[jasonkester]

Really positive thus far. We'd done a bit of javascript before in the browser so he had some fundamentals already but it was always a bit distracting to have to deal with the additional HTML and CSS bits, as well as having to introduce the file system and an external editor.

But yeah, the 8 year old had a game up and running the first day, and the 5 year old picked up enough just watching to suggest code changes.

I set up an old laptop to boot straight into fullscreen pico8 so they can just open the machine and get moving. Just like my overly romanticized memories of myself at the same age.