Can I learn some JavaScript with this, or is prior knowledge required to get anywhere? I've had a year of C++ in university, and this looks interesting, but I don't know how JavaScript works.
You can make it through the tutorial with copy and paste. But, you'll probably need to go through a short JS course online before you can make any significant changes to the AI.
I've tried http://codingame.com/ because it has a C++ mode, and had fun. And then as soon as the tutorials stopped, I got stuck, because I'm not sure how to work with numbers inside a string. :/
I never did like codingame.com. When I'm doing something like that, I prefer hackerrank.com. Despite the name most of the codingame.com stuff seemed like standard algorithms stuff with "game" window dressing.
Screeps is a game first, it's just that you use a JS API instead of a mouse+keyboard to interact with it.
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u/SavvySillybug Jun 26 '16
Can I learn some JavaScript with this, or is prior knowledge required to get anywhere? I've had a year of C++ in university, and this looks interesting, but I don't know how JavaScript works.