Programmieren in Adventure Mode with rpgDungeon()

Learn to program playfully: The new rpgDungeon() module is here!

With rpgDungeon(), CodeRoom brings a completely new learning experience to computer science classes. The new engine allows programming and exercise tasks to be implemented in the style of classic role-playing games – with graphical output, playful elements, and high motivational factor.

More than just Turtle: Interactive adventures in code

rpgDungeon() is the extended, modern version of Turtle, but with many more possibilities:

• Graphical game fields with background images
• Game figures, NPCs, and items with properties
• Interactions, collision queries, and traps
• End conditions that can be flexibly defined

Assignments can be designed as levels – including goals, challenges, and direct feedback through the game.

Level Editor for teachers – create content with a click

Teachers receive a comfortable level editor, allowing exercises to be easily assembled without code. Additionally, tasks can also be automatically generated by AI.

You can:

• Design game fields
• Set start and end positions
• Place NPCs or objects with properties
• Set conditions for success

Two stages of code execution – for a real gaming feel

The engine uses a two-stage execution model:

1. Real-time logical processing: Student code like bewegen(), interagieren(), prüfen() is interpreted directly.
2. Asynchronous animations: The graphical representation occurs smoothly in the background – like in real games.

So the system reacts immediately to game factors such as:

• Is an item in front of the player character?
• Is there a collision?
• Has a goal been reached or has a trap been triggered?

Computer science lessons with storytelling, games, and motivation

rpgDungeon() opens up completely new possibilities:

• Experience programming logic directly
• Interactive visual feedback
• Engaging stories, recurring characters
• More motivation through gamification

Highlights at a glance

• Programming in a graphical dungeon world
• Real-time code processing with direct effect on the game field
• Comfortable level editor for teachers
• KI-supported exercise creation
• No installation – runs directly in CodeRoom, on all devices

With rpgDungeon(), we bring the lesson closer to the students’ everyday life – playfully, interactively, creatively.

Now try it out and turn computer science class into an adventure!