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A puzzle game inspired by functional programming, written in PureScript▲121
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2AT
A text adventure for developers▲39
2014 · avausadventure.com
3AF
A Forth-inspired game to teach kids programming▲22
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4TC
The Choice – An online programming puzzle RPG▲95
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5CA
Crown – A flexible game engine written from scratch in C++▲193
2017 · github.com
6WA
WrittenRealms – a modern platform for text-based games▲200
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7WC
Word Champions, a word game written in ClojureScript▲76
2020 · danieljanus.pl
8LG
Language games – simple games made with word vectors▲81
2020 · github.com
9AP
A point-and-click game engine▲72
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10AC
A Clojure game library▲93
2014 · github.com
11RA
Rant, a procedural text generation language▲155
2014 · github.com
12SA
Sokyokuban, a puzzle game in a non-Euclidian world▲184
2021 · sokyokuban.com
13TA
Toy – A thin C++ game engine▲180
2018 · hugoam.github.io
14AU
A UIKit Game Engine▲33
2013 · github.com
15AP
AI programming game▲11
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16DA
DOME, a framework for making 2D games with Wren▲90
2020 · domeengine.com
17VW
Variables War, a kid-friendly code playing-cards game▲78
2018 · github.com
18AA
ArkScript, a small and fast language for scripting video games▲101
2020 · github.com
19LG
Learning Games – Coded with a Self-Created Programming Language▲5
2019 · easygames.online
20A2
A 2D game engine in under 1000 lines of C▲98
2020 · github.com
21CK
Code Kingdoms – a game that teaches kids to code▲34
2014 · codekingdoms.com
22AM
A modern BASIC-like teaching and learning programming language▲76
2020 · easylang.online
23AT
A text adventure and puzzle game with AI-generated story▲9
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24AO
An Open Source Number Game▲36
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