A game about programming :)

Hey fellow programmers,

I am trying to make a game that will teach the player about the basics of C++ programming. I just finished my first very early prototype and I would really love if you would try it and give me some feedback. I think it could be awesome with a game teaching programming so that more people might get interested in the beauty of programming. My goal is to make this to a full game and of course it will be free for everyone to use.

In general I am interested in making the process in to programming much easier. This will probably result in a webpage with the game and a lot of informations
about how and what you need to start.

I hope you will help me in the making of a new way to introduce programming for beginners.

Thanks in advance

Jan

The link for the game: http://baboonlord.com/timtherobot/

 

Add screenshots. Played the game, it's actually pretty cool, liked it quite a bit.

 

Thanks for playing did you play it to the end?

 

This sounds like an interesting idea. I believe there was a game similar to this a while back called "Programming Hero" or something like that also made with unity.

I tried to play the game, but your link seems broken. Is it down? Not working for me.

 

No I haven't had the time to finish it.

@snowconesolid Refresh the page, it happened to me as well.

 

Hey man I know JavaScript already but I wanna learn c++ so can you update the link.

 

I have refreshed the site to www.sqdejan.com

 

I played this for a while, it's pretty cool. It's something I haven't seen very much before, and I enjoyed playing it. Before playing, I didn't know any C++, but afterwards I do, if my memory's good enough
You may want to add screenshots, but I can't think of any flaws in the game itself, just keep at it

 

well this is certainly new! unless this has been done? dont think so, looks cool! is this the fimal look for the game or are u planning on updating the graphics?

 

Tim the Robot?
A game based on "Karel the Robot" - the introduction to Programming Methodology?

There's a free course from Stanford university on that. And I might add: one of the best introductions I have ever seen on the subject.
Keep in mind: I am not a programmer, though.

First Lecture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkMDCCdjyW8

 

Oh my, I've been waiting for games like this for a while now! The last (and S***tiest one) i played, was CeeBot But all the text was in french haha. Great game though. This might be the RockSmith of C++

 

The graphics will certainly need an update. I think this is what are referred to as "programmer graphics" ! As for "Karel the Robot" I did not it existed so that is funny with the name But I looked at Karel the Robot (a little bit) and I get the impression that you use build in functions but what I think is different in my game is that it actually teaches the basic of programming - variables for now [loops, functions etc later on]. Then when you have learned it you could go play this games that just make you use the build in functions so you get the idea of making a program or whatever!