The Maze

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain 

of improving, and that's your own self.

Aldous Huxley, Time Must Have a Stop (1944)

The closing lesson of the the first module consist in a LAB, that basically is a sequence of minigames in which you use principles of programming in order to execute the tasks.

It was very familiar to me because it reminded me a game that I used to play during my childhood - "The lost mind of Dr. Brain." In this game you can find several puzzles and one of then "motor programming" has the same principle.

 

On the left you can see a screenshot from Dr. Brain's Motor programming. On the right you can see the Mooc's course lab. The similarity is striking. 

When the game started to get complex it was introduced the concept of "loop"

After several similar exercises, it was introduced the concept of "branching".

The next examples were very similar but with an increasing difficult level.

What can I say about this activity?
I jsut loved! It was very ludic and useful. It was a way introduce the concept of "loop" and "branching" in a very interesting way.


What's next? I don't know what to expect, but I am very anxious for the following lessons.

I don't really know for how long I will still be able to understand the content of this course, but I don't care...

Challange accepted!!!

Até a próxima! ;)