C# Practice
Learn C# the way game code uses it: integer arithmetic and interpolated strings, loops and switch statements over changing state, dictionaries and lists for an inventory a player can read, and the methods that compose into a battle you can run turn by turn.
.NET SDK 10Values, Control Flow & Collections
Learn how to do integer arithmetic, drive state with loops and switch statements, and hold, count and sort items in dictionaries and lists.
Damage Formula
Put the prototype's combat numbers in code: a hit that never deals less than 1, a critical hit that adds a rounded percentage, and a ten-segment health bar built with string interpolation.
Level Up
Turn a total XP amount into a level with a loop over a rising per-level cost, report the XP still missing, and name the rank with a switch at the defined bands.
Inventory Bag
Make the bag behave: stack quantities of an item it already holds without taking a new slot, refuse a new item when every slot is used, and list the contents alphabetically.
Boss Battle
Resolve a whole test fight in code: alternating hits with periodic crits, a draw after fifty rounds, XP and rank on a win, the enemy's loot into a bag that can refuse it, and the final health bars.
Methods & Text
Learn how to split and case-fold a typed line, read arguments with TryParse and fallbacks, align text with interpolation, and route commands that change a game's state.
Read the Command
Split a debug console line into its words, lower-casing only the command, treating a line without a leading slash as chat, and naming the command without its slash.
Command Arguments
Read a console command's arguments safely: a whole number or a fallback when it is missing or garbled, and a word with its own default fallback.
Chat Formatting
Render chat lines with a default channel and a trimmed message, and fixed-width scoreboard rows that cut a long name with a dot but never cut a score.
Developer Console
Run the game's debug console: echo chat, and answer /give, /heal, /xp, /bag and /stats against the tester's state, with a reply for anything else.
Frequently asked questions
4What will I practice in this path?
2 modules: Values, Control Flow & Collections and Methods & Text.
How many challenges are there, and how hard are they?
8 challenges, all easy.
What does this path run on?
Challenges run on .NET SDK 10.
Do I need to install anything?
No. Every challenge runs in a browser-based IDE with everything already set up, and your code is graded automatically against a test suite.