Small Basic is about equivalent to Scratch in terms of what you can do, but you have to actually write the code. It reinforces various coding principles in a more explicit way than Scratch.

The website has a printable curriculum that looks reasonable.

I think it’s an excellent stepping stone.

http://smallbasic.com/

Not too different from Robin Williams

Demo doesn’t start from the beginning, so I don’t see how it could transfer

Sea of Stars was released three days ago, and it is just incredibly gorgeous and adorable.

It’s a 2D RPG in the style Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger.

https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/sea-of-stars

Definite 👍 from me.

Relevant Asimov (PDF)