Game Builder Garage lets players get a small taste of what it might be like to be a developer at Nintendo. Game Builder Garage allows the Nintendo Switch to be used to design games that fit in numerous different genres, and the hours of tutorials included do an excellent job of teaching potential game developers every step of the way. At its core, Game Builder Garage is a wonderful tool for teaching kids and beginners about simple programming skills, but more experienced designers may find it lacking.

Creating a video game is by no means an easy process even for experienced veterans. Game Builder Garage comes in and attempts to make the process as simple as it possibly can. Creating games is done by dragging in different objects that can then have "Nodons" attached to them. These Nodons are basically how the assigns logic to objects in their game. One Nodon can make a character move left or right, another can make it jump, while others can assign a vast array of functions and abilities. Nodons are a simple and engaging way of representing complex programming logic.

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The first several hours with Game Builder Garage are spent with its tutorials. During the course of the tutorials there are seven different games that s will learn how to design, and they are walked through every step of the process. Game Builder Garage does a great job of building off of previous things that it has taught in order to show how to construct more complicated designs as time goes on. While the first couple of tutorials may spend time explaining how to make a character move around, later on it starts teaching how to create complex camera angles and construct three dimensional rooms.

Game Builder Garage also manages to gamify this tutorial and make it personable in ways that aren't common for game making tools. At certain points during the tutorials there are puzzles that must be solved by using some of the skills that were taught. One of the earlier puzzles asks the player to grab an apple from high up platform, but the character is missing its programming. To solve it, moving and jumping programming (the animation of which is similar to Mario's jumping animation) has to be added in to jump up  and grab the apple. One of the best aspects of Game Builder Garage is that all information and instruction is presented by cute anthropomorphic programming nodes that make the tutorials feel more engaging and approachable.

There are a few parts of Game Builder Garage that require some polish, however. The largest issue is that there is no way to search for games created by other players. Half the fun of the similar Dreams is exploring the player created projects that others have spent time deg. With Game Builder Garage, the only option to play someone else's game is to share it with them locally or have the specific code for their creation. What may turn a lot of people away from Game Builder Garage is that it is very limited in both complexity and customization options. This means that those who have already spent some time with the aforementioned Dreams or have dabbled in programming before will quickly outpace what Game Builder Garage can offer.

Game Builder Garage is an excellent choice for any gamers who are fascinated by the video game deg process but have little experience with how it all works. Its simplicity and cutesy approachability make it the best entry point for those with no experience, and a great learning tool for kids in particular. Without the ability to share creations or more complex design features, Game Builder Garage probably won't hold anyone's attention for long, but it fills a niche well and accomplishes all the major goals it sets out to with its presentation.

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Game Builder Garage is available now on Nintendo Switch. Screen Rant was provided with a Switch code for the purpose of this review.