This tutorial is about a game that, per the author, teaches kids about the fundamentals of programming. I think this is much better viewed as a communication skill exercise. Requiring the participants to make clear and concise instructions to be executed.
I also think that as listed in the "optional" part of the article that having the participants create a standard syntax is a great idea for the 3 or 4th time the game is played. It was further develop the skills by adding some limitations, and additional rules. Further creating more and more complex problems to solve will require the participants to create more and more complex "code". The increased complexity will make keeping instructions simple and clear more difficult.
I also suspect it would be possible to create objects and re-usable functions good for adding further complexity and maybe necessary for more complex tasks.
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