Lightbot Jr.

© 2014 Lightbot
$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android
Teaches: programming, math, coding
CTR Rating: 92%
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Lightbot is a 3D spatial programming puzzle game that asks you to move a small robot through a stack of blocks using simple forward/turn/jump commands. With this Jr. version, called Lightbot Junior, the puzzles are easier and there is more help. There are 42 puzzles, that start with simple forward, backward, right and left, and move up to loops, where a function block can be used to represent a cluster of commands. The looping music can be muted at any time. There are no in-app purchases or gimmicks. Lightbot was created in Canada using the OpenFL/Lime framework by a University of Waterloo student, Danny Yaroslavski. The music for Lightbot was created by Andrew Sky. See also Lightbot, Tynker, Hopscotch and Scratch Jr.