Tynker Tips

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. […]

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 […]

In Tynker’s Coding Adventures, as kids explore each game world they’ll have the opportunity to build different types of games. Here’s another sneak peek you can share with your kids, so they can experience the variety of the games they’ll get to make. Arcade Space Shooter Built with Goblin Quest Instructions: Use arrow keys to move. Press spacebar to shoot! (works […]

There are so many ways kids can express themselves and bring their creativity to life through code! Here’s an example of a Pattern Maker that kids can easily create after completing a few learning missions in Turing’s Tower. Pattern Maker Built with Turing’s Tower Instructions: Click “play” to draw the pattern. In our new Coding Adventures, kids embark on a quest […]

An easy game to get kids jazzed about programming is “Bug Catcher”, built by kids as they solve the mystery of Glitch Manor. Fun to play with friends, this game helps them apply the skills they’ve learned, in order to motivate them to do more with programming. Bug Catcher Game Built with Glitch Manor Instructions: Click and hold the mouse pointer to […]

Kids will have lots of fun building games this summer with our new Coding Adventures! Here’s an example of a parallax scrolling game kids can easily build after completing a few learning missions in Turing’s Tower. Parallax Scrolling Jetfighter Game Built with Turing’s Tower Instructions: Use the arrow keys to move, space bar to fire (For best experience, use a desktop […]

Kids learn valuable programming skills as they create a variety of projects in our new Coding Adventures. Encourage creative expression through imaginative storytelling as kids build their own digital comic strip. Interactive Comic Cartoon Built with Glitch Manor Instructions: Click “play” to watch the opening scene. Glitch Manor offers kids an opportunity to see a broad range of projects they can […]

We’ve just pushed an update to Tynker with several new enhancements just in time for Summer. Design top-down worlds in minutes using the new top-down mode of the Level Editor. Now you can make your own RPGs easily with Tynker. We’ve also implemented a Level system so you can unlock characters at each level. Read on to learn more! Creating Top-Down Worlds The […]

We have even more to share from our new Coding Adventures! To make coding uber-fun for kids, we’ve integrated the learning into challenges kids tackle on their quest. Then, as a reward for successfully learning programming concepts kids unlock new mini-games to build, like this one: Classic Arcade-Style Game Built with Goblin Quest Instructions: Stop the tanks! Use the arrow keys […]