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throwatdem12311today at 9:08 AM4 repliesview on HN

My 6 year old likes to make basic obstacle course games and I help him with the coding.

There is ZERO chance I’m doing ID verification or paying a subscription. The entire reason we liked this platform was there was barely any friction.

I will be checking out S&box by the creator of Garry’s mod as an alternative: https://sbox.game/


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afandiantoday at 9:16 AM

Similar story here with Minecraft.

Luanti + Mineclonia is absolutely excellent open source software.

I get a great sense of peace knowing that my incentives are aligned with the people who made it.

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j16sdiztoday at 9:16 AM

TFA:

> Publish for personal use - Anyone on Roblox can continue to publish games for personal use.

I know it is not great... but .. is that sufficient for your kid?

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LeeroyWasHeretoday at 10:01 AM

Hytale also a good option, very modding friendly.

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ZiiStoday at 9:58 AM

But do you let them play games where you have way to verify who published them? Can you at least see why some parents may not want to do this?

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