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Mini-Game Studio
Make a tiny game with rule blocks, test-play it, and share it once it can be won.
- Grades
- 2–8
- Free
- Create as much as you like
- Session
- 10–30 minutes
What it is
Pick a hero, then place goals, things to collect, obstacles, walls and movers on a grid stage. Give your game rules with blocks: WHEN the hero touches a star, THEN add 1 to the score; WHEN the score is 5, WIN; EVERY 2 seconds, MOVE the ghost. Test-play it with the arrow keys or by tapping. Before a game can be marked ready to share, Olly's test player checks that it can really be won and explains anything to fix. Rules are building blocks, not typed code, and nothing is graded: guided projects offer ideas with a gentle checklist.
What children learn
Event-driven thinking: events (when something happens), conditions (only if), repetition (every few seconds and repeat blocks) and variables (score, lives and a timer), plus testing and debugging a design until it works.
What it teaches
- Loops
- Events and sensors
- Variables
- Debugging
- Conditions
How to play
Build: choose a piece, then tap a square (keyboard: arrow keys move the cursor, Enter places, Delete removes). Rules: choose blocks from menus. Test play: arrow keys, W A S D, the on-screen arrows, or tap next to the hero. Keys 1 to 4 switch between Build, Rules, Test play and Ready to share.
Plays with: Touch Mouse Keyboard Pen
Accessibility
- Fully playable with a keyboard
- Calm mode with reduced motion
- Never relies on color alone
- Quiet mode turns off sound effects
Level maps
Tracks and levels
Each track is made for a grade range. Start anywhere that fits — you don't have to play the younger tracks first. As a guest, your stars are saved on this device.
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