A game that lets players experience software development can be a great way to teach programming concepts and coding like loops and conditional statement. Games that can do this include Zachtronics Shenzhen I/O which puts players in the shoes of dissatisfied engineers working for an uninteresting chip company and must build computer chips by hand. They are given increasingly challenging circuits to design. They begin with making lights blink according to a certain pattern.
The game’s interface is very similar to web browser’s developer tools and also teaches scripting. Screeps is a great example that incorporates JavaScript code with massively multiplayer online gaming in order to create self-sustaining colonies. Both games excel in teaching fundamental concepts and gradually introducing other players.
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