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My daughter (5) uses WASD proficiently, so I have hope.
Absolutely. At 10yo I've tried my best to teach my kid video editing and basic computer use. A bit ago I made her network two computers using chatGPT as a guide. So freaking proud of her.
Thinking of forcing her to do something new. Does Roblox run on Linux?
Can I recommend Minecraft over Roblox?
Minecraft isn't as popular, but I was able to get my 8 year old to make TNT arrows and he thought it was a blast. (Hehehehe)
And Minecraft Java definitely works on Linux
Edit: My son claims Roblox is more popular. But that could be because I banned it at home.
Minecraft is a blast! You can buy it and then throw the awful Microsoft launcher in the trash. There areuch better bootleg launchers (i.e. don't force login). Or just get the bootleg launcher without buying the game.
I have bought the game five times on different platforms by now. I'm not buying it anymore.
My kids also had a lot of fun choosing and figuring out the plethora of mods available.
buy
I literally paid 20€ for 2000h of fun (1c per hour), I'd say that's warranted
Hearing the best selling video game ever isnt as popular as roblox is weird
Yeah, honestly, I don't know if it is, or he just talks about it like it is because I won't let him play it.
Minecraft is way more fun IMO anyway
Minecraft is less popular than Roblox nowadays???
I'm not that old and when I was in school everyone was playing Minecraft (+ later when it released many played Fortnite) and noone Roblox.
He's in elementary school so it's impossible to actually know.
with some hassle bedrock can also work iirc. might be the android version though.
That said, I forget which one is which and which was the renaming, but luanti/minetest/minecraftia/mineclone. One is a free open source engine, two are different takes on minecraft clones that are mods for the base engine. Missing features can be covered via addititonal more specific mods.
The main benefit is that its actually free with no microtransactions that can make you broke if your kids figure out how to use your credit card. It also performs way better than both minecraft versions on even older hardware. If the kids can learn free art software like krita or gimp among others, they can make their own skins instead of buying them for minecraft. Pixel art is pretty easy to copy too.
Definitely, and modded Minecraft has taken a great game and made it so much better. The "Create" mod alone has made MC so much more than what Mojang intended.
And the launchers available for Linux let you use modpacks from every source including FTB, letting you forgo a launcher full of ads.
roblax is extremely absolutely vile, manipulative, and not a safe place for anyone let alone children. it's genuinely worse than 4chan for some time now.
tell me how is brickhill supposed to compete when roblox isn't down?
What makes you say this? The parental controls are pretty good. Just don't give access to age range stuff that you feel the kid isn't ready for. And turn off the chat. The only thing that bothers me is some of the annoying sounds some of the experiences use.
I've been told some pretty fucked up shit slips through the cracks like 'holocaust simulator' or 'beating pregnant women' or assorted bizarre block people sex dungeon stuff, then the literal real money gambling paired with fomo, child labour exploitation through game development hopes and dreams combined with extremely exploitative advertisement options.
Maybe parents from exactly the correct generation can handle the parental controls but the parents I know IRL gave their kids free reign and the ones that cut it off after seeing soulless violent content had a hard time with the kids being straight up addicted. Kid's shouldn't even be on online stuff since the average parent has no idea how to use anything other than an iphone and even that they barely know shit.
Back in my day we played reader rabbit and math blaster off of five and a quarter floppies
Child labour.
These days roblox barely runs on windows. Now in order for it to update it needs local admin privileges. So no more roblox.
I commented on my own comment. Need coffee.
Roblox? sober just began working again.
I made her network two computers
How did she do it? Just plug a crossover cable into both of them?