Code Romantic Reviews

Short version: If you want either a nice introduction to programming and computer science, or are interested in a cute romance, in a slightly dark background world, this game might be for you. If your looking for a challenging programming puzzler, and don't care about a story, this might not be the game for you. I don't write many reviews, but this game surprised me. I'm an avid programming, logic, and puzzle gamer. I love Zach-likes, and games that have open ended puzzle solutions to optimize. Code Romantic isn't that. I don't remember how I got it, possibly a bundle, or one of my several mass purchases of games in the "programming" category on steam. If I'd have known, or noticed, how beginner oriented this game is, I probably would have passed on it. I'm glad I didn't. This game shouldn't be for me. I should have been bored by it. I have a BS in Computer Science, and this game is a very good introduction, but it should have been too simple for me to enjoy. But I loved it. Maybe I'm just a romantic at heart, but the story and art was super cute and I got really invested in it. The world building and backstories are great, too, when you uncover them. The multiple choice style coding puzzle interface is a great idea, I think it could be useful for actual computer science exams. It allows a person to demonstrate they understand the concepts and language notation without having to memorize every little thing about it. Real world programmers aren't memorizing api functions and use documentation constantly, as well as editors that show issues in syntax as you type. Having a multiple choice interface for coding questions just makes sense. On the steam discussions the dev has said that Code Romantic II is in the works, and I'm looking forward to it. I want to know what's going to happen next, and I'm hoping that the challenge increases as well.

Super fun coding game! I have some experiences in coding before and there were a few that are tricky. If you don't have any, that okay! you can definitely learn the basic concept of C. Beside that I really like the storyline and the romance between the two main characters