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Screeps KodableBased on our record, Screeps seems to be a lot more popular than Kodable. While we know about 41 links to Screeps, we've tracked only 1 mention of Kodable. 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.
I've heard about Screeps which is close to what you describe: https://screeps.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months 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: 8 months 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: 11 months ago
A good, existing example I'd like to show you is Screeps: https://screeps.com/ Personally, when I'm in the mindset of playing that game, I can't help but come back to my bot every 30 minutes to see if it's performing well. When I see that it's doing something strange, I take notes and can't stop thinking about possible solutions. When I'm not in the mood to play (i.e. Analyze the bot or program more... - Source: Hacker News / 12 months ago
I organised a small team to develop a screeps bot. Other teams made their own basic, but amusing game or explored interesting technologies. A few teams even worked on things related to the business. Source: about 1 year ago
First off I love this analog programming idea. I have young children who I would love to try this out with. Maybe missed something in skimming through the blog post but seems like primarily it's simulating doing up/down/left/right and navigating a character through a maze. For some reason this seems to be the most popular approach for apps that teach kids programming. i.e. https://kodable.com, which one of my... - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago
CodeCombat - Learn programming with a multiplayer live coding strategy game.
Tynker - Game Worlds for Kids to Learn Programming
CodinGame - CodinGame provides users with a fun and effective way to learn coding that eschews the rigid structure of traditional teaching methods.
CodaKid - CodaKid is an online kid’s coding academy offering coding courses for kids, Minecraft modding, Robox coding, and video game programming courses.
CheckIO - CheckIO is a web site with a mission: To teach JavaScript and Python coding skills through a game-playing interface. It is designed to teach new skills or improve existing skills through completing challenges.
Robocode - Robocode is a programming game where the goal is to code a robot battle tank to compete against...