Here’s some great resources to help you teach gamedev to students with tools and resources that range from the first-time code to the professional, for ages 4+
Educational Partners
Day Camps
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K-12 Coding Education
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Recommended Tools & Resources
by Age/Capability
Ordered by simplest first to more advanced.
Ages 4+
Ages 7-9
Ages 10-13
Scratch
Micro:bits
Minecraft Education Edition
Makecode Arcade (Advanced)
CoSpaces Edu (Advanced)
Ages 13-17
Scratch (beginners)
Minecraft Education Edition (beginners)
Makecode Arcade (beginners)
CoSpaces Edu
Tinkercad
Code Combat
Gamemaker Studio
Adults
Tinkercad
Code Combat
Online Python
P5JS
Gamemaker Studio
Godot
Unreal
Unity
Gamedev Educational Tools
All-in-One programs (Art + Coding)
Scratch Jr (https://www.scratchjr.org/)
Scratch (https://scratch.mit.edu)
Micro:bits (https://makecode.microbit.org/)
Minecraft Education Edition (https://education.minecraft.net/)
Makecode Arcade (https://arcade.makecode.com/)
Code Combat (https://codecombat.com/)
CoSpaces Edu (https://cospaces.io/edu/)
Tinkercad (https://www.tinkercad.com/)
Gamemaker Studio (http://www.yoyogames.com)
Coding Environments (text coding, may or may not have visual tools)
Online Python (https://www.online-python.com/)
P5JS (http://www.p5js.org)
Gamemaker Studio (http://www.yoyogames.com)
Godot (https://godotengine.org/)
Unity (https://unity.com/)
Unreal (https://www.unrealengine.com)
Standalone Art Programs
Asesprite (https://www.aseprite.org/)
Blender (https://www.blender.org/)
Glimpse (https://glimpse-editor.github.io/)
Gamedev Educational Resources
Hour of Code (https://hourofcode.com/)
Kids Code Jeunesse (http://www.kidscodejeunesse.org)
Canada Learning Code (https://www.canadalearningcode.ca/)
Code.org (https://code.org/lesson_plans)
CS First (https://www.cs-first.com/)
Creative Computing (https://creativecomputing.ca/)
Code Combat (https://codecombat.com/)
Global Game Jam Next (https://ggjnext.org/curriculum/)
Khan Academy (http://www.khanacademy.org/)
GameMaker Studio Learning (https://www.yoyogames.com/learn)
Godot Tutorials (https://godottutorials.com/)
Unity Learning (https://learn.unity.com/)
Learn Unreal (https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/learn)
DevSquad (Unreal) Tutorials (https://www.youtube.com/c/VirtusEdu/playlists)
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