The fun part for me is incorporating various mathematical and programming concepts into the storie like functions and boolean logic.
Last night's story involved a subtraction function that would spit out negative M&Ms if too few regular M&Ms were supplied as the input. The characters learned that they had to store their regular M&Ms separately from the negative ones in order to avoid a cancelling-out reaction if they came into contact with each other.
Tonight we will explore what comes out when negative M&Ms go into the subtraction function.
Another popular plot line in these stories involves a baby gate with a filter function that controls who can go through. The functions have gotten more and more complicated as my 5yo gets familiar with the concept, and now I have an idea for a baby gate code injection exploit that I'm excited to tell.
I've posted a few polished versions of these stories to my blog and hope to add more soon.