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Hi everyone, lightbot 2.0 came out last june, it now supports conditionals and recursion, it has 24 official levels and a level editor, you can send levels and play on user made levels.

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/539621

idlo09, 32 months ago.

Here's another game that should appeal to robozzle fans:
http://jayisgames.com/games/manufactoria/

keba, 36 months ago.

I found Light-Bot first, and ever since that I think of RoboZZle as a sort of light-bot++. And the Codex is great if you want a programming challenge of a different nature-- in that game, the robots stay put, and extend their mechanical arms to move objects around like an assembly line. Both the Codex and Light-Bot lack conditionals, but Light-Bot does force some complex recursion and reuse challenges, as well as the Codex requires some synchronized action to avoid jamming the system.

nupanick, 40 months ago.

I know this thread is about Light-Bot. I did play and enjoy it very much. It was over much too quickly. Anyway, another game I loved was The Codex of Alchemical Engineering. If you haven't tried it yet you should really check it out. I promise you won't breeze though it like light bot. The programming is much simpler than robozzle but the puzzles are not. Plus you can have as many bots as you want running different code and interacting with each other.

http://www.kongregate.com/games/krispykrem/the-codex-of-alchemical-engineering

http://www.kongregate.com/games/krispykrem/the-codex-of-alchemical-engineering-magnum-opus-challenge

axorion, 45 months ago.

I played it on Kongregate a while before too. I though the idea was nice, but the game is not very good. Not only because it doesn't have user-submitted levels but other several minor details too.

The point of view sucks. It made it more difficult for me but not in a "challenging" sort of way.

Also recursion and conditions are VERY nice additions.

Robozzle rules.

=D

ArtVandeley, 48 months ago.

Has any body heard about Herbert? It was used by Microsoft for Imagine cup's algorithm round. http://wildnoodle.com/UI/Compete/Tutorial.aspx?CId=ZAku6WwRATzk9B9ZkItDOQ==
check out the description, also on www.codeplex.com/herbertdotnet

krazineurons, 49 months ago.

Some months ago, I met Light-Bot on Kongregate. Frankly, I think that Coolio-Natio deserves quite some credits as being the person in whose mind a fun-programming game germinated. Although I had a hard time at the highest level, I was very disappointed when the game was finished and no follow-up could be found. I am very happy with RoboZZle, spawning new games daily.

kraker, 50 months ago.

I really enjoyed Lightbot and I also wished there were more puzzles. It seems my wish has been granted. RoboZZle is a MUCH better game and has kept me occupied for more hours than I care to admit. Thank you so much Igor!

snydej, 50 months ago.

Lightbot is a fun game. I played it something like 9 months ago. I finished it in 30 minutes, and wished that there were more puzzles, I could make my own puzzles, and that the game mechanics allowed more complexity.

Seemed like a fun project, and hence there is RoboZZle. ;-)

igoro, 50 months ago.

Don't get me wrong. I do think Lightbot has some challenging levels. They're just challenging in a "shallow"-er way. :)

I think I've seen two versions of Lightbot floating around, one which ends when the stars are collected, and one which ends when the program ends.

Mark Byers brute-forced a minimal solution to all levels using the loopable version. His description is here: http://mark-byers.blogspot.com/2009/01/light-bot-in-131-commands.html

recursive, 50 months ago.

recursive:
> e. recursion is not supported either (even in the simplest form of endless loop)

at least it didnt work when I tried. the level was solved, but as the robot did not stop (due to endless loop) the program did not recognize the fact and just kept running circle by circle )

as of being shallow to you... well, me is not you )) but I couldnt solve a certain level (they dont seem to have numbers or some other id, hm) for about an hour. it just does not fit. still unsolved )

i'll surely check roborally later, thanks

life96, 50 months ago.

The absence of conditional calls in Lightbot makes it seem rather shallow to me. The only flow control is infinite loops.

It is a board game, but check out Robo Rally.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboRally

recursive, 50 months ago.

Here is a game's screenshot:
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/9047/newnew.png (direct link)
http://yfrog.com/6unewnewp (short link)

The major differences from Robozzle are:
a. neat graphics
b. third dimension movement supported (robot jumps up and down)
c. the game is static (no new levels, no custom designed levels etc, no community to discuss)
d. no conditional commands ("do if red/green/blue") supported
e. recursion is not supported either (even in the simplest form of endless loop)

Despite of d. and e. clauses, advanced levels of the game require certain thoughts to fit the program in 28 cells and 3 functions given :)

Do you know more games like that? Please post the links here :)

life96, 50 months ago.

I have accidentally found another "control a robot"-style game on the internet. It is called "Light-Bot", and the task of your robot consists in lighting blue cells on the field up.
The author is Coolio-Niato, and the game is distributed by Armorgames.
Can be found here: http://armorgames.com/play/2205/light-bot

life96, 50 months ago.