A Modern Day '101 Basic Computer Games'?

pcraven asks: "Back when I learned how to program, I found a book called 101 Basic Computer Games by David H. Ahl. This book had a lot of simple programs that I could type into the Apple //e. It made programming interesting. I'm not sure I would have started a career in programming without it. Today I haven't found any recent equivalent to this book. I want a bunch of sample computer games that students can program that they will find fun and interesting. Something that a CompSci 101 graduate could type in and run. Does anyone know of a book or web site like this?"

Comments

try the Blender GameKit

[286]

I would recommend The Official Blender GameKit for 3d games.

Re:try the Blender GameKit

[JohnFluxx]

Or perhaps pygame.

I intend on getting my brother (20) to learn programming with this.

Re:Children's programming books have also vanished

[crisco]

Add Flash to your Javascript/HTML equation. Sure, it sucks, but then again, so did Basic.

While lots of people designing stuff in Flash are wannabe graphics artists, some of them are digging into the ActionScript and are learning some programming skills. There are a few sites out there with countless little flash apps that are nothing more than simple programming exercises and simple little games. Check out Orisinal, although the art is as good as the programming in this case.

Re:Children's programming books have also vanished

[bhtooefr]

An updated LOGO type of language with 3d graphics instead of turtles, that might inspire interest again.

Well, you still have a turtle (but you can change it's graphic), but MSWLogo has 3D support (however, much of the 3d stuff needs some CPU power - your generic old P75 rig won't work very well), and it's GPL to boot.

Re:That's not the book I remember....

[almightyjustin]

All three of those were in the sequel "More BASIC Computer Games", which is also on that site. ;)