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

Code a snack chase game with characters from Lyla in the Loop on PBS KIDS.

Create a bubble popping game, featuring the stars of Disney and Pixar's Inside Out 2.

Follow along with the steps of this tutorial to create a game based on Scott Kelly's first space flight.

Click here to access educator resources for the above activities.

Previous Activities

Create a game that challenges you to light a fire to keep yourself warm, but be careful!

This simplified version of Sparks Flying allows students as young as kindergarten to experience the joy of coding their own game in MakeCode Arcade.

Code your own classroom carnival with games like Whack-the-Mole, Burstin' Balloons, and Target Practice.

Code a fire-fighting airtanker plane with Microsoft MakeCode Arcade that sprays water to put out the forest fires.

Design game art, code a shark adventure, and play a logic game in these three hour-long activities.

See also

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

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