Microsoft Research launches Code Hunt, an educational Web game for teaching programming

Microsoft Research today launched Code Hunt, a browser-based game for anyone interested in learning how to code by playing. The premise is straightforward: the player must write code to advance in the game. The built-in tutorial introduces you to the game: Greetings, program! You are an experimental application known as a CODE HUNTER. You, along with other code hunters, have been sent into a top-secret computer system to find, restore, and capture as many code fragments as possible. Your progress, along with your fellow code hunters, will be tracked. Good luck. Code Hunt uses puzzles, which players explore by means...



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