when games were far more open to supporting mods and had big communities around it, its where I first cut my teeth programming in earnest without even realizing it.
At some point, the programming became more fun than the playing for me
It’s actually really cool (to me) the irony that both of these games are over a decade old — ancient in the computing timeframe, I would argue — and so widely appealing to all age ranges.
Roblox released in 2006 [0]
Minecraft officially was released in 2011, with a public testing release in 2009 [1]
At some point, the programming became more fun than the playing for me