This may reveal my age/lack thereof, but Europa Universalis 3 is what originally sparked my interest in history and also programming. It's a game that allows yo

This may reveal my age/lack thereof, but Europa Universalis 3 is what originally sparked my interest in history and also programming. It's a game that allows you to explore 'what if' scenarios in a fairly historically accurate context. It's by no means a simulator, but it does a great job of making the era feel right. It got me into coding due to my curiosity with exactly those 'what if's. The vast majority of the game data is easily editable, and the dev console is great. Some of my first coding projects were just mods for EU3, which revealed to me that there's really nothing special that goes into making software if 13-year old me could do it. Highly recommended.