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The problem with games to teach coding is coding is not a game. Almost 95% of the time its exactly opposite to games. Uninteresting, boring and a test for grit.
by jhgjklj 10y ago
The problem with games to teach coding is coding is not a game. Almost 95% of the time its exactly opposite to games. Uninteresting, boring and a test for grit.
- astrobe_ 10y agoI find that writing mods for games is much more interesting. It's more like "real" programming in the sense that you solve real problems with real constrains and you get a rewarding result. I feel like OP should include games with mod systems, such as Oolite (Javascript) or Battle for Wesnoth (Lua).
- hesdeadjim 10y agoI think the lesson you learn from games teaching you programming within the game is that the entire point of coding is to create something interesting. Even if a project can turn into a slog halfway through you still know that at the end you will have something that hopefully you are proud of creating.
- d33 10y agoI guess it depends on how you approach problems. If most of the time you find it boring, maybe you're not really interested in whatever you're doing (working for a wrong company maybe?)...