And those explanations aren’t just “use this function to build blocks for your character” and “here’s when you can draw your character.” The game walks you through the different tools step-by-step, ...

Anyone who seriously wants to become a video game designer studies Nintendo games. Over multiple decades, Nintendo's titles have massively influenced numerous genres thanks to teams so creative and ...

Level editors and leveling editing modes in games have never been more popular among gamers interested in sharing their creations with friends and practicing their game development skills. From ...

Like a lot of gamers, I would love to be able to make a game of my own someday. And it’s not as simple as “learn to code” — for one thing, I actually did learn coding in junior high and high school, ...

The game itself is easy enough to describe; it’s a suite of tools to allow players to create their own rudimentary video games using only their Nintendo Switch and their imagination. There’s been a ...

Game Builder Garage is surprisingly complicated for a Nintendo game. It can be overwhelming, and difficult, and surely can easily teeter into frustration from time to time. But… that’s game design, ...

Game Builder Garage is a powerful game-making tool. Its visual programming language makes understanding its complex systems relatively easy for both adults and children — those with no programming ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Nintendo has emphasized how you can become a game developer with the help of the Game Builder Garage software on the Nintendo Switch. Nintendo shared ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Game Builder Garage isn't Nintendo's first foray into game creation software, but its previous efforts have all been narrowly focused. Super Mario ...

It’s been less than two weeks since Nintendo released its game creation tool, Game Builder Garage, which teaches people how to program their very own video game using its engine, and allows them to ...

In the plot of the 1984 movie The Last Starfighter, a teenager is recruited to fight an interstellar battle after unknowingly proving himself worthy by means of a high score on an otherwise unassuming ...