[casual_games] games that teach programming

[Dean Utian]

Jeff

>Hi Dean (nice to see you online again - haven't seen you around much since the Director days!), 

Hi Jeff,
Good to see you too. Hope all is going well with you these days.
 
Thanks for the reply. In terms of what I'm doing and looking for - 
- First, my students are going to be making games and will program elements of the game.
- Before they delve into the production and programming of the game, I thought it would be a useful if they can get familiar with concepts of programming through playing a game. The idea would be if there is such a game that illustrates things like variables, conditional statements, loops. So, the players don't actually program as part of the game but are just immersed in key programming elements and concepts. Does such a game exist?
 
Dean