Tallima: Is there a game for pc (windows or, preferably Linux) like Mario Maker? Or perhaps an easily modable platformer?

Thanks!

nightcraw1er.488: There are a ton of engines out there, most with a free version, and quite a lot with storefronts with prefabs and such like. I don't know the specific game you mention, but unity has platforms prefabs for example. Me I was looking at godot, which is free and quite nice. I find using game engines you hit a block as to what you can do. Whilst an engine may take more effort to get exactly as you want, you would be able to get it exactly as you want - of course depends what you want, if it's just making some new levels then that may be overkill.

Leroux: Maybe Fight the Dragon? It's not really a platformer though, even though it contains mild platforming elements (autojump, somewhat clunky). And it's 3D.

Has he tried Minecraft, btw?

I *think* BattleBlock Theater has a level editor, but you would have to do some more research to find out if that's true and what you can do with it. EDIT: Found a video about it.

dtgreene: There exists a fangame for the PC called Mega Man Maker; it's similar to Mario Maker, but based off Mega Man rather than Mario.

VVVVVV comes with a level editor. In fact, the developer has released a free version called the "Make and Play edition" that includes the level editor and the ability to play player levels, but lacks the ability to play the main game. There is a Linux version of this game, both the "Make & Play edition" and the full game.

While not platformers, both Unlimited Adventures (from Forgotten Realms Collection 2) and Neverwinter Nights (1 & 2) contain tools to design your own adventures.

Edit: It appears that Mega Maker changed its name to Mega Man Maker.

Tallima: Also, I own vvvvvv. I had no idea it had a level maker.

Tallima: Some context would help. My 8 year old son has asked for it for Christmas, but a switch and peripherals and game would come to our whole Christmas budget for everyone combined! So I was looking for something easy and fun.

He's currently playing with unity and gamemaker, but he's looking for more of a fun, less-work type of game maker (and he's as of yet uninterested in rpg maker). Specifically, a platformer game maker.

dtgreene: The open source game supertux might be a good fit as well; it's a Mario-style sidescroller with a level editor.

You should look for it in the repository of the Linux distro you're using. (It's in debian, so it's probably in Ubuntu and might be in others as well).

One advantage of the game being open source is that you can look at the source code, and can even make a change and compile the modified version if you so choose. For somebody learning to program, or who is just interested in how games work, this is a very valuable advantage of open source.