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Project library / 18 projects

Games, circuits, robots, and several questionable situations.

Each page shows what to build, the ideas doing the hidden work, the tests that matter, and the mistakes worth watching for. Roblox and AI entries are clearly marked as later ideas.

Hands testing a machine made from sensors, containers, wheels, and exposed wiring.

Scratch / 8 projects

Games with visible rules underneath.

Scratch program
Scratch & Game Design Guided Project

Escape from the Giant Pigeon

Build a fast chase game with known positions, collision rules, win and loss states, and reliable restart behaviour.

  • Scratch
  • Coordinates
  • Movement
  • Collision
Beginner / Builder 45-70 minutes
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Scratch & Game Design Guided Project

Attack of the Angry Snowballs

Defend a mug of cocoa from falling snowballs. Each wave gets faster, and winter becomes less reasonable.

  • Loops
  • Randomness
  • Coordinates
  • Collision
Beginner / Builder 45-70 minutes
See how it works
Scratch & Game Design Computer Lab Project

The Suspiciously Emotional Space Pet

Create a virtual pet with needs that change over time and actions that affect more than one value.

  • Variables
  • State
  • Events
  • Conditions
Builder 60-90 minutes
See how it works
Scratch & Game Design Guided Project

The Floor Is Definitely Lava

Build a one-room platform game with a controlled jump, safe platforms, lava, and a clean restart.

  • Sensing
  • Collision
  • Coordinates
  • Variables
Builder 55-80 minutes
See how it works
Scratch & Game Design Guided Project

Robot Hamster Command Centre

Send movement commands to a robot hamster as it crosses a small security map.

  • Events
  • Commands
  • Sequences
  • Coordinates
Beginner 45-65 minutes
See how it works
Scratch & Game Design Guided Project

Quiz of Questionable Knowledge

Build a quiz that checks answers, gives useful feedback, keeps score, and knows which question comes next.

  • Conditions
  • Variables
  • Input
  • Messages
Beginner / Builder 45-70 minutes
See how it works
Scratch & Game Design Computer Lab Project

Grandma's Intergalactic Taxi

Navigate a space taxi between coordinate-based pickups and destinations.

  • Coordinates
  • Movement
  • Distance
  • Sequences
Builder 45-90 minutes
See how it works
Scratch & Game Design Computer Lab Project

Astro-Chicken Rescue

Track several drifting chickens, collect them once each, and stay out of the danger zones.

  • Coordinates
  • Movement
  • Random Positions
  • Sensing
Builder / Inventor 45-90 minutes
See how it works

Robotics and simple electronics / 6 projects

Make the input, rule, and output visible.

Robotics program
Robotics Guided Project

Robot Maze Logic

Write a robot route, predict where it will end, and trace the first command that goes wrong.

  • Commands
  • Sequences
  • Movement
  • Direction
Beginner 45-70 minutes
See how it works
Robotics Guided Project

LED Traffic Light

Program a timed traffic light, then add a pedestrian request without creating an unsafe transition.

  • Output
  • Sequences
  • Timing
  • Loops
Beginner / Builder 40-70 minutes
See how it works
Robotics Guided Project

Button and Buzzer Alarm

Connect a button to a visible and audible alarm, then write clear rules for arming, triggering, and resetting it.

  • Input
  • Output
  • Events
  • Conditions
Beginner 40-65 minutes
See how it works
Robotics Computer Lab Project

Conductors and Insulators Lab

Test which materials complete a low-voltage circuit, record the evidence, and investigate readings that do not make sense.

  • Circuits
  • Input
  • Conductivity
  • Variables
Builder 45-75 minutes
See how it works
Robotics Guided Project

micro:bit Reaction Timer

Build a reaction timer with a random delay, an early-press rule, and results in the correct units.

  • Input
  • Timing
  • Variables
  • Randomness
Builder 50-80 minutes
See how it works
Robotics Computer Lab Project

Robot Patrol Challenge

Design a repeating patrol that notices an obstacle, tries a response, and checks whether the response worked.

  • Loops
  • Sensors
  • Conditions
  • State
Builder / Inventor 60-100 minutes
See how it works

Coming later / 4 ideas

Possible Roblox and AI projects.

These pages describe the questions and build logic. The programs and registration are not active yet.

Roblox Studio / Lua Coming later

Obby Basics

A possible Roblox Studio obstacle course using 3D coordinates, touch events, checkpoints, and reset rules.

  • Lua
  • 3D Space
  • Properties
  • Events
Builder Not scheduled
See the later idea
Roblox Studio / Lua Coming later

Coin Collector World

A possible Roblox Studio project using collection events, score, reusable Lua, and a small NPC state machine.

  • Lua
  • Events
  • Variables
  • Functions
Builder / Inventor Not scheduled
See the later idea
AI & Smart Machines Coming later

AI Guessing Game

A possible investigation of pattern-based guesses, confidence, errors, and fair testing.

  • Patterns
  • Prediction
  • Classification
  • Testing
Builder Not scheduled
See the later idea
AI & Smart Machines Coming later

Chatbot Character Lab

A possible writing and testing lab about prompts, character rules, inconsistent answers, and verification.

  • Prompts
  • Language
  • State
  • Testing
Inventor Not scheduled
See the later idea

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