A game that allows players to play with software development is a great way to teach programming concepts and coding, such as loops and conditional statements. Games that accomplish this include Zachtronics Shenzhen I/O which puts players in the shoes of disaffected engineers working for an uninteresting chip maker and have to build computer chips by hand. They are presented with increasingly difficult circuits to create, starting by making lights flash in a specific pattern.

The interface of the game is very similar to that is found in browsers, and it teaches scripting. Screeps is another excellent example, which combines JavaScript code with massively multiplayer online gaming to build self-sustaining colonies. Both games do an excellent job of teaching basic concepts as well as slowly introduction of new ones.

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