"Blockly Games is a series of educational games that teach programming. It is designed for children who have not had prior experience with computer programming. By the end of these games, players are ready to use conventional text-based languages," according to the Blockly games about page. Made by Google, Blockly games is a fantastic way to start learning code. Below are some of the projects
Puzzle is a quick introduction to Blockly's shapes and how the pieces snap together. Maze is an introduction to loops and conditionals. It starts simply, but every level is more challenging than the last. Bird is a deep-dive into conditionals. Control-flow is explored with increasingly complex conditions. Turtle is a deep-dive into loops. Use nested loops to paint a picture. Then publish your art to Reddit for the world to see. Movie is an introduction to mathematical equations. Use math to animate a movie. Then publish your movie to Reddit for the world to see. Pond Tutor introduces text-based programming. Levels switch back and forth between blocks and actual JavaScript in a text editor. Pond is an open-ended contest to program the smartest duck. Use either blocks or JavaScript. |
Try it for yourself at:
blockly-games.appspot.com/?lang=en
CHeck out my Pond code and explanations of the other ducks' tactics here!
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