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He forgot about all the robot fighting games, where you 'program' a robot (or tank) to fight other robots/tanks, such as: http://fightcodegame.com/ http://fight
by edtechdev 13y ago
He forgot about all the robot fighting games, where you 'program' a robot (or tank) to fight other robots/tanks, such as: http://fightcodegame.com/ http://fightcodegame.com/ http://robocode.sourceforge.net/ http://robocode.sourceforge.net/ http://www.nessbots.com/ http://www.nessbots.com/ and dozens of others: http://www.sumost.ca/steve/games/ http://www.sumost.ca/steve/games/
Also, there are tools that make it easier for kids/beginners to create games, and in doing so learn programming, such as: http://www.playmycode.com/ http://www.playmycode.com/ http://pixieengine.com/ http://pixieengine.com/ https://www.scirra.com/construct2 https://www.scirra.com/construct2
Some other LightBot-like games include Cargo-Bot, Robologic, and several others: http://breakoutmentors.com/kids-programming-resources/ http://breakoutmentors.com/kids-programming-resources/
There's ComputerCraft in Minecraft, etc.
And there's learning programming by modding games/simulations such as minecraft
- anfedorov 13y agoOne more really cool one: http://www.hacker.org/bitbath/ http://www.hacker.org/bitbath/
- GhotiFish 13y agoIn the same vein, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MindRover https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MindRover this games main site is down, you're left to your own methods to acquire it.
- shurcooL 13y agoAlso Colobot (and CeeBot, etc.) from http://www.ceebot.com/ http://www.ceebot.com/.
- sehugg 13y agoSomething I didn't know; the original "RobotWar" was written by the same guy behind the original (pre-id software) Castle Wolfenstein: http://corewar.co.uk/robotwar/ http://corewar.co.uk/robotwar/