Design a computer game for introductory courses of programming

Practical examples in exercises have significant impact on effectivity of teaching object-oriented programming. Some approaches may hinder student learning. Cases where stu-dents pay too much attention to coding itself instead of to high level design are good example of ineffective and possibly even harming teaching. A well-designed Architecture-first approach to teaching programming may improve student learning and value added by the course.This study investigates the effects of different approaches to course and exercise design and designs example of continuously improved project for students of CS1 courses to learn basics of programming with emphasis on design patterns. Attention must be paid not only to approach to teaching, but to teaching techniques, context of use and course plan as well.Study offers approach to teaching programming in introductory courses, which tries to avoid programming language specific tools if possible so that students first learn solid solution by design patterns. The importance of teaching design patterns lies in setting up a good practice for future software engineers and developers.Future research is recommended to iteratively improve on exercise design based on student experience and to assess significant pedagogical patterns which should be used within lectures.