Ages 9–14 · Grades 4–8 · Computer Science
RailForge
Read the little program, predict the route the mine cart takes to the ore, then watch it drive.
A built-in solver checks every puzzle really can be solved (and tells you the shortest program). Every route you see is drawn by really running the code. Runs on your device; nothing leaves it.
How are you feeling?
😄 Brain break
Meet the cast — the characters who teach this
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Railwright builds tracks before driving them — you teach her to drive every cell -
Trackley remembers which way the cart faces after a turn -
Tunnel knows a keep-going loop stops at the first thing in the way -
Par counts the cells and the repeats until they match
What next? Pick a door
- More like this DoodleForge What will this little loop draw? TraceForge What will this program print? ScreenForge What screen will this code make?
- A bit harder TinkerForge Change one line: what changes? SortTales Which sort is fastest for this list? PingForge Where does your data travel?
- Something different CubeSensei Which move undoes that sequence? WorldForge Can Beam fly through your maze? ShadeForge How sure are you, really?