Scalatron: Learn Scala with a programming game

Looks interesting in the vein of Robocode. One thing I noticed that slightly turned me off was that it takes 7 lessons before you get to move around, and you don't get to start eating anything until lesson 10. I understand that there's a lot of ground work that needs to be laid before you can really create something, but it does seem to miss the mark in my opinion.

How many teams of programmers are there that need to learn Scala all at once from a base skill set of 0, are able to/interested in taking the time to use a simple game with each other to learn it, and already have a good understanding of Java and/or C++?

Maybe I'm too far removed from the programming world, but I would think a better implementation of this would be for teachers helping an entire class of high schoolers/college kids learn Scala together. Not teams of professional developers.

I like the fact that they have instruction on how to run your own tournaments. I what I didn't like about a few other AI games I have seen is they require either the use of someone elses server or they have no easy way to set one up.

Very nicely done.

I am looking forward to do what @freehunter said - and modify the tutorial so that users can start learning how to do stuff faster.