A game that allows players to experience the process of software development is page an excellent way to teach coding and programming concepts like loops and conditional statements. Games that can do this include Zachtronics Shenzhen I/O which puts players in the shoes of disaffected engineers who work for an uninteresting chip company and must design computer chips by hand. They are given increasingly challenging circuits to design. They begin by making lights flash according to a certain pattern.
The interface of the game appears very similar to web browser’s developer tools and teaches scripting. Screeps is another excellent example, which is a game that combines JavaScript code with massively multiplayer online gaming to build self-sustaining colonies. Both games excel in teaching fundamental concepts and slowly introducing others.
