Teaching Computer Programming by Games Nowadays, major developments are taking place in computer games and educational games parallel with the rapid developments in technology. Educational games have been developed in many areas such as mathematics, physics, geography, history, politics, and language and so on. In spite of all these developments there have been a considerable amount of decline and after a slight increase in the number of students preferring computer departments in the America and the base point of computer departments in Turkey.
In this thesis, a game including the basic concepts of computer programming about historic Silk Road trade has been developed. This game has been designed for 8-14 year-old students in order to find a solution for the educational reasons of this fall such as educational deficiencies in infrastructure of students and difficulty of the department.
It can help a student develop his ability to solve problems and creative thinking. He can also learn basic concepts of programming. Being aware of basic concepts of programming can increase his interest and motivation towards programming courses which he takes at high school/university in future. This game might be used with the technique of simulation in an introductory course in computer programming.
