Microsoft MakeCode Arcade
Learn coding by building games you can actually play! Start with our beginner projects, build your confidence, then move into intermediate game-development challenges.
Beginner Projects
Start here and build your confidence with sprites, movement, game mechanics and block coding. Work through the projects at your own pace and test your games as you go.
Joys of Bubble Pop
Jump into MakeCode Arcade and build your own Bubble Pop game using a guided step-by-step coding tutorial.
Space Shooter
Build your own arcade-style space shooter with our TechEd Academy guided project. Follow the lesson step by step as you create, code, test and improve your game.
Target Practice
Put your coding skills to work and create an interactive Target Practice game using the guided MakeCode Arcade tutorial.
Chase the Pizza
Build a fast and fun arcade game where your player chases down the pizza while developing your MakeCode programming skills.
Collect the Clovers
Create a colourful arcade challenge where you control your player, collect clovers and use game logic to bring the project to life.
More Projects Coming Soon!
Keep building your MakeCode Arcade skills. More beginner games and creative coding challenges will be added to the TechEd Academy project library.
Intermediate Projects
Ready for a bigger challenge? Intermediate projects bring together more game mechanics, coding concepts and problem-solving as you build more complete arcade experiences.
Platformer Jumper
Take your MakeCode Arcade skills to the next level by building a platform-style jumping game. Follow the video tutorial while creating your project in the MakeCode Arcade Editor.
Multi-Level Maze
Build a complete multi-level maze game in MakeCode Arcade. Create your maze, control your player and develop the game logic needed to move between different levels as your challenge becomes more complex.
Complete Platformer Jumper and Multi-Level Maze, then keep an eye out for more advanced MakeCode Arcade game-development projects.
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