How about a game to teach regex? That would be awesome. "Write a regex that will match xxx and yyy but not zzz", for example.
Ask HN: Would a game to teach Bash & *nix be worth-while?
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Re: Ask HN: Would a game to teach Bash & *nix be worth-while?
#32your paypal redirects to yoursite.co.uk instead of a thank you page! I hope you get around to doing this, cause it looks like an interesting project.
Done, thanks.
Re: Ask HN: Would a game to teach Bash & *nix be worth-while?
#33How about a game to teach regex? That would be awesome. "Write a regex that will match xxx and yyy but not zzz", for example.
Interesting - regex could be an expansion pack :)
Re: Ask HN: Would a game to teach Bash & *nix be worth-while?
#34Loving the concept but maybe you should be charitable and make it free as it is really just a tutorial + triggers.
Okay thanks for all the suggestions re Crowdsourcing etc. I've just put up a page on http://www.indiegogo.com/Banzai-Bash to do exactly that.
Re free - if I raise the money to cover my living costs, I'll make the game open source. You'll easily be able to spin it up on a VM/cloud server (or your home comp if you're brave/foolish) for free! What's better, is that you'd be able to modify to teach your own language/project.
Re: Ask HN: Would a game to teach Bash & *nix be worth-while?
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
I wish I could, but Kickstarter is US only. The alternative, invested.in doesn't look that strong. I think you're right that it's a model that would work well - if I could raise the money to code it I'd happily make it open source after that (running costs means it'd have to cost something to use on someone's server).
What about IndieGoGo?
I'm not sure exactly what you are looking for, but IndieGoGo has had a lot of successful non-US projects. Community is building every day, and the payment options (e.g. PayPal & direct credit card) are not US only. Check it out.