Development of C-Language-based Coding Educational Game for Beginners

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a C language-based coding educational game for beginners. The proposed coding educational game has the following characteristics. First, the proposed coding educational game is designed on the C language, in order to lead a learner to be able to develop a complex system later. The game consists of 6 stages representing the basis of C language: variables and constants, basic data types and operators, conditional statements, loop statements, functions, and arrays. Second, the proposed coding educational game kindly provides descriptions and hints, so that the learner can play the game without knowledge about C language. Experimental results, show that the learner clears the stage by 85.4% in the PC environment, after the learner tries to submit 5.7 times on average per stage, because the learner can resubmit the code when the submitted code is wrong. Third, the proposed coding educational game was designed as the Web-based game for the learners in various environments. Describing how the learners interact differently in PC environment and mobile environment, experimental results show that the learner feels more comfortable to use PC version than mobile version.