Episode 1: SpaceChem

SpaceChem is a puzzle game about chemistry with solutions that resemble programming challenges. P...

An episode of the Game Retro podcast, hosted by Zoe Landon, titled "Episode 1: SpaceChem" was published on August 8, 2018 and runs 28 minutes.

August 8, 2018 ·28m · Game Retro

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SpaceChem is a puzzle game about chemistry with solutions that resemble programming challenges. Playing the game teaches the player things, so developer Zach Barth offered the game to schools as an educational tool. But why do educators use games like Minecraft for education and not games like SpaceChem?

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SpaceChem is a puzzle game about chemistry with solutions that resemble programming challenges. Playing the game teaches the player things, so developer Zach Barth offered the game to schools as an educational tool. But why do educators use games like Minecraft for education and not games like SpaceChem?

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