Want to learn Python in a game?
I will reveal what my friend showed me as one of the greatest teaching video games when learning "Python" code.
Overview & First Impression
My first thought about this game was, "HOLY! What an amazing way to learn code and visually see the code in action." Once I got the game and started to dive into what it has to offer, I realized how beginner-friendly it is. The best way to explain how it is beginner-friendly is from the game's Steam page "Unlike most programming games the game isn't divided into distinct levels that you have to complete but features a continuous progression." Though I do think that is a good explanation, a better way to put it is for those who have never touched a coding language. This game doesn't overwhelm you with everything you have access to in a code's syntax ("the rules that define the combinations of symbols that are considered to be correctly structured statements or expressions in that language") and has you gather the materials to unlock more of the syntax to progress and learn coding.
Motivation Button
My opinion on the Progression System
Some Code I made in-game
I want to share some of the code that I have created while playing the game and hope you find it useful or at least insightful in any way. I will update this section whenever I have new code that I feel is quality to share.
After playing 14.1 hours of this game I can honestly say that I have been having a great time playing the game. It really feels rewarding when I figure something out and get to progress farther in automating the drone and creating more dynamic code. The progression tree that you use to unlock different features within the game was done quite nicely in my opinion. With the sprinkling of game unlocks (new things to grow and do) and syntax (code) unlocks it definitely drives me to want to unlock more features to be able to expand my knowledge on how to build code to solve issues within the game. Which in turn I feel has given me more confidence in coding outside of the game and in a way feel as though I can grasp different coding concepts a bit better and faster now.
N-S Function Sheet
N-S Column Runner
This is needed to be able to use The corresponfing runner notepad
To Input in-game:
Download Notepad
Open game & Notepad
Copy & Paste code from Notepad to game
This is a 'while loop' that will call functions from the "Function Sheet" to then automatically farm. This is a dynamic code so it should have no issue with whatever size your farm is. You will need some things unlocked prior to using.
Needed Unlocks:
Functions
Debug
Carrots
Full-Grid Function Sheet
This is needed to be able to use The corresponfing runner notepad
To Input in-game:
Download Notepad
Open game & Notepad
Copy & Paste code from Notepad to game
Full-Grid Runner
This is a simplified version of the code above in the sense of being able to just call 1 function to plant & harvest 1 kind of plant through-out the whole farm.
Needed Unlocks:
Functions
Debug
Carrots
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