A non-Zach Zach-like!

For some reason this game doesn't look like it's on par with other coding games i've played in the past. I'll let another coder review this before i buy. Wishlisted for now.

Am I just too tight or is £7.19 (£6.49 with discount) a bit steep for a poster that you have to print out yourself?

I fancy the game but I don't think the DLC, especially the poster, is worth the extra 10%. Wishlisted for now.

Something along the line:
cat is machine learning | while read AI; do : -?; done

Now I understand my cat better... he wanted to teach me to program !

I would call it a "I'm a lonely programer whose only friend his cat " simulator . =)

As long the cat doesn't get the Shane Dawson's treatment then I'm golden.

Are there "programming games" that teach some actual programming language that can be used in real life, not just in that game?

To me it just feels... odd to try to learn some made-up-for-that-game-only programming language, when I could use that time to learn some real programming language like python or what have you and even do some real-life projects of your own with it.

It is a bit like if there were games where you were supposed to learn made-up human (or alien) languages. It sounds kinda pointless as well, and no I am not interested in learning klingon or that elven language in LOTR. Heck I already know Finnish, there is no challenge for me in those made-up languages!

Here's a joke I just made up:

What does it mean when a klingon says: "Khrak gurk KRAAAK gurgle kahtar grög graag!".

It means he has a chicken bone stuck in his throat and he is gasping for air. What did you think it would mean, huh?!?

There is a real interest in: while True: learn()
A game that really learns a programming language has little chance to be called a game, it has all the chance to be... soporific, and risks not to be sold.
This game is useful for those who are learning programming, for an understanding of how it works, the bugs and the possibilities, it gives a more understandable vision.

For the others, it remains a fun game with a nice story, personally I recommend this game to those who like logic games like "Bridge Constructor" or for those who want to talk with a cat .
You can also have a passion for programming without wanting to become a developer.

Another joke: What does it mean when a cat next to a Klingon says: MEOWwww rrrrWOOW ?

Yes. Download the Unity or Unreal engines and have at it. That's missing the point, because the important thing with programming is the concepts, not the specific syntax of this or that language. If you understand programming, you can pick up just about any language quickly, so it's not important. If you can only program with Python, you don't understand programming.

I am pretty sure someone who has actively used e.g. python knows much more about programming than someone who has mastered the game "while True: learn()". Sure, learning Klingon or the LOTR elven language may introduce you to the concepts of different languages and how they are constructed... but I still feel that if you want to learn e.g. Estonian or French, just start learning and using them directly, instead of some made-up language.

Then again if we are talking about professional programming, there's so much more to know beyond mere programming concepts and languages, like different tools often used with programming, SCM, how development projects normally go etc... but I guess those go beyond learning programming or scripting on a level that you can actually do something yourself with them.

But of course, Clever Cat's giving a hint to:

If you learn a made-up game language and can successfully transfer the concepts to real programming, you understand what you're doing far more than someone who learned the syntax of Python but is then utterly lost when they have to use a different language. Which is something that I've seen; it's more memorization and copy/paste than actually learning to program. Anyway the main point of the game is to play a game; nobody's stopping you from doing "real" programming if you want.