LightGames is a set of challenges to learn programming in a fun way. The challenges are simple JavaScript games, and each game has a glitch that needs fixing. You download the code, open it in LightTable, run the game side-by-side with the code, fix the issue, and win the game.
Then, if you feel adventurous, you can dive into the game’s code, hack on it, and publish your own version online, so anybody can play in their web browser.
Getting started
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Downoad and install LightTable.
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Download and unarchive the challenges.
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In LightTable, click File -> Open Folder, select a challenge, and click “upload”.
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From the left sidebar, open
index.htmland run it: command-enter on Mac, control-enter on Windows and Linux. -
To see the code and the game side by side, open
game.js, go back to the browser tab, then press ctrl-space and typemove to new tabsetand hit enter.
Challenges
Overcome gravity, or hack it!
The ship flies to the right but then falls into the abyss. The gravity is strong on this planet, what can we do about it?
You can move left, what about right?
Our engines for going left work fine, but we can’t move to the right. Engineering, please fix this!
Up, up and away!
We found this floating box in the sky, let’s go and see what’s in it!
About
LightGames was made at the 2015 EUhackathon by Alex Palcuie and Alex Morega from ROSEdu.
We’re looking for teachers to help us make learning materials and try out LightGames in the field. Drop us a message and say hello!
