MakeCode Offerings for Hour of Code®

Join us in celebrating Computer Science Education Week by playing, designing, and coding your very own retro arcade games!

New for 2024

[
    {
        "name": "Snack Chase",
        "description": "Code a snack chase game with characters from Lyla in the Loop on PBS KIDS",
        "url": "https://arcade.makecode.com/#tutorial:/tutorials/lyla-jr",
        "imageUrl": "https://cdn.makecode.com/blob/10fc01655773065851dcc821008e63c2dd00fdcb/static/tutorials/lyla/card.jpg",
        "label": "JUNIOR",
        "labelClass": "orange ribbon large"
    },    {
        "name": "Inside Out 2",
        "description": "Create a bubble popping game, featuring the stars of Disney and Pixar's Inside Out 2",
        "url": "https://arcade.makecode.com/#tutorial:/tutorials/bubbles",
        "imageUrl": "https://cdn.makecode.com/blob/8de04557879bf1d340943ca215b3ef4e26d7333e/static/tutorials/bubbles/card.jpg",
        "label": "BEGINNER",
        "labelClass": "orange ribbon large"
    },
    {
        "name": "Mission to Hubble",
        "description": "Follow along with the steps of this tutorial to create a game based on Scott Kelly's first space flight",
        "url": "https://forms.codeninjas.com/back-to-school-game-building-session/?utm-source=makecode&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=bts_gbs",
        "imageUrl": "https://cdn.makecode.com/blob/23f33b183d012c50601e6e437c5e23ea20bb434b/static/tutorials/hubble/hubble_4x3.jpg",
        "label": "INTERMEDIATE",
        "labelClass": "orange ribbon large"
    }
]

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[
    {
        "name": "Sparks Flying",
        "description": "Create a game that challenges you to light a fire to keep yourself warm, but be careful! It's not as easy as it sounds.",
        "url": "https://arcade.makecode.com/--skillmap#docs:/skillmap/sparks",
        "imageUrl": "https://cdn.makecode.com/blob/a2cd731c4f7f80039ba0f2916ca7aeda087a7ed2/static/hour-of-code/2023/sparks.gif"
    }, {
        "name": "Sparks Flying (Jr)",
        "description": "This simplified version of Sparks Flying allows students as young as kindergarten to experience the joy of coding their own game in MakeCode Arcade.",
        "url": "/#tutorial:/tutorials/sparks-jr",
        "imageUrl": "https://cdn.makecode.com/blob/b302ef4694d198663a05cca627ac32b489e6bc5e/static/hour-of-code/2023/jr.png"
    },{
        "name": "2022 Hour of Code",
        "description": "Code your own classroom carnival with games like Whack-the-Mole, Burstin' Balloons, and Target Practice",
        "url": "/hour-of-code-2022",
        "imageUrl": "https://cdn.makecode.com/blob/dfcb7fe95a69fa3a5556a2fba7a3ee5f6da61978/static/hour-of-code/2022/booth.png"
    }, {
        "name": "2021 Hour of Code",
        "description": "Code a fire-fighting airtanker plane with Microsoft MakeCode Arcade that sprays water to put out the forest fires",
        "url": "/hour-of-code-2021",
        "imageUrl": "https://cdn.makecode.com/blob/921341d3277b1df931a75154f4837853b03d6703/static/hour-of-code/2021/forest.png"
    },
    {
        "name": "2020 Hour of Code",
        "description": "Design game art, code a shark adventure, and play a logic game in these three hour-long activities",
        "url": "/hour-of-code-2020",
        "imageUrl": "https://cdn.makecode.com/blob/a9d4f60e229a60adad3aecedcfad46bd97fb5268/static/hour-of-code/2020/card.png"
    }
]

MakeCode Offerings for Hour of Code®

New for 2024

Previous Activities

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