Code Rescue
A cozy coding game. An AI made Code City forget how its own code works – and the city went dark. Find the bugs, write the missing code and bring it back to life, one line at a time.
The story
Code City stopped working.
An AI promised to take coding off everyone’s hands – and over that, the city forgot how its own code even works. Streets lie still, lights are out, whole quarters are frozen. The code is still there. It is just broken.
Your job: get it running again.
You start by repairing: a wrong operator here, a missing condition there, a gap to close. Step by step you go further – predict what a piece of code prints, review someone else’s code, write whole functions yourself and clean up code that works but is a mess. And with every task you solve, a piece of the city wakes up: lights come on, machines start, colour returns.
Coding that does not feel like homework.
Code Rescue is peaceful. No time pressure, no failing, no high-score chase. Just you, a puzzle you can actually understand, and a city visibly grateful that you figured it out. Beginner-friendly enough for your first line of code – and honest enough that you really learn something.
What to expect.
Code that really runs
PHP, Python and JavaScript run in real runtimes, C# and Rust in built-in interpreters. Fill the gap, find the bug, predict the output, write it yourself, refactor – around 190 tasks.
A city that blooms with you
Every district rebuilds in five stages, from ruins to full splendour. Bring wind turbines and solar fields online with your own code.
A gentle start
No timers, no failing. A typing trainer, a character doctor and the compendium help you get going, and REPL keeps you company – with tools that grow with your rank.
A stance, not hype
A calm counterposition to the "AI does everything for you" promise.
From the game.
The AI sphere above Code City’s centre – full of error messages
Tutorial Island in the morning light – where every rescue begins
The editor in the AR visor – a PHP function runs a wind turbine, the test run shows its output
A logic puzzle – the built row has to match the blueprint
REPL’s console – try out expressions and see the result right away
The ferry at the Tutorial Island pier – it takes you across to Code City
The Python district before the rebuild – only foundations
The same view after the rebuild – the academy with its dome
Stance
Because nobody understands it for you.
Code City collapsed because everyone relied on the AI to sort it out. That is no coincidence, that is the idea behind it: AI is a tool – not a substitute for grasping how something works yourself.
Runs on PHPolygon
The engine behind Code Rescue is open – you are welcome to look inside. Look at the engine
One island, five districts.
W0 · Tutorial Island – the plaza with its glass fountain sphere, where every journey begins
W1 · PHP – the factory halls where the machines start up again
W2 · Python – the domed academy on the jungle beach
W3 · C# – under the glass dome on the sea floor
W4 · JavaScript – the neon tower in the palm garden
W5 · Rust – the rebuilt castle
Districts 6 (Tutorial Island + 5 language worlds) · Languages Pseudocode, PHP, Python, C#, JavaScript, Rust · Tasks around 190 · Engine PHPolygon (open source, PHP) · Platform Steam · Status Playtest (v0.1.0)
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