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LightBot - Flash game teaches procedural programming in face of memory constraints
- pc 18y agoIt gets more interesting after you pass a few easy levels.
- bockris 18y agoI've got my son (he just turned 7) hooked on this. The big problem that I have is that you can't skip levels and the levels get too hard too quickly for his brain. I know it's just Logo with a different interface but he really enjoys the fact that it's a robot (a more interesting protagonist than a turtle) and the isometric view. I've been kicking around rewriting this as a game with a more gradual progression of difficulty, a level editor, more goals and a larger instruction set. While researching similar programs, I was reminded of 'Guido van Robot'. It's view is top down rather than isometric and it's character is a triangle 'turtle'. It has a much larger instruction set and you type your program rather than using icons. I guess what I'm looking for is something in the middle. It's definitely fun though.
- avibryant 18y agoI've been trying it with my 12 year old niece with similar results. It's one of the most compelling "learn to program" games I've seen - I'd love to see a rewrite as you describe, and would pitch in if you've got some code started.
- xiaoma 18y agoHa, I got way into this game. It's all about the recursion! At least for me. Here are the videos of my solutions (132 commands, total): http://toshuo.com/2008/light-bot/ http://toshuo.com/2008/light-bot/
- avibryant 18y agoNice. I somehow had it in my head that the programs had to terminate, but apparently not.