As we all know, Roblox is garbage tier gameplay structured around psychological cues to get children to fill an endless pit with fake money bought with real money.

So I banned my kid from it. He used it a little bit socially with a few friends of his. What online or local multiplayer games should I help him to replace it with? (He’s 10, so please don’t recommend Diablo 4 or anything else that has quite that much gore)

He and his friends have an Xbox Series X|S at home.

Edit: keep your judgemental shit out of here. His whole social group (5 kids he knows from school) got banned on the same day. Me and the other parents are trying to be nice and replace it with better quality games so it isn’t just a punishment.

Edit2: Thanks guys. I got him Lee Carvallo’s Putting Challenge

  • AlexWIWA@lemmy.mlEnglish
    59·
    1 year ago

    Self hosted Minecraft server for socializing. Mod the shit out of it

    Factorio if you want your kid to have a severe addiction.

    Red Alert 2 because I want the world to play it.

    Ace Combat because it’s hype and plays well with a controller.

    Bloons tower defense

    • alekwithak@lemmy.world
      8·
      1 year ago

      I’m putting up a minecraft server for my kid and her friends, but I don’t really play myself other than than. Few creative builds so I’m curious if you could please expand for me what exactly you mean when you say to mod the shit out of it. Is it enough to create rules or am I going to have to actively moderate their play?

      • AlexWIWA@lemmy.mlEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        Mod as in install mods that modify the game. My favorite is the map and waypoint mod that adds basically Google maps to Minecraft.

        Or the Create mod.

        I’d also install the automatic world backup mod so if someone ever griefs the server you can just roll it back

      • YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub
        11·
        1 year ago

        I’m a professional programmer and factorio scratches the same itch as designing systems.

        It teaches you about constraints, modular design, pub sub architectures, input output flow, etc.

      • AlexWIWA@lemmy.mlEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        Not really. It will feel like programming if you already know how to program, but I don’t think it will teach you programming anymore than any other problem solving activity.