JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator

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App ID	2216770
App Type	Game
Developer	Prof. Scherer
Publisher	PlayWay S.A.
Supported Systems	Windows
Technologies	Unreal Engine
Last Changenumber	30279066
Last Record Update	28 July 2025 – 04:36:04 UTC ()
Release Date	18 January 2025 – 18:01:10 UTC ()

❓ 74.38%

314 reviews

In-Game

Use real Python code to automate machines, robots, drones and more: Program self-driving vehicles; crack passwords; apply machine learning; automate logistics; use image processing to guide missiles. Gain real coding skills and solve exciting bite-sized programming challenges.

Additional Information

Developer

Prof. Scherer

community_visible_stats

Yes

workshop_visible

Yes

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

PlayWay S.A.

Store Release Date

18 January 2025 – 18:01:14 UTC ()

osarch

community_hub_visible

Yes

Social Media

https://bsky.app/profile/prof-scherer.com
https://discord.com/invite/2ZrdzkNeBP

Primary Genre

Simulation (28)

Store Genres

Indie (23), Simulation (28), Strategy (2)

Steam Release Date

18 January 2025 – 18:01:10 UTC ()

Store Asset Modification Time

17 April 2024 – 14:58:29 UTC () (1713365909)

library_assets

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library_hero	en
library_logo	en
library_header	en
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height_pct	52.98384967687875

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review_score

review_percentage

Detected Technologies (?)

Unreal Engine, CEF SDK, Intel_OID SDK, Intel_oneTBB SDK, Lua SDK, NVIDIA_Nsight_Aftermath SDK, Ogg SDK, Protocol_Buffers SDK, Python SDK, Vorbis SDK, XAudio2 SDK

Steam Deck Compatibility

Steam Deck:
This game's graphics settings cannot be configured to run well on Steam Deck
SteamOS:
This game runs successfully on SteamOS
Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
Note: Parts of this game would benefit from using an external keyboard
category: Unsupported
steamos_compatibility: Compatible
test_timestamp: 15 November 2024 – 00:00:00 UTC
tested_build_id: 15701823

configuration:

supported_input	other
requires_manual_keyboard_invoke	1
requires_non_controller_launcher_nav	0
primary_player_is_controller_slot_0	0
non_deck_display_glyphs	1
small_text	1
requires_internet_for_setup	0
requires_internet_for_singleplayer	0
recommended_runtime	proton-experimental
requires_h264	0
requires_voice_files	0
gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported	0
hdr_support	0

steam_deck_blog_url

https://steamcommunity.com/games/2216770/announcements/detail/4347746728055282960

controllertagwizard

Yes

Early Access Release Date

30 January 2024 – 00:00:00 UTC ()

First seen on SteamDB

9 November 2022 – 18:19:48 UTC (), in changelist #16677334

Supported Languages

6 Languages	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	Yes
French	Yes
German	Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes
Russian	Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes

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clienticon

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clienttga

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icon

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small_capsule

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capsule_231x87.jpg

header_image

english

header.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
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image2x/english	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/english	library_hero.jpg
image2x/english	library_hero_2x.jpg
library_logo ↴
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image2x/english	logo_2x.png
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logo_position/width_pct	34.8026323417547
logo_position/height_pct	52.98384967687875
library_header ↴
image/english	library_header.jpg

Assets

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small_capsule	capsule_231x87.jpg
header	header.jpg
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hero_capsule	hero_capsule.jpg
library_capsule	library_600x900.jpg
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community_icon	53c994b0e2f2feb2ba7095c940690a66e97a9be7.jpg
page_background_path	app/2216770
raw_page_background	page_bg_raw.jpg
timestamp	19 January 2025 – 10:59:51 UTC

Trailers

256927430 ↴
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trailer_category	1
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trailer_480p/video/mp4	256927430/movie480.mp4
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trailer_max/video/mp4	256927430/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	2216770/533718/c7d6f6792bcac578d431ac9131b77ba560a362b7/1750809559/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	2216770/533718/c7d6f6792bcac578d431ac9131b77ba560a362b7/1750809559/microtrailer.mp4
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screenshot_full	256927430/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	533718
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1708541427
256922655 ↴
trailer_name	Teaser 1
trailer_category	2
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microtrailer/video/webm	2216770/524729/d04e83e4a54b9570d333826f29ba921383ccec43/1750809559/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	2216770/524729/d04e83e4a54b9570d333826f29ba921383ccec43/1750809559/microtrailer.mp4
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trailer_base_id	524729
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1693831839

Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
228989	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2022 Redist	No size
228990	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980DirectX Jun 2010 Redist	No size
2216771	Windows 64-bit	9.12 GiB	8.39 GiB

Total size on disk is 9.12 GiB and total download size is 8.39 GiB.

Branches

Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		17141991	28 January 2025 – 15:46:22 UTC
pre_release	Get the latest update 1-2 days earlier for testing	17141991	27 January 2025 – 08:13:08 UTC

Other

Name	Value
workshopdepot	JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator (2216770)
privatebranches	1

JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator

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