I’ve been working on a computer game for the last month or so; it’s a programming game of sorts.  The goal is to maneuver Robbie the Robot through a variety of dangerous environments by writing short little programs.  It’s not ready for anyone but Tcl programmers to play with (i.e., I’ve not packaged it up as a downloadable application), but it’s already kind of cute.  Here’s a level from the game, showing the robot in mid-execution of a program.  He’s trying to get from the start point (the blue spot) to the finish (the green target).  Click on the image to see it full size.

Screen shot of Robbie the Robot Game

I should add that the screen shot shows it running in test mode; that’s why there’s an “Edit” button in the upper right.  You can create new rooms and edit existing ones using another simple language.

Did I say that this was aimed at my kids?