A game that allows players to experience software development is a great method of teaching programming and coding concepts such as loops and conditional statements. Games that allow this include Zachtronics Shenzhen I/O which puts players in the shoes of dissatisfied engineers who work for an uninteresting chip maker and must build computer chips by hand. They are provided with increasingly challenging circuits to create, starting by making lights flash according to a certain pattern.
The game’s interface is very similar to that is found in browsers, and it also teaches scripting. Another excellent example is Screeps, which is a game that combines JavaScript programming and massively multiplayer online gameplay to create self-sustaining colonies. Both games excel in teaching fundamental concepts and gradually introducing other players.