Ah, this is really good. I'm thinking about teaching Python with a focus on game programming for my friend's son and my own son (in perhaps 6-8 years).
I think it could be pretty fun to dump a Raspberry Pi 8GB (with all software installed) and a keyboard in front of him and start programming small games. I'm sure there is a way to use game programming to teach from scratch. I just need to find an introduction book and adapt it with game programming examples.
But one issue is that kids today are getting used to things like Roblox so I'm not sure whether they would enjoy programming simpler games. I think a "graduating" project could be an Ultima-I spinoff, or some 2.5d engine such as Wolf3D's, but simpler.
I think it could be pretty fun to dump a Raspberry Pi 8GB (with all software installed) and a keyboard in front of him and start programming small games. I'm sure there is a way to use game programming to teach from scratch. I just need to find an introduction book and adapt it with game programming examples.
But one issue is that kids today are getting used to things like Roblox so I'm not sure whether they would enjoy programming simpler games. I think a "graduating" project could be an Ultima-I spinoff, or some 2.5d engine such as Wolf3D's, but simpler.