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Games Teaching the Basics of Programming

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the hooked-on-programming-worked-for-me dept.

RandomPrecision writes to tell us Wired is reporting that computer programmer Igor Kholodov has created a game designed to make learning the basics of programming fun. From the article 'The board game turns players into skiers who must race down a mountain in the quickest way possible. With each roll of the die, players must follow instructions that are similar to computer program codes. Using basic math, players have to figure out which paths are open to them and then decide the fastest way to the finish line.'"

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  1. DUPE by MetalliQaZ · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Dupination

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  2. Duplicate News Items by orange+haired+boy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This was already covered at http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/0 9/20/1834242&tid=156&tid=146&tid=10

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  3. Tip to moderators regarding "Redundant" by hackwrench · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Comments regarding the same thing posted at roughly the same time should not be modded Redundant. There was probably no way of knowing whether or not they were the first. BTW this moderation gets meta-moderated unfair.

  4. New game teaches duping! by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 1, Redundant

    In this game you just do whatever your opponent did in their last turn.

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