Nintendo has dropped a surprise announcement today with the reveal of Game Builder Garage, a do-it-yourself programming suite for the Switch that seeks to introduce coding and game development through a simplified process and hands-on learning.
Through interacting with charming characters called the Nodons, players will learn to build games in a wide variety of genres through simple coding statements in a drag-and-drop interface, in what looks to be a mix of Dreams and Roblox built on the very basic framework started by Labo Toy-Con Garage.
Check out the trailer below to see Game Builder Garage in action, and look out for it when it releases on June 11, 2021.
Kieron's been gaming ever since he could first speak the words "Blast Processing" and hasn't lost his love for platformers and JRPGs since. A connoisseur of avant-garde indie experiences and underground cult classics, Kieron is a devout worshipper at the churches of Double Fine and Annapurna Interactive, to drop just a couple of names.
