Dungeon Games

What is the Blockly Dungeon?

The Blockly Dungeon is our beginner-friendly coding learning environment.
With Blockly Dungeon, you can take your first steps into the world of programming.

For more information, see our documentation.

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How to Play?

First, you need to decide whether you want to play the web version with a block-based programming interface (recommended if you are new to programming), or the desktop version, where you use Java code to solve the riddles in the dungeon.

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Web Version

• Install Java 21 on your system
• Download the Blockly-web.jar file below
• Start the dungeon by double-clicking the JAR file
  • or run java -jar Blockly-web.jar in your terminal
• Open your browser and go to http://localhost:8081/

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Desktop Version

• Install Java 21 on your system
• Download the Blockly-desktop.jar file below
• Start the dungeon by double-clicking the JAR file
  • or run java -jar Blockly-desktop.jar in your terminal
• Install Visual Studio Code
• Download the .vsix file below and install the extension (see next)
• In VS Code, create a new file with a .java extension
• Use the cheat sheets to write your code:
  • Dungeon Commands
  • Simple Java Commands
• Click Run Blockly Code in the top-right corner of Visual Studio Code to see your work in action

Install the extension:

1. Open Visual Studio Code
2. Go to the Extensions view (click the Extensions icon in the Activity Bar on the side or press Ctrl+Shift+X)
3. Click the three dots (...) in the top-right corner of the Extensions view to open the "More Actions..." menu
4. Select "Install from VSIX..."
5. Navigate to the downloaded .vsix file and select it
6. VS Code will install the extension and may prompt you to reload the window

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Blockly Dungeon is part of the "Produs" project funded by: EFRE-20300105, Pakt für Informatik 2.0, EFRE/JTF NRW 2021--27