Ask HN: Any good examples of learning through games/puzzles, for adults? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Any good examples of learning through games/puzzles, for adults?

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Post by 10-6 » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 7:32 PM UTC

swaggyBoatswain wrote: post #85

10-6 wrote: post #39

Coding/Math: https://coderbyte.com https://hackerrank.com https://leetcode.com https://codeforces.com https://projecteuler.net (more mathy) https://www.topcoder.com/challenges https://adventofcode.com https://halite.io (machine learning + game) https://www.enki.com (coding challenges on mobile)

halite.io reminds me of screeps on steam

Ah yeah I forgot to mention screeps which is awesome!

Re: Ask HN: Any good examples of learning through games/puzzles, for adults?

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Post by 10-6 » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 7:36 PM UTC

10-6 wrote: post #91

swaggyBoatswain wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

halite.io reminds me of screeps on steam

Ah yeah I forgot to mention screeps which is awesome!

Some more I actually should have mentioned:

https://flexboxfroggy.com (CSS)

https://www.datacamp.com (data science challenges)

https://www.codingame.com/start (learn to code via fun games)

https://screeps.com (cool MMO AI game w/ JS coding)

Re: Ask HN: Any good examples of learning through games/puzzles, for adults?

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Post by mattgibson » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 7:51 PM UTC

The board game Monopoly was originally based on the Landlord's Game by Elizabeth Magie, which was intended to show how property ownership ruins free market capitalism. Land can't be created or moved, so is not a free market (according to Adam Smith). People are forced to pay extortionate rents and have no way to escape.

Not widely known at the time or now, so perhaps not a very successful example.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_(game)#Early_history

Re: Ask HN: Any good examples of learning through games/puzzles, for adults?

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Post by dpkrjb » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 8:02 PM UTC

I know a lot of other comments are for learning life skills but if you ever wanted to learn Vim in a fun way!

https://vim-adventures.com

Re: Ask HN: Any good examples of learning through games/puzzles, for adults?

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Post by 0xcafecafe » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 8:05 PM UTC

10-6 wrote: post #39

Coding/Math: https://coderbyte.com https://hackerrank.com https://leetcode.com https://codeforces.com https://projecteuler.net (more mathy) https://www.topcoder.com/challenges https://adventofcode.com https://halite.io (machine learning + game) https://www.enki.com (coding challenges on mobile)

Great list, thank you

Re: Ask HN: Any good examples of learning through games/puzzles, for adults?

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Post by snovv_crash » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 8:20 PM UTC

http://robocode.sf.net / http://robowiki.net

Released by IBM in 2001 and still going strong. Learn about geometry, trig, stats, ML, control theory, game theory and more to control robots in a 2D tank-style game.