Game Discussions Looking for a "programming" game...

[Stealthie]

Long ago, when the internet was new and shiny, I used to play a cool little game called "Combat Zone".

Basically, it consisted of a text-editor and a little square "Arena" that looked a bit like Windows Minefield.

You'd open up the text-editor and write simple programs to guide a little robot around the Arena and fight similar robots.
You'd have to ensure it could detect the edges of the Arena and hazards within it, move it around, detect other robots, raise/lower a shield, locate an enemy robot and aim/fire at it.
You could also go to a website and upload/download robot programs and then see who's robots were the best.

Anybody know if there's currently anything similar available, ideally for an Android phone?

 

[Surefoot]

You should take a look at https://www.codingame.com/
Not sure how you'd expect a programming game working on a phone (no keyboard and programming = not so good..) but that works on a regular browser, so have fun

 

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There are a couple around. Saw some footage of just a robo programmable game. Then there is this fairly new one where you program a drone to mine and fight on asteroids 'Nimbatus' its name I believe.

 

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Well, I dont care crap about mobile so take it with some salt.

 

[Arioch]

I think SpaceChem still works on Android phones (iOS support was dropped a few years back) and its a good puzzle game which pretty much involves writing a program via icons and a grid.

Human Resource Machine follows a similar visual programming path.

 

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I think SpaceChem still works on Android phones (iOS support was dropped a few years back) and its a good puzzle game which pretty much involves writing a program via icons and a grid.

Human Resource Machine follows a similar visual programming path.

All Zachtronic games kinda feature programming but not so much combat.

 

[starman]

This looks interesting

https://codecombat.com/play/

 

[AkenBosch]

You could take a look at Gladiabots too, also available on Play Store.

Gladiabots - AI Combat Arena

Gladiabots is a robot combat strategy game in which you carefully construct the AI of your robot squad and send them into the battle arena, iterating, improving and repeating until they outsmart all their opponents across 3 distinct game modes in either the single player campaign, freeplay or in...

gladiabots.com

 

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You could take a look at Gladiabots too, also avaipable on Play Store.

Gladiabots - AI Combat Arena

Gladiabots is a robot combat strategy game in which you carefully construct the AI of your robot squad and send them into the battle arena, iterating, improving and repeating until they outsmart all their opponents across 3 distinct game modes in either the single player campaign, freeplay or in...

gladiabots.com

YES. THIS is the thing I saw but couldnt remember name - fits exactly.

 

[romay]

I really play this a lot. Needs a PC to install&run, though.

 

[Snarfbuckle]

You could take a look at Gladiabots too, also available on Play Store.

Gladiabots - AI Combat Arena

Gladiabots is a robot combat strategy game in which you carefully construct the AI of your robot squad and send them into the battle arena, iterating, improving and repeating until they outsmart all their opponents across 3 distinct game modes in either the single player campaign, freeplay or in...

gladiabots.com

Hmm, is it FUN though, or is it merely an exercise in making your bots act smart?

 

[AkenBosch]

For what little I played it back at the time, I found it fun. Of course FUN is not a dogma carved by a lightning on some stone, so making your bots act smart may well be fun for lots of people

 

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Gladiabots I got on sale yesterday. Might still be if someone wants to have a look at it.