.

@ioannisfilippidis 3 жыл бұрын

how can i put a game from there to play store

@peteblue8828 4 жыл бұрын

Ok si can i play games from here on my pc?

@Chadderbox 4 жыл бұрын

Is this really worth it? I mean, it looks good, but it is old, hard, and doesn't particularly run well.

@leopillay8939 4 жыл бұрын

really appreciate if u help

@Tamazakis 4 жыл бұрын

Jaw drop at javascript part :O~~

@alphaprimal1669 4 жыл бұрын

this should be on primary school's curriculum

@potatochan_ph 4 жыл бұрын

If you're looking for a game engine that uses visual scripting within your phone, try out Fancade.

@moonsdonut5188 4 жыл бұрын

Hi I want to make a 2d game I only know how to code in html css and some jquiry what biginners game engine can I use

@igorthelight 4 жыл бұрын

Godot or GDevelop Construct 3 for web-based game engine.

@herre3147 4 жыл бұрын

I use Godot myself, but this Microsoft MakeCode seems pretty good if you're just starting out.

@PeterRichardsandYoureNot 4 жыл бұрын

Purple?

@RXCodes 4 жыл бұрын

For iOS mobile users, hyperPad is the way to go! 😝

@letsamarkmakafui2490 4 жыл бұрын

Wish this could be downloaded.

@gamefromscratch 4 жыл бұрын

It can sorta via the GitHub link

@krukhlis 4 жыл бұрын

Ha-ha, now you know how they make Halo :)

@dmo84 4 жыл бұрын

At first I thought this was the program Bethesda uses for its games, but it seems too stable. (I joke about this out of love btw)

@hilfazer 4 жыл бұрын

Microsoft likes to put 'Code' into its software names.

@abhijithmoody7947 4 жыл бұрын

14:14 Anakin Skywalker : hmmm...

@reddo8978 4 жыл бұрын

Microsoft makeCode: best first game engine Scratch:am i a joke to you?

@agencygaming1542 2 жыл бұрын

😄😆😅

@LegendFormula 4 жыл бұрын

Can we make Android games here???

@nokisama944 3 жыл бұрын

@yerenzter 3 жыл бұрын

Game Devs from UE4 is planning todecide to tswitch a new game engine

@bilhawks6956 4 жыл бұрын

Its this engine better than godot please for the beginner in coding

@igorthelight 4 жыл бұрын

Hard to say. It's easier but is it "better"? :-) Try both!

@peppoloi 4 жыл бұрын

Google's mit app inventor :( BUT, i will give it a shot :)

@daveyjackson1719 3 жыл бұрын

"And immediately, our guy starts executing" but with no context is a lil dark

@sebastianwardana1527 Жыл бұрын

we would have given up everything for this... and everybody is like... so this is how i can get these kids off my back... i mean really... are you kidding me...

@watercat1248 4 жыл бұрын

Personly I believe visual code is the future of codes for 2 reasons 1. Is harder to do mastaic 2. Is way easier to use But even if i believe is the future in the codes I still have a long way to go and I don't know haw exactly I will implomate in the final stages but is not easy task to translate all the base code with visual code but I believe is pasble Lech explains if Someone succeeds to translate everything to the visual code and make that convinet as well I will way esyer to understand and that means more development and more people to the work that mens faster work as well this way meny games engines try to make same form of visual code the understand that logic but the visual code is early stages do not expect to make evrithng with visual code at the time and even if pasble is more complex at this time but I believe in the I will be the standard method to make codes This exactly what happens in web sites as well haw meny people use html instead form Sam from web services I'm for the people i use html but trast my is not to meny people the make website with that method But Don't worry every one makes with old I will be need as well To complete the mising stuff Enyway all this what I believe but don't see the future I don't know for sure

@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y 4 жыл бұрын

I have a 7 y/o relative, she might like it. I don't know if she speaks English, though.

@Colopty 4 жыл бұрын

She'll have to learn english anyway though, and no better way to learn than through using the language, so might as well help her get started and kill two birds with one stone.

@firnekburg4990 4 жыл бұрын

Now i want to have kids ;D They'd love it ! Well, where i can find a good conservative gamer wife ?

@igorthelight 4 жыл бұрын

"conservative gamer wife" - not sure that that is even possible :-)

@icutmyownhairs 3 жыл бұрын

try your family reunion

@chriswatts3697 4 жыл бұрын

looks like MIT App Inventor

@SeleDreams 4 жыл бұрын

looks like a straight up copy of scratch 2

@leopillay8939 4 жыл бұрын

Hi bro ,plz can u inform me which game engines can be used on android to create games on your tablet and it must be a free service

@TNinja0 4 жыл бұрын

Wait, .PNG files?

@cst1229 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, because metadata.

@TheNewton 4 жыл бұрын

Is something like this needed for unity or unreal?

@rahmanlinux9602 4 жыл бұрын

Ayyy MS 😅

@SaltyBob355 4 жыл бұрын

“Great for teaching your 7 yo to code” Me: here because i can’t figure out C# 😔

@kodiax9847 4 жыл бұрын

Scratch premium edition

@Mautar55 4 жыл бұрын

[ M A T H ]

@Hamza-gn2cg 4 жыл бұрын

Nice. Scratch: Remastered. jkjk

@cst1229 3 жыл бұрын

>ScratchJr Uhh... That doesn't even have ifs.

@joserodenfernandez5999 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like alice.org

@LoneWolf-tk9em 4 жыл бұрын

U said this is ideal for kids & here i m 24 yo artist who doesn't know anything about coding 😂😆

@vigneshs2886 4 жыл бұрын

wow am I really First?

@prezadent1 4 жыл бұрын

I was first but didn't feel the need to comment about it.

@gameanalysis767 4 жыл бұрын

Second

@hgfhghghgfhfghgfhghg538 4 жыл бұрын

If you want to learn the basics of programming get a Commodore 64 and program in basic. These programs give a false illusion of learning how code works.