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So im looking through steam and wondering what to buy (considering the dlc i planned to buy is no longer on sale), so i decided to look through games by tags. Here is where i found some categories that caught my eye, mainly one being "Programming". As someone who REALLY wants to learn programming (but cant stand a classroom like environment) this really got me going and wanting to learn programming as soon as possible.

 

My question is, are there any games (yes video games) that would be able to actually teach you programming? (python specifically) (on another side note, i dont expect a video game to be able to teach you everything about a programming language, let alone going in depth on the concept, but one that could teach you the basics).

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Zachtronics is known for their programming games. They can be pretty difficult as they deal with assembly and puzzles usually. I just bought Shenzhen I/O and it's certainly interesting. TIS-100 was quite tricky because of the limited instruction set. These are probably not beginner games though.

http://store.steampowered.com/search/?publisher=Zachtronics

 

Quadrilateral Cowboy is more of a basic level programming puzzler. But it's Blendo Games so I'm certainly in no rush to buy it myself. http://store.steampowered.com/app/240440/

 

I don't think you'll find a game that will teach you a specific language per se. Especially python. These games are either to get people interested in programming, or cater to seasoned programmers who are looking for puzzles/challenges to scratch that solving itch.

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1 minute ago, Pyrii said:

Zachtronics is known for their programming games. They can be pretty difficult as they deal with assembly and puzzles usually. I just bought Shenzhen I/O and it's certainly interesting. TIS-100 was quite tricky because of the limited instruction set. These are probably not beginner games though.

http://store.steampowered.com/search/?publisher=Zachtronics

 

Quadrilateral Cowboy is more of a basic level programming puzzler. But it's Blendo Games so I'm certainly in no rush to buy it myself. http://store.steampowered.com/app/240440/

 

I don't think you'll find a game that will teach you a specific language per se. Especially python.

Well, at least i tried asking.

 

Thank You Very Much for commenting and pointing out some examples (and answering my main question about Python Games).

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Space engineers has C# programming integrated into the game. Doesn't have tutorials for such things but you can screw around with some interesting stuff.

 

The best thing you can do is simply buy a book. Doesn't matter which language as all programming languages accomplish the same thing and teach the same skill sets. The only difference between them is syntax.

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