Based on our record, Screeps seems to be a lot more popular than Bitsbox. While we know about 43 links to Screeps, we've tracked only 2 mentions of Bitsbox. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
There is also Unity Learn's Create with Code that also has a teacher trainingthat goes with it. BitsBox is also great, my kids started out with it, and then moved onto Create With Code. Source: over 2 years ago
Maybe try Bitsbox? It teaches Javascript by making games. They can share the games with their friends, and it also leaves a lot of room for them to modify the games using what they learned. It teaches a lot of programming skills that are useful later. There is also Google's CS First, that's free and has a lot of different projects. It even has themes like games, sports, arts and stories so it might appeal to more... Source: almost 4 years ago
Reminds me (in spirit) of screeps https://screeps.com/ - any inspiration? - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago
I love the idea of having an AI prompt to write code for the bots. There are already games like https://screeps.com/ or https://store.steampowered.com/app/2060160/The_Farmer_Was_Replaced/ where you program your bot to do things, but they do require some minimal coding experience. Being able to describe behavior in plain english would be pretty cool. However, I think having real-time feedback is a huge part of... - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago
I've heard about Screeps which is close to what you describe: https://screeps.com/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
I have tried Screeps in the past, and I'm not a huge fan. I really like Stone Story, but they do not have an easy way to take your saves across multiple platforms -- you have to manually import/export your save. Source: almost 2 years ago
-For JavaScript, my advice would be to introduce coding games. That way it's more fun and the environment would be set up better (less worrying about deep technical errors). The two games that come to mind are Bitburner (free) and Screeps (free offline/paid online), though they both have their own learning curves and require actual coding; so for a 9 year old YMMV greatly. Source: about 2 years ago
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