Game Builder Garage (Switch)
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Learn to make games from the minds at Nintendo, with Game BuilderGarage!
Have you ever dreamed of creating your own video game? That dream can become areality with Game Builder Garage, launching exclusively for Nintendo Switch on11th June. With this new software launching in Nintendo eShop and in storesacross Australia and New Zealand, kids and parents – and everyone inbetween! – can have fun learning to create and share their ownvideo games.
By connecting colourful creatures called Nodon, anyone can enjoy learning howto create their own game through fun, guided lessons that cover the basics ofvisual game programming, and no prior experience is necessary! To get an idea ofwhat Nodon look like and how they work in the game, as well as getting a tasteof the types of games you can create, check out the Game Builder Garage –Announcement Trailer!
Nodon are creatures with big personalities that are used to help build yourgames from the ground up. There are dozens of Nodon in Game Builder Garage, eachwith a unique function, and you can learn how to build games just by connectingthem in various ways. For example, you can create and move a human-likecharacter with an analogue stick just by connecting Stick Nodon with PersonNodon! Thus you will get to learn the basics of game programming in a fun andintuitive way. You’ll be able to create a wide variety of different types ofvideo games too – from side-scrolling platformers, to kart racers, to spaceblasters!
Features:
- When you first boot up Game Builder Garage, you can start with Lesson Mode.Here, you will meet the colourful and quirky Nodon, the creatures that you willuse to learn the basic concept of visual programming in step-by-step,interactive lessons you can take at your own pace. These lessons are designed tobe fun, engaging and perfect for people of all experience levels, withcheckpoints in between for players to test their knowledge by solving smallpuzzles or tasks.
- In Free Programming mode, you can bring your own game ideas to life byputting all the skills learned in the lessons to the test. With the simple pressof a button, you can swap between the programming and game screen to quickly tryout your creation and see how it plays.
- If you’re looking for a little inspiration, you can exchange and downloadgames with friends and family over the internet or via a local wirelessconnection.* This is a great way to not only show off some of your owncreations, but also to check out games created by other players. You can even gointo Free Programming mode to pull the curtain back on the programming of gamesuploaded by other players to study them and learn some tricks of your own!
- While Game Builder Garage can be controlled with a Joy-Con controller,Nintendo Switch Pro Controller or the controls of Nintendo Switch Lite**, youcan also build games using a compatible mouse that is plugged into the USB porton the Nintendo Switch dock. This control option might be easier for people wholove the feel of a mouse when navigating the software.
- In Game Builder Garage for Nintendo Switch, kids and parents, and everyonein between, can have fun learning to create and share their own video games. Byconnecting colourful creatures called Nodon, anyone can enjoy learning how tocreate their own game through fun, guided lessons that cover the basics ofvisual game programming, and no prior experience is necessary.
**If playing on Nintendo Switch Lite, additional accessories (soldseparately) are required and gameplay controls may differ. Visit the NintendoSupport website for more information.
Learn to make games from the minds at Nintendo, with Game BuilderGarage!
Have you ever dreamed of creating your own video game? That dream can become areality with Game Builder Garage, launching exclusively for Nintendo Switch on11th June. With this new software launching in Nintendo eShop and in storesacross Australia and New Zealand, kids and parents – and everyone inbetween! – can have fun learning to create and share their ownvideo games.
By connecting colourful creatures called Nodon, anyone can enjoy learning howto create their own game through fun, guided lessons that cover the basics ofvisual game programming, and no prior experience is necessary! To get an idea ofwhat Nodon look like and how they work in the game, as well as getting a tasteof the types of games you can create, check out the Game Builder Garage –Announcement Trailer!
Nodon are creatures with big personalities that are used to help build yourgames from the ground up. There are dozens of Nodon in Game Builder Garage, eachwith a unique function, and you can learn how to build games just by connectingthem in various ways. For example, you can create and move a human-likecharacter with an analogue stick just by connecting Stick Nodon with PersonNodon! Thus you will get to learn the basics of game programming in a fun andintuitive way. You’ll be able to create a wide variety of different types ofvideo games too – from side-scrolling platformers, to kart racers, to spaceblasters!
Features:
- When you first boot up Game Builder Garage, you can start with Lesson Mode.Here, you will meet the colourful and quirky Nodon, the creatures that you willuse to learn the basic concept of visual programming in step-by-step,interactive lessons you can take at your own pace. These lessons are designed tobe fun, engaging and perfect for people of all experience levels, withcheckpoints in between for players to test their knowledge by solving smallpuzzles or tasks.
- In Free Programming mode, you can bring your own game ideas to life byputting all the skills learned in the lessons to the test. With the simple pressof a button, you can swap between the programming and game screen to quickly tryout your creation and see how it plays.
- If you’re looking for a little inspiration, you can exchange and downloadgames with friends and family over the internet or via a local wirelessconnection.* This is a great way to not only show off some of your owncreations, but also to check out games created by other players. You can even gointo Free Programming mode to pull the curtain back on the programming of gamesuploaded by other players to study them and learn some tricks of your own!
- While Game Builder Garage can be controlled with a Joy-Con controller,Nintendo Switch Pro Controller or the controls of Nintendo Switch Lite**, youcan also build games using a compatible mouse that is plugged into the USB porton the Nintendo Switch dock. This control option might be easier for people wholove the feel of a mouse when navigating the software.
- In Game Builder Garage for Nintendo Switch, kids and parents, and everyonein between, can have fun learning to create and share their own video games. Byconnecting colourful creatures called Nodon, anyone can enjoy learning how tocreate their own game through fun, guided lessons that cover the basics ofvisual game programming, and no prior experience is necessary.
**If playing on Nintendo Switch Lite, additional accessories (soldseparately) are required and gameplay controls may differ. Visit the NintendoSupport website for more information.
Delivery Rates
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Delivery Times
Orders ship from our fulfillment partner Mighty Ape. Their warehouse is based in New Zealand with daily flights across the Tasman with Australia Post.
As a result of courier delays in Australia due to Covid-19, the current standard delivery times for In Stock products using Australia Post are as follows:
- QLD 3-5 business days
- NSW 3-6 business days
- ACT 4-6 business days
- VIC 5-9 business days
- SA 6-9 business days
- TAS, WA 7-9 business days
- NT 7-10 business days