Game helps kids learn to program

Think I already talked about this but Colobot is an awesome C++ programming game. The demo has more than enough entertainment value to get you hooked.

I heard that the manufacturer of this game applied for and received a patent for the supposedly unique game mechanics. You can read more about this at Boardgame Geek.

In my office, I have one of the few remaining copies of the game "Fortran" ("Input: Reason, Output: Pleasure")

It was written by a couple of israeli's back in the 70's, a friend picked up the last remaining supply at a rummage sale about 15 years ago. Valorie gave most of them away to Goodwill, but I kept one for my office.

It's as bad as you might think it is.

Btw, w.r.t. the patent thing - the game mechanics are almost the same as the Fortran game (from looking at the web page). The major difference is that the Fortran game includes a box that lets you track the contents of the variables, and the PC.

Cool, but one wonders if good old Logo is not better for having fun and learning programming?

Better than playing a board game, get your kids to write their own programs. Gamemaker www.gamemaker.nl is suitable down to grade 3
http://online.haileybury.vic.edu.au/sites/edrin...
http://www.freewebs.com/schoolgamemaker/