It is a niche, which requires a very substantial amount of development time. 95% of players would most likely just copy a script from the wiki to minmax. There

It is a niche, which requires a very substantial amount of development time. 95% of players would most likely just copy a script from the wiki to minmax. There are some games where the core gameplay is programming, but those are their own niche. >Wouldn't this be a great way to encourage young people to learn programming? I don't see how it would. To be quite honest most this is how we teach kids software ideas are completely out of touch. Nobody wants to play a game about shooting aliens and flying around a galaxy, but then suddenly has to figure out how to learn some stupid scripting language to minmax. The reality is that most children (and adults) do not care about software and never will. You shouldn't be appealing to everyone, you should be appealing to those who show interest and engagement. Give them something to experiment and break, that is how you learn.