Nintendo just announced a new node based game maker for Nint

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Nintendo just announced a new node based game maker for Nintendo Switch Looks great <https www nintendo com games detail game builder garage switch >

Scott Anderson · Answer

It looks a lot more powerful than previous game making games that Nintendo has released like Warioware DIY or Mario Maker

Scott Anderson · Answer

I imagine this ticks a lot of folks here s boxes node based end user touch screen UI on a game console user sharing etc

Scott Anderson · Answer

I actually think that at some point in the future most games will be made in environments like this

Scott Anderson · Answer

One cool thing I just realized about that is that the game map editor is also part of the node editor the entire UX in unified

Scott Anderson · Answer

Fabrik comes to mind as an environment that mixed nodes and a GUI builder <https dl acm org doi 10 1145 62084 62100|https dl acm org doi 10 1145 62084 62100> Are there any other similar visual scripting environments

Max Krieger · Answer

very homoiconic the code amp data being the same representation

Chris Knott · Answer

gt Are there any other similar visual scripting environments gt Hollow Knight was made in Unity s Playmaker addon <https assetstore unity com packages tools visual scripting playmaker 368 ga=2 97680735 1717234101 1620317844 887056423 1620317844|https assetstore unity com packages tools visual scripting playmaker 368 ga=2 97680735 1717234101 1620317844 887056423 1620317844>

Chris Knott · Answer

I don t think this looks particularly innovative but presumably it will be pushed on the Switch store to 80m users One of the biggest ever experiments in seeing how normal people take to nodes and wires coding

Josh Marinacci · Answer

This looks like the tool that came with some of the cardboard kits Nintendo did I remember the VR kit had a primitive scene + behavior designer