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</style><table class="infobox ib-video-game hproduct"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn">Lightbot</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Video_game_developer" title="Video game developer">Developer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Lightbot Inc.<sup id="cite_ref-openflr_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-openflr-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Video_game_publisher" title="Video game publisher">Publisher(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Brad from code.org</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Video_game_designer" class="mw-redirect" title="Video game designer">Designer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Danny Yaroslavski<sup id="cite_ref-openflr_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-openflr-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Game_engine" title="Game engine">Engine</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="OpenFL" title="OpenFL">OpenFL</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Computing_platform" title="Computing platform">Platform(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Web, <a href="Google_Android" class="mw-redirect" title="Google Android">Android</a>, <a href="IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">2008</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Video_game_genre" title="Video game genre">Genre(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Educational</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><i><b>Lightbot</b></i> is an educational <a href="Video_game" title="Video game">video game</a> for learning <a href="Software_programming" class="mw-redirect" title="Software programming">software programming</a> concepts, developed by Danny Yaroslavski. <i>Lightbot</i> has been played 7 million times, and is highly rated on <a href="ITunes" title="ITunes">iTunes</a> and <a href="Google_Play" title="Google Play">Google Play</a> store.<sup id="cite_ref-tc_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Lightbot</i> is available as an online Flash game, and an application for <a href="Google_Android" class="mw-redirect" title="Google Android">Android</a> and <a href="IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a> mobile phones.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Lightbot</i> has been built with <a href="Adobe_Flash" title="Adobe Flash">Flash</a> and <a href="OpenFL" title="OpenFL">OpenFL</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-openflr_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-openflr-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>The goal of <i>Lightbot</i> is to command a little robot to navigate a maze and turn on lights.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Players arrange symbols on the screen to command the robot to walk, turn, jump, switch on a light and so on. The maze and the list of symbols become more complicated as the lessons progress.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While using such commands, players learn programming concepts like loops, procedures and more, without entering code in any <a href="Programming_language" title="Programming language">programming language</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<li id="cite_note-openflr-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-openflr_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-openflr_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-openflr_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.openfl.org/blog/2014/11/08/developer-spotlight-danny-yaroslavski/">Developer Spotlight: Danny Yaroslavski</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180909150539/http://www.openfl.org/blog/2014/11/08/developer-spotlight-danny-yaroslavski/">Archived</a> 2018-09-09 at the <a href="Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, OpenFL</span>
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<li id="cite_note-tc-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-tc_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/26/light-bot-teaches-computer-science-with-a-cute-little-robot-and-some-symbol-based-programming/">Light-Bot Teaches Computer Science With A Cute Little Robot And Some Symbol-Based Programming</a>, <a href="TechCrunch" title="TechCrunch">TechCrunch</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=UoVFAwAAQBAJ&dq=Lightbot&pg=PT168">The Teacher's Awesome App Guide 1.5</a>, John F. O'Sullivan Jr., 25-Oct-2014</span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=eO8-BAAAQBAJ&dq=Lightbot&pg=PA95">Research on E-Learning and ICT in Education</a>, Springer, 20-Aug-2014</span>
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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lightbot.com/">Lightbot Homepage</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-nyt-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nyt_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/28/technology/personaltech/get-cracking-on-learning-computer-code.html">Programming Apps Teach the Basics of Code</a>, <a href="The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a>, AUG. 27, 2014</span>
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<ul><li><a href="Colobot" title="Colobot">Colobot</a></li></ul>
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