Robotopia
Learning and science
coding education game
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
0 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.
Design: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Teaching at a school with kids gave positive feedback
From 1 comment
We did two classes with about 20 students each. In both our offered courses we had balanced proportions of gender. Age ranged between 16 and 20 years. We did a questionnaire at…
pguth on HN
Objections
Teaching young kids to code is questioned as unnecessary
From 2 comments
I honestly don't understand what is the motive behind teaching young kids to code? The passion for computer science develops on it's own. Some kids like computers while other…
mattfrommars on HNTo my knowledge it has never actually worked either.
graphememes on HN
Drag-and-drop block editing is hard to rearrange
From 1 comment
Also, it's really difficult to pull just one code block out if it has others below it. I can't figure out how to separate the ones below, which means if I mess up and need to get…
komali2 on HN
Requests
Clearer block labels, such as move robot to the chest
From 1 comment
> Blockly - Drag and Drop Should it be "move the robot to the chest" or something instead of "the metal block?"
komali2 on HN
Questions
How did the competitions go and did kids like them
From 1 comment
How well did the competitions go? Did the kids like them? Were the programs complex enough to make things "interesting"? How much time in the class did you spend working on the…
Hydraulix989 on HN
Is it suitable for ages 7-12
From 1 comment
Do you think this could be used with kids at the age of 7-12 as well or will it be to complex?
willyyr on HN
Is it related to Scratch or inspired by it
From 1 comment
Very cool. The code editor looks a lot like scratch[0] but I can't find any references to it. Does it use scratch or was scratch an inspiration? [0] https://scratch.mit.edu/
dschep on HN
Alternatives named
Blockly-based Minecraft game from Microsoft
From 1 comment
See also the very slick Minecraft-based Blockly game from Microsoft. It's similar and pretty good. https://code.org/minecraft
robotresearcher on HN
Karel
From 1 comment
hmmm, programmable virtual robot - I think I've seen that one before :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_(programming_language) http://karel.cloudmakers.eu/
kk_cz on HN
Robocode
From 1 comment
Robocode back in the day was fun. You have programmable tanks that had could move, scan with a radar and shoot. You had to create the behavior for them in Java.
partycoder on HN
Logo
From 1 comment
LOGO, the next generation?
Animats on HN
Scratch
From 1 comment
Very cool. The code editor looks a lot like scratch[0] but I can't find any references to it. Does it use scratch or was scratch an inspiration? [0] https://scratch.mit.edu/
dschep on HN
OpenRoberta Lab
From 1 comment
I teach robotics courses and we also prefer blockly based languages for our projects aimed at kids. I don't understand people that think "real programming" needs one fighting…
maweki on HN