A game that allows players to experience software development could be an excellent way to introduce programming concepts and coding, such as loops and conditional statement. Games that do this include Zachtronics’ Shenzhen I/O, which puts players in the shoes of dissatisfied engineers working at an uninteresting chip company and must design computer chips by hand. The circuits they are asked to create become more complicated beginning with making the lights flash in a specific pattern.

The game’s interface is similar to the one found in browsers, and it https://mrworkspace.nl/2015/08/03/techedge-2011-presentations-and-videos/ also teaches scripting. Another great example is Screeps which incorporates JavaScript coding with massively multiplayer online games to build self-sustaining colonies. Both games do a fantastic job of teaching fundamental concepts while gradually introduce new ones.