Code Jam

No tricks here, just a big treat! So many of the participants of our Summer Code Jam told us they wanted to keep the fun going throughout the year. Well, we heard you loud and clear! We’re excited to announce a special Tynker Halloween Code Jam, has begun! Available until November 1st, this Code Jam’s challenge is… Spooky Soundscape! Coders will […]

Our 2020 Tynker Summer Code Jam has come to a close! Thousands of young coders from around the globe have competed over the course of this summer, and now our three Grand Prize Winners (1st, 2nd, and 3rd place) will be winning $2000, $1000, and $500 dollars!  We were so impressed with the amazing entries this year and choosing our winners was no […]

The Tynker Summer Code Jam is happening now, and we’re excited to announce the weekly winners here! Check back every week as we release new winners. Week 7: Make an Arcade Game Project Submissions: 1,758 Top Winning Project Week 7: Make an Arcade Game by Einstein’s child Other Winners: Week 6: Design a Soundscape Project Submissions: 1,969 Top Winning Project Week 6: Design a Soundscape by The […]

Tynker Summer Code Jam is underway! It’s the hottest coding competition of the year, with a whopping $10,000 in weekly and grand prizes! In fact, Week 1’s winners have already been announced and Week 2’s will be announced LIVE on YouTube on Wednesday, July 1st at 2:30 Eastern! We were so impressed with each of the over 4000 submissions we […]

TYNKER SUMMER CODE JAM! Summer’s here and so is the hottest coding competition of the year. This time around, our Summer Code Jam features MORE of everything — more fun, more prizes, and more opportunities to win. Just show off your coding skills for the chance to win up to $10,000 in prizes! Want to hear the best part? Anyone […]

2019 Wild Minecraft Code-a-Thon Winners! The Wild Minecraft Code-a-Thon is happening now, and we’re excited to announce the weekly winners here! Check back every week as we release 10 new winners. Week 8 : Polar Regions Projects Published: 9,831 Winning Projects: Gone Fishing (game category) by maddgirl10 Feed the Polar Bear! (game category) by kkcrunch Week 8: Polar Quiz (quiz category) […]

Announcing the Wild Minecraft Code-a-Thon! The biggest event of the summer is here! Tynker and Minecraft have joined forces to bring your child an exciting, adventure-packed 8 weeks of summer with our 4th annual Code-a-Thon! Your child will learn about the amazing species on our planet while sharpening their creativity and critical thinking skills as they code. This year’s theme […]

NASA and Tynker Mission Patch Design Challenge: The Winners Tynker and NASA STEM Engagement teamed up to bring the first of three “Moon2Mars” challenges to kids worldwide. Following NASA astronauts’ tradition of designing mission patches, kids were asked to create their own patch for an imaginary spacesuit with code. Thousands of kids rose to the occasion, submitting nearly 10,000 unique […]

The Best of the 2018 Tynker Summer Code-A-Thon This summer’s second annual Code-A-Thon was a huge success! Our amazing users coded projects following themes like “Create a Pet Game” “Change the World” and “Create a Boss Battle.” Over the course of 6 weeks, we received 26,514 project submissions and featured 120 winners – we were blown away by the depth […]