Computer Scientists Develop First-person Player Video Game that Teaches How to Program in Java

[Zimon]

Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, have developed an immersive, first-person player video game designed to teach students in elementary to high school how to program in Java, one of the most common programming languages in use today.

 

The researchers tested the game on a group of 40 girls, ages 10 to 12, who had never been exposed to programming before. They detailed their findings in a paper they presented at the SIGCSE conference in March in Denver. Computer scientists found that within just one hour of play, the girls had mastered some of Java’s basic components and were able to use the language to create new ways of playing with the game.

 

Source: http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_releases/release.sfe?id=1347

Codespells site: https://sites.google.com/a/eng.ucsd.edu/codespells/home

 

Good thing, this should work for everyone who wants to learn somehting. I´ll defnitely give it a try as i have no knowledge in programming.

[Alterlai]

I'd play that

[Air tree]

I want to learn how to code! perfecto.

[Beskamir]

I'd play that since I want to code but I also like good graphics... that game seeems to be lacking good graphics:( It looks like programer art...

[Imaginaerum]

I'd play that since I want to code but I also like good graphics... that game seeems to be lacking good graphics:( It looks like programer art...

I'd rather they spend time on making it easy to learn instead of its looks. Looks shouldn't even be something you focus on at all here, I mean, it's like you'd complain about flight simulators having less than realistic graphics when your main focus is landing the plane.

[Langdon]

I'd play it, looks fun!