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Comet 64 is a programming puzzle game about an old fictional computer

By Liam Dawe, 8 Feb

Comet 64 huh? It's a programming puzzle game involving a fantasy old computer and it certainly hits the mark when it comes to the visual style.

Programming puzzler inspired by retro computing Comet 64 releases February 5, 2021

By Liam Dawe, 28 Dec, 2020

Find programming relaxing? Enjoy puzzle games? Comet 64 could be your next game, with a theme and visuals inspired by some early computing devices.

Bevy seems like an impressive upcoming free and open source game engine made with Rust

By Liam Dawe, 21 Sep, 2020

Feeling a little rusty? After a new game engine for your next game development project? Have a look at Bevy, a cross-platform and open source data-driven game engine built in Rust.

A little hacking on a Monday morning? Why not with the online sim Grey Hack

By Liam Dawe, 21 Sep, 2020

Feel like letting off some steam and do a little hacking? How about in a safe environment that also happens to be a game where everyone is trying to do it? Grey Hack sounds amusing.

Comet 64 is an upcoming programming puzzler set in 1984

By Liam Dawe, 7 Sep, 2020

Love programming puzzlers and like to solve issues? Comet 64 is a bit of a homage to classic computing systems, while also providing you some brain testing entertainment.

Developer of Robo Instructus gives out sales info after a year

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jul, 2020

Now that the programming-puzzle game Robo Instructus has been out for just a year, the developer has written up a blog post talking about sales and how it went.

SpaceChem, a Zachtronics classic sees a 64bit and SDL2 upgrade

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jul, 2020

SpaceChem, the design-based puzzle game from Zachtronics that has you make valuable chemical products, recently had a big tech upgrade that's out now.

Programming puzzle game Monster Logic is out now

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jul, 2020

Based on the esoteric programming languages Befunge and Trefunge, the programming puzzler Monster Logic is out now on Steam with Linux support.

Monstrous puzzle-programming with 'Monster Logic' launches July 6

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jun, 2020

Launching with Linux support on July 6, Monster Logic takes the programming puzzle genre in a weird direction.

Seriously charming programming puzzler KnotBot is out now

By Liam Dawe, 13 May, 2020

KnotBot replaces programming lines with a drag and drop interface to solve puzzles, it's not a unique idea but KnotBot has a wonderful style and setting that make it worth a play.

KnotBot, a very sweet looking programming-puzzle game involving knots and strings

By Liam Dawe, 17 Apr, 2020

KnotBot might be one of the sweetest looking puzzle-programming type of games I've ever seen. A game where you give a little robot directions across a bunch of hand-crafted levels.

Selfless Heroes, a sweet programming-puzzle game where you help heroes in a dungeon - with source code available

By Liam Dawe, 15 Apr, 2020

A wonderful little programming-puzzle game here with Selfless Heroes, tasking you with helping heroes travel through a dungeon and avoid dangers.

GNOME launches a 'Community Engagement Challenge' with cash prizes

By Liam Dawe, 8 Apr, 2020

With an idea to help get beginner coders interested in FOSS, and to help improve coding skills, the GNOME Foundation has teamed up with Endless for a Community Engagement Challenge.

Struggling with regular expressions? Then visit 'Regex Crossword', a site to learn them through a Sudoku-like game

By -Daniel-Palacio-, 1 Apr, 2020

Regular expressions are often difficult for anyone to get their head around and so Regex Crossword turns learned them into a bit of a game.

Screeps Arena, an upcoming strategy game where you program your units with JavaScript

By Liam Dawe, 9 Aug, 2019

Screeps Arena is a game for programming enthusiasts, as you get to design your own AI using JavaScript to have 1 on 1 battles.

Programming puzzle game 'Robo Instructus' to release July 16th

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jun, 2019

Fancy a bit of programming to solve some puzzles? Robo Instructus is exactly what you want then and it's releasing next month on July 16th with Linux support.

Create your AI, pick your robots and prepare for battle as Gladiabots has left Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 23 May, 2019

Gladiabots makes me feel dumb, very dumb. It asks you to create various AI and assign them to robots, to face off against another team of robots in a battle arena.