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It is bad that you can try to see your robot moving without command limit and then reduce the number of command... because i had to write on block notes all the command for my robot! but i got bored and quit! :D
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i wish i could use recursive functions, but for that i'd need conditional statements or being able to finish the level while the bot isn't done yet.
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Luckily most programming languages have a standard library with extra functions and no character limit. C++/Python experience doesn't help you a bit here.
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I made a program that solved the levels itself, however I can't solve 10, 11 and 12 myself. Not sure if that makes me good or bad at programming.
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I have to say the reason 10 is difficult is totally irrelevant to programming. We don't have those kinds of constraints when coding.
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as a programmer in training. i have to say, it doesn't make it much easier. really, all it takes is spotting when each action needs to be used. i do this by making the light-bot walk in my head, stating each action as it happens.
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I tought lvl 11 was the hardest, because I kept thinking in the wrong direction. The other ones were pretty easy, I'm no programmer. I love the game though! I could of course try to decrease the amount of commands in the meantime.
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FUN TIP: Let Lightbot have some fun spinning around by filling up the functions with 'turn' actions and filling the main function with your other functions.
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Just remembered on stage 11 that functions can be put in another function..... if only I remembered it on stage 10, I would not need to have to put many redundant actions in the functions so that I can reuse the functions in the "main" control.
Anyway, I recall for programming we have to "keep it simple" .... but for some reason we tend to ignore the simplest answer :P
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On a more serious note, nice game. It's an interesting introduction to optimization and such, given how little "memory" there is to work with.
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No conditionals = not real programming.
Very creative game though and captures some of programming...(been programming for about 25 years)
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Last level was too easy compared to 10. Swap level 10 with last level and your game is perfect. I'll give you 5/5 pretending level 10 were last one ^^
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Bug with one level? The system do not stop when all places are lighted up but keep turning them off http://imgur.com/y4aaZwl
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Didn't realize the level would be able to complete if all tiles were lit when in a recursion loop. It was the only way I could figure out how to solve level 11.
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I understand programming is mostly problem solving in the sense of finding solutions with ICT to problems, and in that sense i find level 10 to be a good focus. However, i also believe programming to be repetition through program loops and conditions etc, and in that sense i find level 10 odd to say the least. To me it is less about repeating practical code as setting up a loop that is limited by physical boundaries and that has a lot of wasted processing along the way.(Maybe i made my code too complex, but it was the only way i could get it to work.)
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as a programmer, ill say this is notably harder than real programming just due to being restricted to so few functions that cant take any input