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Make: The Chase Game
Controls, a chase and a win rule. Build the whole game — then make it fair.
Meet the plan
This is the last project, and the game is all yours. It needs three programs. One for the mouse: when you tap, step right. One for the cat: chase the mouse, for ever. And a win rule: when the mouse reaches the cheese, you win. Tap a program's name to choose which one your blocks go into.
A cat that never rests always wins. A good game gives the player a chance.
See it work
Here is a finished chase game, played by a ghost finger. Read all three programs.
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The win rule
The cat chased the whole time — but it rested between steps, so a quick finger could stay ahead. Controls, a chase, a win rule: that is a game.
Your turn
Now you're the game designer. Build all three, then play.
Chase Game: build it, balance it, beat it
Write all three programs. Then press ▶ and tap the 🐭 to the 🧀 before the 🐱 catches it.
Blocks
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What if the cat never rests?
Take the ⏳ out of the cat's loop and play again. Tap as fast as you like — the cat steps every time you do, and it gets you every time. A game nobody can win is not much fun. Put the wait back, or try ⏳ 2 for an easier game. Choosing that number is game design.
For grown-ups
Tuning an opponent's speed so a game is hard but beatable is called balancing — the last and most human step of making a game, and the one that decides whether anyone wants to play it.
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Make a game other kids can play
The blocks on this page are a first taste. In a Kubrio project your kid builds a real game — powers, triggers, levels and all — and other kids get to play it.