Games ยท The Glitch Arcade
The Glitch Arcade
Open a real game. Change one line. Watch everything change.
One way to learn is through games.
The arcade has gone dark
Every cabinet in the arcade has glitched โ in a way only code can fix. Kids are the light-bringers: fix a cabinet, win back a light ๐ก, and the floor gets a little brighter.
Every game can be played. Every game can be opened. Every game can be changed.
How a lesson works
One screen, five small steps โ each one a single notch harder than the last.
Learn
Predict
Modify
Create
Challenge
Seven worlds, thirty-five levels
Each world is a real game โ and a coding lesson in disguise.
| World | Name | What kids do |
|---|---|---|
| 1 ๐ | Wake the Snake Cabinet | Turn the knobs, fix the death rule. |
| 2 โซ | The Board Room (Gomoku) | Write the referee, then your first bot. |
| 3 ๐งฑ | The Brick Cabinet (Breakout) | Bounces, collisions, design a level. |
| 4 ๐ค | The Snake Bot Lab | Stop tapping โ write the brain. |
| 5 ๐ฎ | The Mind Game | Game theory โ discover Nash by playing it. |
| 6 ๐ | Crossed Wires (Hex) | Connection bots; attack = defense. |
| 7 ๐ | The Champion's Arena | Tune an AI by hand against four rival bots. |
Creativity & judgment, built in
Every world ends with a Free Play sandbox to invent your own โ and a 'write the judge' task where kids decide what's fair.
Good to know
- Free โ the first cabinet needs no login.
- Made for iPad; runs in a modern browser.
- No student accounts, no data collected.
- Courses available in English, Espaรฑol, and ไธญๆ.