Mastodawn

@jimbob There are a bunch of video games where you need to do actual programming inside the game to accomplish things, without being games about programming.

For example: #Stationeers requires the user to program microcontrollers using MIPS-like assembly and insert them into devices

The Zachtronics puzzle games (e.g. #ShenzhenIO) are all fundamentally about programming.

If 10yo is already into gaming, this could be a good way to learn the basics.

Jon Gjengset May 26, 2025

I've been trying out the game SHENZHEN I/O (https://www.zachtronics.com/shenzhen-io/), and have enjoyed the assembly-like coding-based puzzle solving. So, I'm trying something new: playing a game in order to teach. We'll play the game from the beginning while I explain assembly concepts as we go! Don't know if it'll work as a stream, but if you want to join the experiment, the stream will be this Friday at 3pm UTC (https://everytimezone.com/s/3aaea3a8) over on https://youtube.com/live/wBREOhqYAPE?feature=share ! 🕹️

#assembly #shenzhenio #gaming

Zachtronics | SHENZHEN I/O

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knutaf Dec 25, 2024

This really feels like a boss fight where we're about to unlock a secret syntax for dynamically addressing pins. #shenzhenio

Eliot Lash Oct 8, 2024

#Zachtronics catalogue sale now through 10/17, everything 50% off! I love their open-ended engineering puzzle games, and there are a few other genres thrown in there too. Now's a good time to pick up any of their games if you've been on the fence. https://store.steampowered.com/sale/zachtronicspublishersale

#IndieGames #GamingDeals #Solitaire #PuzzleGames #SpaceChem #Infinifactory #OpusMagnum #LastCallBBS #BBS #Exapunks #ShenzhenIO #TIS100 #IroncladTactics