Lukas Convent

Hamstersimulator Reloaded

Published on 2026-02-21

I've been working on a new web-based version of the Hamstersimulator. The Java-Hamster-Modell was developed by Dr.-Ing. Dietrich Boles and helps students to learn imperative programming in Java in a fun way.

The plan is to extend the following platform by additional worlds and also by a Python frontend. For now I just put online the alpha version for private usage in school. Keep tuned for when it will all be published on a website together with code, explanations, teaching material etc. For now the goal was to emulate all imperative features (no OOP) and thanks to Dietrich Boles even the original graphics can be used. Any bug reports, suggestions, ... are welcome of course. Happy coding!

Link to the alpha version: https://tailrunner.mainlab.site