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Category: Games

Everything you need to know to enter your game in a Coolest Projects event.

What counts as a game?

This category includes any kind of game made in a programming language other than Scratch. You might use a text-based programming language such as Python, use a block-based tool like MakeCode Arcade, or a game engine (for example, Unity or Blender).

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Make your own project!

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Introduction to Python

Level: Beginner

Learn how to use variables, loops, and functions to create visual and interactive games. Have fun creating your own target practice and endless runner games.

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Quiz time!

Level: Intermediate

Use CSS and JavaScript to create a web app that can animate, hide and show questions, and reveal answers to a fun quiz!

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Introduction to Unity

Level: Intermediate

Learn how to make 3D worlds and games with collectibles, timers, and non-player characters. To get the most from this path, it’s best if you have previous coding experience, such as with Scratch or Python, and are comfortable typing text-based code.

Submitting Games projects

For the Coolest Projects online showcase:
Take a short video of your project, upload it to YouTube or Vimeo and make sure it’s set to public, then submit the video URL in the application form. If your project is made using MakeCode Arcade or Micro:bit, you can simply submit the URL in the registration form.

For Coolest Projects in-person events:
Tell us a bit about your project in the submission form and then bring what you’ve made to the event!

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Incredible projects from 2026

A screenshot from a video of a previous submission, depicting a 3D underwater racing game being developed in the Godot engine.

Sub Racers

By: Haseeb

A screenshot from a video of a previous submission, depicting a colourful snakes and ladders game board with numbered squares.

Red line green line

By: Moksh

A screenshot from a video of a previous submission, depicting a pixel-art space game with Earth, a character and virtual game controls.

Spaceland

By: Eddie