Make a platformer

What your kid actually makes

A five-level platformer with their own hero. Each level adds one new thing: the door out, a key that opens it, a villain, a challenge (spikes, a moving platform, or a timer), and a boss at the end. The finished game gets its own link, and your kid can keep adding levels after it's out.

How a sitting goes

Your kid draws the hero on paper and snaps a photo. In Game Design, they pick the goal, the hearts, and a title. Then they build level 1: drag the platforms and the door where they want them, choose how the hero moves (jump, double jump, or fly), and play it. One level makes a short sitting. The full game takes a few sittings.

What AI does — and what your kid does

Your kid draws the characters, places every piece, picks every rule, and has to beat each level before it can launch. The AI turns the drawings into game characters, paints the backgrounds, suggests where pieces could go, checks that each level can be beaten, and makes the theme song. Your kid can change anything it suggests.

What they're really learning

A platformer is a set of rules the player has to learn. Each level teaches one new rule, which is how real game designers build difficulty. Your kid also learns to playtest: if they can't beat their own level, nobody can.

Good to know

• Made in the Game Studio.
• Ages 6 to 13. Younger kids keep the levels short; older kids add more, up to 12.