Algorithm City : Coding Game

Because it teaches block coding, it's a wonderful app for both computing students and kids aged 15 and younger. It also educates kids about cause and effect, as well as giving them a clearer understanding of logic. However, the typeface and soundtrack are a little outdated and unpleasant. I expected an aesthetic yet kid-friendly software with a great font and pleasant music, however the majority of the typeface is terrible. There is also no way to skip the lesson. Not everyone is a kid who has never done anything like this before.

Very fun. Simple interface, great controls. Perfect game for teaching kids procedural programming. Slowly increasing difficulty makes for a smooth progression. Only downside is it's too short. Ninety minutes of fun and I'm done. Could use more levels. Also, a suggestion, add f{A}, f{B}, f{C}, etc for more complex programs. If we were able to build multiple functions, it would allow for longer, more complex levels

This is the best game I have played to teach the skill of coding. Limited instruction set, limited working memory, so one has to create efficient code. A great game when starting to learn about coding. Thumbs up all round. Since we are dealing with a graphical user interface there is no complex formatting or required punctuation. It even makes recursion easy to understand.

My kid likes this but for some reason, it refuses to full screen on my samsung s21+ the interface is off-centre and we can't see the last column on the right hand side (great for testing memory) 1 star more for the quick reply...unfortunately full screen makes problem worse...i will try the other one. TY.

This is a great game for everyone, especially those interested in video games! The tutorial is short, but already I've learned about functions and basic movement in programming! Seeing it in motion alongside the terms and chosen commands really makes it click. Wonderful step into coding that beats out some classes I've taken!

Beat all the levels, then went back and made sure to get all 3 stars for each level. Wish it had more levels and some more complex puzzles. Also the app doesn't explain how the rating system rewards stars for levels, I assume it's based on number of commands but it should be disclosed in the app.

Great little learning app. The 2D graphics could do with a little more polish, some look a little stretched and the turn instruction arrows imply forward motion ↱, rather than just rotation ↷. Also needs to stop screen from going to sleep during (and a short while after) algorithm execution. My kid is really enjoying it.

Nice game. Fun & easy, but gets challenging (and interesting) too as level increases. One obvious mistake (as pointed out by another user as well) is teaching use of recursion without a counter. If that's ignored, then the app is really fabulous. If I may, I'd suggest to add volume control, as music is fun to have but is too loud. Another request would be (if possible) rotating the 3D plane to get better perspective of left and right, while programming the moves. :)

Good design and great interface. The game seems to have a bug. If you put commands into the main program it looks like you have space for 9 commands, but it actually has 12. Spaces 4, 8 and 12 are just either invisible or off-screen.

I understand the game is probably aimed at kids but there is too little variance, the game is very repetitive and for me really easy. Also, at the first non-tutorial levels with functions, I don't think it works. There is only one slot for calling the function so you have to repeat the same code in the function, which defies the purpose of functions.

The game and the idea behind it is great . There's only one thing missing and that is if we finish the level we have no choice but to move to the next level WOTHOUT SAVING the algorithm and sometimes it really bugs me .. other than that , AWESOME game!!

A wonderful game to leaen coding . Easy , medium , hard levels . You can change the charackter . You can solve the level by paying 10 coins from the coins you took from the levels before , no adds . I like it but the only thing I didn't like is the music . It's so annoying.

Fun short game that helped cement recursion in my head. The last levels were easier then some in the middle imo, I found a solution that was 2 steps less than required for 3 stars and 3 stared all the other levels levels. Would recommend for someone who needs something to do in an afternoon

For some reason I can't see the rest of the function areas or flip the screen to the opposite side. It seems to cut it self off at the edges.

Medium Level-Level:5 seems to have a bug. The task provided cannot be completed in 12 steps and the function area doesn't allow more than 12 steps to be added into it. After having cleared so many steps before this, its disappointing for my son to leave it midway due to this bug. (You can't proceed further until you clear this level)

It is a nice game, but out of a programming perspective, it teach to many incorrect principles. In many places you have to construct a function that would not work in normal programming, but because the game limit the movement of the character, the function work. This can create the perspective with a kid that you don't have to write correct functions, somehow magically it will function correctly. Also you call the function within it self. That is wrong on so many levels.

Wonderful game for children to learn the basics of coding! My kids love playing this! It would be nice though if you could drag and drop icons too, as well as insert icons anywhere instead of having to delete everything if you forgot something.

Nice coding game. My only issue is there are absolutely no instructions associated with the app. It should ay the very minimum give you some guidance as to what the objectives are. I started to finally understand 3 stars meant you completed each level perfectly, 2 stars was a good job and 1 star was just sufficient.

Not a bad game, but a chunk of it cropped out of the screen and an equal amount of the screen is just white on the other side, then there's black on both sides. Just terrible usage of screen real estate.

Fun game start to end. A little challenging to get 3 stars on the harder levels but once you get the hang is an easy do. Would have liked more levels. Great experience, learn basics of coding with functions

Great game! Minimal ads, cute graphics, and interesting puzzles. Admittedly the puzzles didn't really get interesting until the Hard section, but they were all fun, and satisfying when you completed them for 3 stars.

The game isn't being displayed correctly in my device, it's displaced to the right. There's a white margin in the left and it's not possible to see the rightmost squares in main and function areas. I got 6.088" screen and Android 11.

Entertaining, but if you are already familiar with some programing/robotics/logic you'll be able to beat the game in an hour or two (I was able to finish it in the time the dinner cooked). some levels can be solved with less instructions (5 that I know of) like level 7 hard can be solved with 10 instead of the 19). the developer could as another statisitc of "efficient vs fast" less instructions vs fast le le solving. if you have steam take a look at TIS-100 or Shenzen IO 🤭

Great app. I am using it to teach my 4 year old and my 7 year old. The only thing, the screen is off-center in my moto g7 plus, a bit of the screen to the right is not visible. Hope you can fix this.