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Re:Games That Teach Programming: A Brief Overview by soora on Saturday September 07, 2013 @03:29PM (#6346237)
I personally think games with level editors are one of the best introductions to programming.

My first exposure to "programming" when I was in middle school was using the Warcraft 2 level editor, setting up custom triggers and using my imagination to build something I thought would be fun for others to play.

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Re:Games That Teach Programming: A Brief Overview by auganov on Saturday September 07, 2013 @04:40PM (#6346538)
Exactly. Or modding/scripting games.

That's basically 1000000x better than those games that stress on learning programming or are build around coding. A game that is good by itself and has a great map editor or a good api for modding. Now that's fun. These "programming games" just make me think of tricking people with no interest in programming to do some. Not that I don't recognize some do enjoy these and fall in love with programming thanks to them.

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