Do you know of good video games that teach programming?

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Like actual programming with a programming language not like factorio.

andersource · Accepted Answer

Don't know if it qualifies as a "video game", but I wrote checkerboard-programming[0], a series of puzzles that require you to write js to match checkerboard patterns.[0] https://www.checkerboardprogramming.com/

ThrowawayR2 · Answer

What is the age of your audience?Screeps comes to mind, if JavaScript is okay. Human Resource Machine is lower level but useful for teaching basic concepts.Good though they are, I would not recommend any of the Zachtronics games since they are focused on being coding puzzles, not teaching.

t-3 · Answer

https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/ Unreal Engine is free-ish and it's more fun than most educational games that I've seen.

stellartux · Answer

TwilioQuest is quite good. It teaches JavaScript and Python, including setting up the runtimes and some basic git stuff.https://www.twilio.com/quest

perilunar · Answer

Swift Playgrounds is pretty cool.https://www.apple.com/swift/playgrounds/

dtagames · Answer

Microsoft MakeCode Arcade is great for learning to code with games.https://arcade.makecode.com

gabrielsroka · Answer

This one uses JavaScript http://play.elevatorsaga.com

high_byte · Answer

LightBot is cute There's a cool one called "GATE" where you program a bot using only logical gates, hope you can find that one

Do you know of good video games that teach programming?

Like actual programming with a programming language not like factorio.

Don't know if it qualifies as a "video game", but I wrote checkerboard-programming[0], a series of puzzles that require you to write js to match checkerboard patterns.
[0] https://www.checkerboardprogramming.com/

What is the age of your audience?
Screeps comes to mind, if JavaScript is okay. Human Resource Machine is lower level but useful for teaching basic concepts.
Good though they are, I would not recommend any of the Zachtronics games since they are focused on being coding puzzles, not teaching.

https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/ Unreal Engine is free-ish and it's more fun than most educational games that I've seen.

TwilioQuest is quite good. It teaches JavaScript and Python, including setting up the runtimes and some basic git stuff.
https://www.twilio.com/quest

Swift Playgrounds is pretty cool.
https://www.apple.com/swift/playgrounds/

Microsoft MakeCode Arcade is great for learning to code with games.
https://arcade.makecode.com

This one uses JavaScript http://play.elevatorsaga.com

LightBot is cute There's a cool one called "GATE" where you program a bot using only logical gates, hope you can find that one