Nintendo announces Game Builder Garage for aspiring programmers
A very Nintendo-y take on Dr♌eams, coming to Switch in June
Nintendo has announced Game Builder G꧑arage, a new programming ga🍌me launching on Switch June 11 for $30.
If you are into d🎶esigning games, you've probably heard of Dreams on PS4, but Game Builder Garage looks like a more beginne😼r-friendly take on the programming genre, of course complete with all sorts of distinctly Nintendo eccentricities.
"For anyone who has always wanted🤪 to make their own video games, Game Builder Garage is the perfect place to start," says Nintendo exec Nick Chavez. "Through the use of guided lessons and memorable Nodon characters, Game Builder Garage helps make creating video games j🍌ust as much fun as playing them!"
Game Builder Garage includes two distinct modes. Lesson Mode is a gui🐻ded tutorial that walks y𒈔ou through the process of designing 7 pre-defined games, including tag, a racing game, and a maze game with motion controls.




Then there's Free Programming mode, which lets you run hog wild with the to♔ols and skills if you've learned. It isn't clear just how extensive Game Builder Garage's toolbox is, but the above trailer shows some pretty basic stuff like assigning actions to the directional pad and customizing obstacles.
Like Super Mario🍃 Maker, you can share your creations with friends locally or over the internet, and you can check𓆉 out other folks' games in the same space. You can also go into Free Programming mode on other people's games if you want to see how they pulled something off.
Finally, to simulate the feeling of building a game o♑n a PC, you can plug a mouse into your Switch dock's USB port and navigate the software that way. Don't get too excited though, as there's no mentio♕n of keyboard support in the press release.
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