I've been teaching my 8 year old Grandson to code in PureBasic and he recently completed his first 'solo' project, a simple 'avoid and collect' game for PC!
Why not give it a try and throw him a $1 to encourage him to complete future projects!
https://andyvaisey.itch.io/spacetrash
(https://i.ibb.co/6HRphkB/space-trash-title.png)
(https://i.ibb.co/tDYHmfS/space-trash-gameplay.png)