The visual scripting feature has been scrapped in favor of using the time that would have gone into supporting that to focus on GDScript. I have some strong and lengthy opinions about visual scripting, but to summarize: I think people (even kids) who rely on visual scripting because "code is scary" often end up accidentally turning it into a crutch, creating a steep wall in their learning where they get *really* good at figuring out hacks to make their visual tools work that are completely non-transferrable (speaking from personal experience).
I've taught kids as young as 12 how to develop games in a custom C++ engine and as young as 7 how to use C# in Unity which is *way* harder than GDScript. If your kid hasn't *tried* traditional coding yet, I'd honestly be surprised if it was too rough of a transition that they'd prefer GBG.
Bryce Dixon /
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2024-04-05 00:59:26
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