A programming co-op game?

Question

I know of a couple of &ldquo;code writing games&rdquo; on Steam, mainly the ones produced by Zachtronics. But they are all single player games, maybe competitive in some sense.How would a co-op &ldquo;programming game&rdquo; work? Does any such game exist?

Leftium · Accepted Answer

Minecraft is a multiplayer-game, and the [ComputerCraft] mod adds programming (Although it's not clear if the mod works in multiplayer, you could imagine how it would work.)
I want to do something similar in VR; that ComputerCraft video trailer captures the essence of my vision very well.
[ComputerCraft]: https://www.computercraft.info/download/

schemescape · Answer

Actually, maybe I need to think bigger. When you said “coop”, I was thinking a small number of people playing in real-time, but what about a large number of people playing asynchronously?
Maybe you’re just creating programs/automation and anyone can come along and make them run faster or use less memory.
“Community coop”

schemescape · Answer

I don&rsquo;t know of any. Factorio and Satisfactory don&rsquo;t involve programming (as far as I know&mdash;-I&rsquo;ve only played Satisfactory), but involve planning and automation, and are fun for coop.The only idea I have is a game where one person programs and the other uses the programs somehow. Maybe a real-time strategy game where one person builds bases and the other automates them. That probably wouldn&rsquo;t end up being fun.Curious to see other responses!