Seeking Tutor for 8yr Old - Video Games

GBDublin14

I am seeking a tutor to teach my 8 yr old how to develop simple video games. Based in Rathfarnham. Good hourly rate. Email graham@byrne.net if interested.

RedXIV

Hi Graham,

You could bring him to the coder dojo every saturday morning for free if you like which would help him to start learning?

Failing that, I would suggest posting this in the DIT/Trinity forum as the games students there would probably appreciate the extra income

ED E

Hi Graham,


Can you give more details about exactly what you want him to learn?


I'm a student based in churchtown and interested.

ED E.

GBDublin14

Just a basic grounding in whatever tools you feel are best for a complete beginner to learn gaming. Sorry to be vague but I'm not familiar with what tools are popular or suitable. I have the tools Coder Dojo suggested.

bpb101

use scratch , very good for kids , you use building block to make things work,you can do very good 2d games

Andy!!

What do you think interests him most about game development? The maths side, art, or game design? If he wants to make a career out of it I would suggest steering him towards the maths side, and really making sure he works on his maths all the way through school. Not enough job stability in the art sector. If he has a PS3 you should pick up the littlebigplanet games for him, great way to get him prototyping gameplay because they have very cool editors built in, particularly littlebigplanet2.

If he does want to go the art side, or dabble in it, which isn't a bad thing, there is an open source (free) 3D program called Blender. It is an amazing piece of software, and it even has its own game engine too. You can download it from Blender.org, and if you're interested I could get a list of some good free tutorial sites for it.

GBDublin14

Andy,

Thats great feedback. Thank you.

G