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Make Your First Mini-Game

4 weeks · 4 classes

Try game development in four fun classes! Your learner designs a hero, builds a forest world, adds an enemy to defeat, then publishes their finished game online to share.

By the end: a complete little top-down game with a hero, an enemy to defeat, a title screen, a victory screen, and music, published online to share.

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The classes

One live class each week. Open any week to see what your learner will build.

  1. Week 1

    Your Hero Comes to Life

    Your learner meets GameMaker and brings a hero to life, walking and animating in all four directions.

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    A cheerful pixel-art frog hero wearing a mask.
  2. Week 2

    The Forest Turns Solid

    Your learner paints their own forest and makes the world solid, so the hero cannot walk through trees.

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    A leafy pixel-art tree with a round green canopy.
  3. Week 3

    Sword and Slime

    A slime moves into the forest and the hero gets a sword. Your learner builds the heart of the game.

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    A green pixel-art slime beside the frog hero on the grass.
  4. Week 4

    Finish and Publish

    Your learner adds a title screen, a victory, and music, then publishes the finished game online.

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    The game's victory screen: "Victory!" with "The forest has been saved" on a gold background.

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