Bug Brain Alternatives

Bug Brain is described as 'You start in the lab where you experiment with the neurons and nodes that make up a brain. From there you move out into the field to build a brain for a Lady Bug to help it feed and survive' and is an app in the education & reference category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Bug Brain for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Mac, Linux and iPad apps. The best Bug Brain alternative is WarriorJS, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Bug Brain are Robocode, Gamestar Mechanic, CodeCombat and CodeRobo.AI.

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  1. WarriorJS icon
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    An exciting game of programming and Artificial Intelligence.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
    • WarriorJS is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Bug Brain.

    • WarriorJS is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Bug Brain.

    • WarriorJS is Free and Open SourceBug Brain is Free and Proprietary
  2. Robocode icon
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    Robocode is a programming game where the goal is to code a robot battle tank to compete against other robots in a battle arena. So the name Robocode is a short for "Robot code". The player is the programmer of the robot, who will have no direct influence on the game.

    21 Robocode alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    Gamestar Mechanic uses fun, game-based quests and courses to help you learn game design and make your own video games.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  4. CodeCombat icon
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    Learn programming with a multiplayer live coding strategy game. You're a wizard, and your spells is a programm-language.

    23 CodeCombat alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • CodeCombat is the most popular Web-based alternative to Bug Brain.

    • CodeCombat is Freemium and ProprietaryBug Brain is Free and Proprietary
  5. CodeRobo.AI icon
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    www.CodeRobo.ai contains a series of courses as games that introduces students to software programming and robotics to guide them in their robotics journey. The courses are created by robotics engineers who solve challenging real-world problems using robots.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. PyKidos icon
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    Welcome to PyKidos, a small Javascript application (still rough around the edges) that offers a Python playground for teaching purposes. It is mainly intended for use by adults who are teaching programming to their kids, and it is not really designed for independent use by...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • PyKidos is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Bug Brain.

    • PyKidos is Free and Open SourceBug Brain is Free and Proprietary
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    You’re a machine learning specialist who makes neural networks but your cat seems to be better at it. Now you must solve puzzles to build a cat-to-human translation system (who knows what else this cat is capable of!).

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Steam
     
    • while True: learn() is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Bug Brain.

    • while True: learn() is the most popular commercial alternative to Bug Brain.

    • while True: learn() is Paid and ProprietaryBug Brain is Free and Proprietary
  8. CSSBattle icon
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    CSSBattle is an online CSS Code Golfing battleground. Here, players from all around the world try to visually replicate "Targets" in smallest possible CSS code and battle it out to get to the top of the leaderboard.

    21 CSSBattle alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. LightBot icon
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    Lightbot is a programming puzzle game: a puzzle game that uses game mechanics that are firmly rooted in programming concepts.

    10 LightBot alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
     
    • LightBot is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Bug Brain.

    • LightBot is Paid and ProprietaryBug Brain is Free and Proprietary
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    Program little office workers to solve puzzles. Be a good employee! The machines are coming... for your job.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
     
  11. Colobot Gold icon
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    Colobot Gold is modified version of the original Colobot game released by Epsitec under open source (GPLv3) license. Source code was refreshed and rewritten using SDL and OpenGL libraries, thus making it...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    The Rabbids invade space, and in true Rabbids-style, turn your spaceship upside down! Using blocks of code, you need to give them instructions to clear up the mess they have created. This free educational game is aimed for players from the age of 7 and upwards.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Uplay
     
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