Recap: Spring 2024 Game Jam - Egg-cellent Adventures Galore!

By The Code Zone team 1 min read

What an Egg-citing end to the Spring Game Jam 2024!

As of Friday this week, the Spring 2024 Game Jam has come to an end, leaving behind a trail of egg-citing adventures crafted by talented coders. With the theme "Egg-cellent Adventure" in mind, participants unleashed their creativity and coding prowess to deliver a diverse array of egg-themed games that captivated players and mentors alike.

From traditional Easter motifs to futuristic Egg adventures, the submissions showcased the boundless imagination of the coding community. One standout entry embraced the festive spirit of Easter with an quirky Easter Quiz, challenging players with egg-themed trivia and puzzles. Another entry took us to a snowy wonderland, where a cute bouncing bunny was on a quest to collect Easter eggs.

However, it wasn't just about fluffy bunnies and Easter eggs; some entries took players on  journeys out of this world! One such game featured a thrilling showdown between a huge space-Egg-monster and a daring spaceship armed with laser beams! Talk about cosmic chaos!

Throughout the Game Jam, participants demonstrated not only their technical code skills but also their passion & creativity for game development. We love the hard work you all have put into this Game Jam!

Until next time, happy coding!

How a game jam works

  1. Six to eight weeks of club

    An hour a week, the same mentor, a group of no more than six. Over a term the pieces stack up: events, loops, variables, functions, and whatever else the thing they are building turns out to need.

  2. Then the holidays, and a theme

    We announce a theme and stop there. No brief, no worksheet, and no deadline you can fail. It is the one stretch of the year with an unbroken run at a single idea, which is why most of the building happens here rather than in the term.

  3. Then somebody else plays it

    Finished games go up on our own platform and on this page, where sharing between members is moderated by mentors. Other children play them and award XP. Having a stranger pick up the thing you made is the part that keeps children coming back.

The games our members made

15 games 15 makers 153 XP awarded by other members Built in MakeCode and Scratch

Every one of these is playable in the browser, no account needed. Have a go at a few.

Scratch 30 XP (coding experience points)

Egg invaders

by Niall

arrow keys to move,space to shoot have fun!

MakeCode 20 XP (coding experience points)

The Final Egg

by MiraGlew

THE FINAL EGG You must find the Final Egg in a short but fun python game! This took me quite a while so please enjoy! :)…

MakeCode 17 XP (coding experience points)

Egg-cellent Adventure

by Becky

Collect eggs to defeat the monesters and save easter!

Scratch 12 XP (coding experience points)

Yolk Quest

by Lauren

Yolk Quest! Move your mouse to help the monster collect the eggs and grow bigger. WATCH OUT! Eat a bad egg and your…

MakeCode 6 XP (coding experience points)

Easter quiz

by TaishaKARANTH

EASTER QUIZ!! Answer the questions corretcly to help the egg hatch! If you answer the fourth question incorrectly…

MakeCode 3 XP (coding experience points)

Egg-cellent Adventure

by Harun

you have to fullscreen for the amazing expirience of EGG!

Scratch 2 XP (coding experience points)

easter egg hunt

by Ellis2

use aroow keys to move and space to collect egg

Scratch

Egg-cellent Adventure

by Jarvis

This is my game. Move the cat around and get points...

About our game jams

A game jam is a themed build: we announce a theme, and children across the Academy spend a few weeks making something from it. There is no brief beyond the theme and nothing to finish by a deadline you can fail. Children share what they made on our own platform, where chat and sharing between members is moderated by mentors.

Jams are included in Academy membership. They are the part of the Academy where everybody is working on the same thing at once, which for a self-paced course is worth having.

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