Teaching NGers how to program.

Many of the people who go on NG and play the games don't realize just how complex the programmers behind the games' minds are. (grammar?)

And so, I made a game, that some of you have already seen, to show how the inner workings of the programmer's mind "work". Of course, the logic is there but the code isn't, and it is far less complex, but I think it's some good brain excercise and fun too if you get into it.

light-Bot Play it Now!

And also, thanks for all the votes that got me to daily third =) <3 you guys.

/* The TBS is still in the works,
just having some trouble timewise
with schoool and all
*/

Teaching NGers how to program.

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3D-xelu 2008-09-13 09:36:37

SO TRUE :D

Coolio-Niato 2008-09-13 09:36:37

heh

Moonkey 2008-09-13 09:55:31

Looking forward to the TBS. I've always wanted to make a similar game, but I plan too big and never follow through.

Coolio-Niato 2008-09-13 09:55:31

Yey Moonkey! Grats on the success of your strat. game BoB.

Kenney 2008-09-13 10:00:15

I always liked these program games, with a little more graphical flair and effects this could have been a masterpiece!

Coolio-Niato 2008-09-13 10:00:15

Could have? * winces* =P

The-Dark-Reviewer 2008-09-13 10:54:29

That was good, I liked it lol

Coolio-Niato 2008-09-13 10:54:29

Thanks

TJ111111 2008-09-13 11:39:48

it was fun im trying to learn programming in school im know it's very complex and a lot of hard work

Coolio-Niato 2008-09-13 11:39:48

Well of course its not a slice of cake or a walk in the park. =) Keep at it though.

doondeka 2008-09-13 11:45:24

why not just teach me to program in insanely heck bent on it enoghf!

Coolio-Niato 2008-09-13 11:45:24

I dont know...

Mad-Mardigan 2008-09-13 15:03:58

I'll stick to buttons thank you very much

Groundead 2008-09-13 15:48:02

Your new game looks an awful lot like this one: <a href="http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/200730">http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view /200730</a>

Coolio-Niato 2008-09-13 15:48:02

I credited the author with the original idea.

kibas-cool 2008-09-13 15:51:59

i meant the entire game is that you dont have to retry once ou know what all the buttons do. you misunderstood my review

Coolio-Niato 2008-09-13 15:51:59

My bad then.

gankro 2008-09-13 17:52:09

I got bored around level 9... reflects programming logic fairly well except for the intense limitations provided... so sleepy...

Wiiporter 2008-09-13 18:47:12

agagaga lvl 11

Theomancer 2008-09-13 20:16:41

this was a solid idea to get people to notice the difficulty of how hard it is to program games...and this game should have gotten atleast 2nd

ThePigeonMaster 2008-09-13 22:18:29

I'm currently learning actionscript and I found out that isn't that hard, actually it's just a of mix of math and logic. I even made some gadgets in flash without copy and pasting the scripts because there's no point at all if I do that.
However I need to learn what does each command do, that's all what I need to learn.

And good luck in your future projects, dude :)

Madnesscombat1232 2008-09-14 03:47:48

I agree with you completely. It's never easy to make a decent game. I mean, it took me 2 weeks just to make a crappy one. Flash isn't a piece of cake.

Mmmm....Cake...

Schlofendein 2008-09-14 10:03:59

Well this game taught me the first thing about actionscript, it is tedious to do simple tasks. If only I was such a procrastinator and actually tried to learn actionscript.

Rustygames 2008-09-14 16:26:36

Loved it! Granted the functions are kinda just a cheap way to increase the total main program space, rather then actually be a reusable function half the time...

I really liked it though, it would have been cool to put in more stuff which can be used in programming, like for loops and if's. I think this could potentially be a cool way to introduce kids into the fundamentals of programming!

Again, well done, it's a great idea, I'd love to speak to you about maybe collaborating on a sequel, drop me a PM and I'll let you know my email address and we can talk if you'd like :)

Triple-Elemental 2008-09-14 17:46:43

Ever since I played that Bill the Robot game I've been looking for another game like it, and I think yours is quite a bit better, because it's much more challenging and a better layout. The only problem is that I can't beat it...

Anyways, good job!

-Matt

Coolio-Niato 2008-09-14 17:46:43

Thanks =)

SSONIC1020 2008-09-16 16:20:10

Good, job. Good luck on further programing.
And yea, school sucks ass.

Coolio-Niato 2008-09-16 16:20:10

verymuchso

Terroist 2008-09-17 15:05:28

LOL.This game just got 5 basic commands(move,left,right,light,jump).
How could this compare to the real programmin whole library!!!

Coolio-Niato 2008-09-17 15:05:28

inthefunction1/2 aspect its like programming.

MorrowDays 2008-09-17 16:38:30

your first weekly! congrats :)

Coolio-Niato 2008-09-17 16:38:30

yeythnx

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