This paper traces a history of platforms targeting no-code and low-code audiences. It connects historical moments addressing accessibility challenges related to computer programming up through the more recent adoption of generative AI in game engines. Across these moments, this paper identifies communities that claimed authoring platforms, establishing their identity by rejecting other, potentially more efficient or expressive options. We argue these community dynamics have shaped the evolution of current game development platforms. By contextualizing current efforts in pedagogy as part of larger shifts in computer programming and game engine practice, we present a better understanding of the origins of platforms targeting no and low code audiences as rooted in earlier pivots in computer programming and community engagement. These “twisty” and often queer adaptations aimed at smaller communities have led to major changes in how game development has evolved for larger audiences. We close on considerations of the uncertain futures and pedagogical implications of AI-generated code and visual scripting, as game engines increasingly serve as the primary interface between creators and their work.

Although many control problems have been solved using linear techniques, the world is inherently non-linear and many systems cannot be adequately treated with traditional linear systems techniques. Controllers based on fuzzy logic have been shown to perform well with non-linear systems. They are essentially non-linear controllers whose underlying theory was inspired by the way in which humans make decisions. The fuzzy logic controller (FLC) makes use of expert knowledge and accepts a level of imprecision in the parameters-the fuzzy nature of the variables. When the system is highly non-linear and expert knowledge exists, a controller can be generated using fuzzy logic. The plant used for this analysis is the ECP rectilinear plant with the inverted pendulum feature. This plant offers a benchmark dynamic system used world-wide for the testing of traditional and new control techniques. The system is non-linear and requires fast action, excellent qualities for a benchmark system.