Playful programming: introductory computer science using the Luwak Ludic Toolkit
Brian C. Ladd · Journal of computing sciences in colleges · 2008
This workshop introduces the Luwak Ludic Toolkit (Luwak), a game-building extension of the ACM Java Task Force's acm.jar package.Luwak, taking the term ludic seriously, supports CS1 students in writing their own computer games on day one. It also addresses the learning to program the toolkit problem by being extremely lightweight; students learn enough to look under the hood in a single semester. This workshop provides an introduction to Luwak through a variety of assignments drawn from across a typical CS1 semester. These assignments, as well as the complete Luwak toolkit, will be available during the workshop on CD-R (or before at luwak.simplecomputergames.com). The primary goal of the workshop is to give participants enough information and material that they can start teaching with Luwak as soon as they wish.