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I followed a very similar path: never getting very far in many many different projects I started with it as a kid, but having it serve as a motivator to work with other tools like Dark Basic, GameMaker, RPG Maker, etc.

Almost as instrumental as my dad's Ti 83 Plus in my eventual career path

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GameMaker and RPG Maker just never quite stuck with me the way Zelda Classic did. But my kids are getting to that age where they want to "make games". So I'm hoping something like that would be fun for them.

I remember getting the Ti83+ in High School and trying to make a Snake game. I followed a tutorial, and I barely knew what I was doing. But man, was it fun!

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