MakeCode Offerings for Hour of Code^® and Hour of AI

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

New for 2025

[
    {
        "name": "Bug Arena",
        "description": "Code your own AI Bug and battle others in this Hour of AI challenge",
        "url": "https://arcade.makecode.com/--skillmap#bug",
        "imageUrl": "/static/skillmap/bug-arena/game.gif"
    }
]

Previous Activities

[
    {
        "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": "/static/tutorials/lyla/card.jpg"
    },
    {
        "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": "/static/tutorials/bubbles/card.jpg"
    },
    {
        "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": "/static/tutorials/hubble/hubble_4x3.jpg"
    },
    {
        "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": "/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": "/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": "/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": "/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": "/static/hour-of-code/2020/card.png"
    }
]

See also

Code a Carnival Curriculum
2022 Hour of Code
2021 Hour of Code
2020 Hour of Code

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