Codecombat.comhttps://code.org/learnHello, may I ask what does /agdg/ think of video games which teach you how to "program''? yes they only teach you how to script, but isn't that also useful? I remember a lot of vidya back in the day which taught ba

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Nodev 12/09/15 (Wed) 12:53:57 b6144a No.24308

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Hello, may I ask what does /agdg/ think of video games which teach you how to "program''? yes they only teach you how to script, but isn't that also useful? I remember a lot of vidya back in the day which taught babies how to script such as Colobot/CBot, or now known as code.org

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Nodev 12/10/15 (Thu) 01:45:22 460ad4 No.24322

If they help create that first bridge of understanding basic coding for devs, I see no problem with the method of learning.

I am skeptical of how much they're actually getting from edutainment programming games, though. I've never experienced them firsthand, but the concept sounds a bit far-fetched to me.

Nodev 02/05/16 (Fri) 19:42:32 37766f No.25170

Reviving this discussion

Nodev 02/05/16 (Fri) 20:39:11 bfa236 No.25171

>>25170

it's shit, read some tutorials and you're done

Nodev 02/07/16 (Sun) 06:33:13 71154a No.25189

if the purpose of a game is you teach something, it has already failed. the design priority always needs to be fun, or people aren't going to play it in the first place.

games like infinifactory or human resource machine do a better job at the educational part, and not surprisingly, aren't marketed as educational.