Think Like a Coder (2019)
Think Like a Coder is a 10-episode series that will challenge viewers with programming puzzles as the main characters— a girl and her robot companion— attempt to save a world that has been plunged into turmoil. In our digital age, coding has become a basic literacy skill which gives us a deeper understanding of the technology we use everyday. Beyond being a much sought-after skill on the job market, coding helps foster creativity, reinforces math skills and develops our problem-solving abilities. By the end of this series, viewers will have been introduced to and gained experience with the following key coding concepts: - Loops - Conditionals - Variables - Conditionals synthesis - Path logic - Nested loops - Permutations - Big O - Recursion - Maze navigation - Depth-first search - Graphs - Tables
Think Like a Coder: Season 1 - 10 Episode s
1x1 - The Prison Break
September 30, 2019
The adventure begins! Episode 1: Ethic awakens in a mysterious cell. Can she and robot Hedge solve the programming puzzles blocking their escape?
1x2 - The Resistance
The adventure continues! Episode 2: Ethic and Hedge search for the leader of the Resistance. Can they solve the puzzles blocking their way?
1x3 - The Furnace Bots
The adventure continues! Episode 3: Ethic and Hedge must sabotage the furnace-bots to get to the first artifact. Can they find a way out?
1x4 - The Train Heist
The adventure continues! Episode 4: The trio plot how they can steal the first artifact— the Node of Power. Can they take it without being discovered?
1x5 - The Artists
The adventure continues! Episode 5: Ethic and Hedge arrive in the 198forest in search of the second artifact. Can they sneak past the guards to get to the tower?
1x6 - The Chasm
The adventure continues! Episode 6: Ethic, Hedge, and Octavia must find a way to cross the bottomless ravine to get to the tower. Can they make it before the guards return?
1x7 - The Tower of Epiphany
The adventure continues! Episode 7: Ethic and Hedge find themselves in a massive tower. Can they make it past the energy streams to reach the Node of Creation?
1x8 - The Gauntlet
The adventure continues! Episode 8: Ethic and Hedge find themselves at a gauntlet of forking paths. Can they find the right one before they’re captured?
1x9 - The Factory
The adventure continues! Episode 9: Ethic, Hedge, and Lemma have made it to the last artifact: The Node of Memory. Can they retrieve it before the bots arrive?
1x10 - The World Machine
Can Ethic make it to the World Machine and stop Hedge from covering the world in a giant maze?