I wrote this article a while ago to point out some games-based approaches: http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/RobLockhart/20130905/199667/Games_That_Teach_Programmi

I wrote this article a while ago to point out some games-based approaches: http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/RobLockhart/20130905/199667/Games_That_Teach_Programming_A_Brief_Overview.php http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/RobLockhart/20130905/199667/G... Since then, even more have cropped up: Code Combat: https://codecombat.com/ https://codecombat.com/ Empire of Code: http://www.checkio.org/blog/empire-code-space-strategy-game-checkio/ http://www.checkio.org/blog/empire-code-space-strategy-game-... Code Kingdoms: http://codekingdoms.com/ http://codekingdoms.com/ Taken Charge: https://takenchargegame.com/ https://takenchargegame.com/ ComputerCraftEdu (Minecraft Mod) : http://computercraftedu.com/ http://computercraftedu.com/