[giantg2]

There are a lot of options out there already. From low level audrino stuff to high level commercial stuff. Most of them aren't widespread, because the kids aren't that interested in the nuts and bolts aspect.

That said, the classes for this aren't too hard to find. Some schools and college summer camps do offer this kind of class. Schools can even get grants for the equipment.

[simplerman]

That is true, I can imagine that kids getting bored too quickly especially when writing code. Game dev might be too boring for many kids. If using general purpose language, then we will have to provide most of the code.

That's why we are thinking hands on building robots might be more interesting.

[giantg2]

I did a Lego mindstorm camp and a game design camp at a college when I was a kid. The game design used a gui but I don't remember the name.