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Using Physics with Tynker: Part 1 Tynker’s Physics Engine allows children to make fun games using properties like bounciness, collisions, and gravity without having to manually program all these complex interactions. Penguins bouncing in zero gravity! In a Physics game, the Actors move by themselves based on the physics properties of the environment. Here is an example of bouncing penguins […]

With over 50 new starter templates, the Tynker App update makes it even easier for kids to start building cool projects with code! Our many new interactive coding tutorials guide kids every step of the way. We’ve also made several usability improvements to make drag-and-drop coding more accessible and intuitive.            Step-by-Step Coding Tutorials The new step-by-step […]

We were thrilled when Facebook invited us to their Family Hackathon event! We had a blast running the hacking sessions at the event last Saturday. Here are some pictures from 1 Hacker Way! Coding Sessions for Kids During each 1-hour session, kids made interactive greetings, multi-level platformers and even hacked their own custom games. Here are a few finished projects published during the event. Programming Drones, Robots […]

To get started, check out Sphero.com and the Sphero Support and Knowledge Base for all the information you need to embark on your exploratory journey with Sphero! Compatibility Sphero 2.0 – Sphero app-enabled robot Ollie – Ollie app-enabled robot Devices – Please refer to the list of compatible devices listed on Sphero’s web site. App – Tynker v3.0.2+ for  iPads Downloading Tynker Download the free Tynker App […]

Programming Parrot Drones with Tynker This is a quick-start guide to program your Parrot drone with the Tynker App. Parrot has a number of videos that you can watch to unbox and set up the drone. Compatibility Drone – Parrot Rolling Spider, Night, Cargo, Mambo, Jumping Sumo (support for Jumping Sumo on iOS only), or Swing (partial support for Swing on iOS) Tablet – Your tablet should support Bluetooth 4.0 […]

Design your own adventure-filled platformer with robot bugs, giant bosses, zombies, dragons and anything you can imagine using this free online tutorial. Using Tynker’s Level Editor and the easy to use Platformer code blocks, you will be building your own personal multi-level games with little or no code. 1. Play the Game Instructions: Use Arrow and A,S,D,W keys to play. […]

Today, we hosted about 200 children of NVIDIA employees at their Bring Kids to Work day and introduced them to coding with Tynker. It was great to see all the parents coding with their kids.   With activities for all ages, everyone had fun. After learning to code, kids programmed controls to fly drones and controlled an Ollie robot outside.   At one […]

Ever wanted to build a space game with physics? Here’s a fun game where you help Daisy the space cow fling asteroids and comets into a black hole. Watch out! Don’t let Daisy get too close to the black hole or she will get sucked in too! Once you get the game working, improve it by adding features like background music, more space […]

Bad Guy Bowling is a fun multi-level game to build and play. In each level, bad guys are set up like bowling pins, and you get to swing a bowling ball to knock them down. Knock ’em all down in a single strike! Instructions: Click and drag the ball in the direction you want it to roll.  Click the green arrow to go to […]