Debugger 3.16: Hack'n'Run

I am absolutely LOVING this game! I have been on pins and needles waiting for it since it was in Greenlight, and I was NOT disappointed. Made it through the first boss so far. DEFINITELY challenging, but in a fun and engaging way. The way the developer blends the coding aspect of the game into the gameplay is brilliant. This game is perfect for teaching kids coding, and keeping them interested while learning... heck, I went to school for this stuff, and I am STILL having a great time!

Wow, this is a really unique concept. It is very professional, feels like a full release to me, but it is still early access. At first it looks like it's going to be a typical platform shooter, but the gameplay is totally unlike anything I've come across. I think the fact that I am a programmer may influence my reaction to this game, but if you are looking for something challenging and different, it is well worth the purchase price.

I recommend this game as the first game in your quest to learn programming. I am on a quest to learn coding via games and thus I have played many games on Steam. This game is more 'gamey' than 'teachy' on coding in the same genre as what I call, dev team level editor. Dev team level editor games have level editors that are designed for developers or software testers. Since it is not meant for end users, the level editors are crude and often use command line rather than an easy to use GUI. The learning of coding comes as you gain more and more access to the level editor as you level up and play. Debugger 3.16 , explains concepts like variables as you unlock features. You change variables of built in program functions to do everything from healing, aiming, changing volume and more. You will not be learning much coding since you will be changing variables in the developer predefined functions. However actually typing out functions and changing variables got me comfortable and pr...

Debugger 3.16: Hack'n'Run is a very unusual specimen, a hybrid Metroidvania platformer and programming sim. Which may seem interesting but the way this is implemented is the video game equivalent of fingernails down the blackboard. What you do in this game is a combination of some pretty awful and unsatisfying platforming combined with a bizarre and extremely un-fun requirement to enter programming commands in a kind of Java/C looking language. Which is where we run into one of the things that really annoyed me... in order to tweak the graphics or audio settings, instead of convenient menu, you have to type in a command to do it. There's no reason to make the menus so annoying apart from to hammer down in the most hamfisted way possible that We'Re PrOgRaMmInG!!! Yes, we can tell when developers are being pretentious and annoying. The developer shoving his photo into the game on a repeated basis doesn't help, either. This hamfistedness from the menus touches every part of the game...

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As someone with a degree in Computer Science, I can't say how much I'd wish debugging would work like this. 10/10 never enjoyed fixing bugs more

Really nice game, which gives easily first hints and experiences about programming. In some places demanding difficulty. Not too big, but still fun.

[h2]Debugger 3.16: Hack'n'Run[/h2] Has a total of [b]12[/b] trading cards.

typing the upgrades feel like typing cheat-codes but they aren't .... 10/10. ~PROS: *Improves your typing speed, *a good debugging story, *not so much grinding required, *use the brains and commands ...(increases dopamine). ~CONS: *not satisfying graphics in certain areas and while health is low. *in some areas, hints are shown after i die 1-2 times. As a beginner in coding, i recommend this game to anyone out there having typing speed problem and want to have fun with learning 2D gaming and debugging together.

The concept is good, but better play something else in the same category, the game crashed at least 5 times, it seems 1 crash was intended (with a blue screen, part of the gameplay I think), but very anoying it take you directly to the desktop and you need to start again. There is a few of negatives, the obvios bugs, boring, simple graphics, it can't change the keybinding (yes I'm using other layout) just move boxes and shoot.. Is not completely bad, yet I don't want to wast more time on the review, read the other reviews.