Two anecdotal data points on somewhat similar sites from an employed programmer and father.
Codehunt (from Microsoft Research), very addictive yet nice concise format, polished interface, allowing Java or C# a plus.
Minuses - Requires some unnatural code golf for maximum stars. Needs new problems and difficulty is too variable. I got in Top 5 but realized it was a completely worthless achievement as it just was not hard enough, somehow I hoped for a short note from MS saying GJ here is the next challenge level.
Bonus: Did not feel bad about playing this at work on breaks.
Codecombat - program in javascript, using classical MMORPG terminology, this should have been more addictive but something was off, maybe it was the latency or browser glitches.
My bot using simple strategy got in top, but I realized that I would rather go back to writing my scripts for real MMORPGs where my bots make actual money from RMT.
I still get Codecombat monthly e-mail reminders of new features but somehow the appeal of fake MMORPG is not there.
Also, felt very guilty about firing Codecombat up at work...
So you guys not going for the standard DnD type of setting might be a good idea.
Codehunt (from Microsoft Research), very addictive yet nice concise format, polished interface, allowing Java or C# a plus.
Minuses - Requires some unnatural code golf for maximum stars. Needs new problems and difficulty is too variable. I got in Top 5 but realized it was a completely worthless achievement as it just was not hard enough, somehow I hoped for a short note from MS saying GJ here is the next challenge level.
Bonus: Did not feel bad about playing this at work on breaks.
Codecombat - program in javascript, using classical MMORPG terminology, this should have been more addictive but something was off, maybe it was the latency or browser glitches.
My bot using simple strategy got in top, but I realized that I would rather go back to writing my scripts for real MMORPGs where my bots make actual money from RMT.
I still get Codecombat monthly e-mail reminders of new features but somehow the appeal of fake MMORPG is not there.
Also, felt very guilty about firing Codecombat up at work...
So you guys not going for the standard DnD type of setting might be a good idea.