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Re: Lightbot: Puzzles Game Using Programming Logic

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Post by hargriffle »

sokoloff wrote: post #5
Double_a_92 wrote: post #3

Tricked my nieces into programming with that. :D

Yeah, my kids love[d] it and it was totally worth buying it. My one complaint was that it got too hard "all of the sudden". It seems like more puzzles in the middle difficulty level would increase the value and replay-ability of the game.

I agree. I have been playing this with my daughter (she's 6) a bit. It is fun and she really enjoyed the early parts.

We got to a part requiring the recursive calling of a function and she didn't bat an eyelid at the idea of it.

Re: Lightbot: Puzzles Game Using Programming Logic

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Post by sokoloff »

hargriffle wrote: post #13
sokoloff wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, my kids love[d] it and it was totally worth buying it. My one complaint was that it got too hard "all of the sudden". It seems like more puzzles in the middle difficulty level would increase the value and replay-ability of the game.

I agree. I have been playing this with my daughter (she's 6) a bit. It is fun and she really enjoyed the early parts. We got to a part requiring the recursive calling of a function and she didn't bat an eyelid at the idea of it.

Yeah. Strangely [to me], my kids (then 4 and 6) had more trouble with the "do I turn left or right?" than they did with recursion.

Re: Lightbot: Puzzles Game Using Programming Logic

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Post by Will_Parker »

Aissen wrote: post #4

If you're interested in this type of games… Look at any game from Zachtronics: http://www.zachtronics.com/ . Plus maybe Human Resources machines: https://tomorrowcorporation.com/humanresourcemachine

I second Human Resources Machine. I just finished all the optimization challenges last weekend and it was extremely rewarding.

I'd say it's more about assembly language than general programming. You never (really) get enough power, with the 9 opcodes it gives you, to set up subroutines or functions. And many of the monstrosities that end up solving the problem would probably horrify Dijkstra in his grave. :)

Re: Lightbot: Puzzles Game Using Programming Logic

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Post by tekromancr »

Aissen wrote: post #4

If you're interested in this type of games… Look at any game from Zachtronics: http://www.zachtronics.com/ . Plus maybe Human Resources machines: https://tomorrowcorporation.com/humanresourcemachine

Yea! ShenzenIO is my jam! i have probably dumped dozens of hours playing that.

Re: Lightbot: Puzzles Game Using Programming Logic

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Post by akrasuski1 »

Aissen wrote: post #4

If you're interested in this type of games… Look at any game from Zachtronics: http://www.zachtronics.com/ . Plus maybe Human Resources machines: https://tomorrowcorporation.com/humanresourcemachine

I can recommend one of his older flash games: KOHCTPYKTOP. Awesome, about making silicon-level transistors, gates, eventually chips...
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