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A coding puzzle game where you program a Turing machine to solve quests

Two-player bot-programming contest on Conway's Game of Life; code a bot to outscore your rival

Turtle graphics toy: write a short command sequence and watch the turtle draw, move and spawn baby turtles.

Browser puzzle game where you uncover hidden rules for 5x5 binary grids, writing JavaScript to test theories.

Short 3D game where you clear levels by writing regular expressions

Defend your core by writing Python code to command and upgrade your robots

Browser platformer that teaches C programming: solve pointer, malloc and buffer-overflow challenges across 5 levels.

Educational detective game: use JavaScript fetch to query real public APIs, solve clues and close the case.

Arena RTS where you program your units' AI in real JavaScript, then battle other players' scripts asynchronously.