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> card mini-game that teaches binary operations https://esolangs.org/wiki/Lambda:_the_Gathering
I'd love to try this out. However I see Linux isn't supported. Will there be Linux support in the future? I wonder if this game would work through Proton.
Honest question: why? Why is low level computing the right thing to teach kids? Most people take the exact opposite approach to the extent they create very high level languages
Maybe there are other people like me who will benefit from this. It's probably not for everyone, but the goal is to have it resonate deeply with some users.
Honest question: why? Why is low level computing the right thing to teach kids? Most people take the exact opposite approach to the extent they create very high level languages
I went through Crash Course Computer Science (from John Green / PBS...) and it really helped me feel grounded.
Maybe this is attempting the same, just starting at one end of the abstractions.
Honest question: why? Why is low level computing the right thing to teach kids? Most people take the exact opposite approach to the extent they create very high level languages
what not? why does it have to be the "right" thing?
Honest question: why? Why is low level computing the right thing to teach kids? Most people take the exact opposite approach to the extent they create very high level languages
/lAWn
With kids stuff, it's generally conventional marketing to put "ages x-y" or "ages x+" front and center. I think this attracts parents, who are a time-starved lot.
I feel like the attraction isn't that it saves time, so much as it saves thinking. At least for me (kid-less), it's really hard to imagine the difference between something appropriate for a 5 year old and an 8 year old; particularly things that straddle the line Things are a lot easier if the producer just tells me the intended audience, which I can take with a grain of salt and decide from there
Honest question: why? Why is low level computing the right thing to teach kids? Most people take the exact opposite approach to the extent they create very high level languages
For what it's worth, I struggled for so many years understanding what higher level programming actually is, while simultaneously doing it. It never felt complete. I went through Crash Course Computer Science (from John Green / PBS...) and it really helped me feel grounded. Maybe this is attempting the same, just starting at one end of the abstractions.
Also the universe feels strongly masculine and won't bring girls in CS.
Hey! I love the idea but I just registered to HN to tell you that my 5yo would actually be too scared of your caracters to enjoy! Also the universe feels strongly masculine and won't bring girls in CS.
The storymode of this game was intended to have RPG elements, which tend to be branded as masculine. I wish more girls were encouraged to play RPGs, but I get that this isn't the world we currently live in. However, the game will have good representation as far as NPC gender/race breakdown.