- name: Beginner's Guide to Arcade Games
- description: Learn to create arcade games of your own by completing these tutorials.
- infoUrl: /skillmap/educator-info/basic-map-info
- name: Learn to Use MakeCode Arcade
- description: Start here if you want to know the ins and outs of Arcade tutorials!
- completionUrl: /skillmap/certificates/understanding-arcade-tutorials.pdf
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name: Get to Know MakeCode Arcade
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type: tutorial
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description: Intro to the features and vocabulary used in Arcade tutorials.
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tags: easy
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url: /skillmap/interface/activity1
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imageUrl: /static/skillmap/interface/activity1.png
- name: Quick-Start Games
- description: Build your first games in less than 30 minutes!
- completionUrl: /static/skillmap/certificates/getting-started.pdf
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name: Greeting Card
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type: tutorial
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description: Make an amazing greeting card in minutes!
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tags: easy, story, card, creative
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next: clicker-activity1
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url: /skillmap/story/story1
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imageUrl: /static/skillmap/story/story-activity1.png
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name: Clicker Game
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type: tutorial
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description: Make a simple clicker game in MakeCode Arcade!
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tags: easy, clicker, game
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next: collector-activity1
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url: /skillmap/clicker/clicker1
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imageUrl: /static/skillmap/clicker/clicker-activity1.png
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name: Collector Game
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type: tutorial
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description: Make an arcade-style collector game!
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tags: easy, collector, game
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next: puzzle-activity1
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url: /skillmap/collector/collector1
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imageUrl: /static/skillmap/collector/collector-activity1.png
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name: Quick Puzzle
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type: tutorial
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description: Make a puzzle game and test your luck!
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tags: easy, puzzle, game
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url: /skillmap/puzzle/puzzle1
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imageUrl: /static/skillmap/puzzle/puzzle-activity1.png
- name: Tell Stories Using Arcade
- description: Learn to tell engaging short stories using Microsoft MakeCode Arcade.
- completionUrl: /static/skillmap/certificates/writing-stories.pdf
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name: Bigger Greeting
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type: tutorial
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description: Add to your greeting card for a gift that keeps on giving!
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tags: easy, card, gift, creative
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next: story-activity3
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reqired: 1 story
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url: /skillmap/story/story2
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imageUrl: /static/skillmap/story/story-activity2.png
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name: Joking Around
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type: tutorial
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description: Create your first Arcade story using a two-line joke!
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tags: easy, story, joke, creative
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next: story-activity4
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url: /skillmap/story/story3
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imageUrl: /static/skillmap/story/story-activity3.png
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name: Shortest Story
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type: tutorial
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description: Write a short story with a scene of your own!
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tags: easy, story, joke, creative
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url: /skillmap/story/story4
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imageUrl: /static/skillmap/story/story-activity4.png
- name: Make a Clicker!
- description: Build and embellish a clicker game in MakeCode Arcade.
- completionUrl: /static/skillmap/certificates/clicker-game.pdf
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name: Grand Clicker
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type: tutorial
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description: Modify your clicker so that it's unmistakably yours!
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tags: easy, clicker, game
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next: clicker-activity3
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required: 1 clicker
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url: /skillmap/clicker/clicker2
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imageUrl: /static/skillmap/clicker/clicker-activity2.png
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name: Super Clicker
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type: tutorial
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description: Add code to make your simple clicker more powerful!
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tags: easy, clicker, game
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next: clicker-activity4
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url: /skillmap/clicker/clicker3
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imageUrl: /static/skillmap/clicker/clicker-activity3.png
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name: Clicker Store
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type: tutorial
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description: Make a simple store that lets players buy more power!
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tags: easy, clicker, game
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next: clicker-activity5
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url: /skillmap/clicker/clicker4
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imageUrl: /static/skillmap/clicker/clicker-activity4.png
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name: Bigger Clicker
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type: tutorial
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description: Make a simple store that lets players buy more power!
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tags: intermediate, clicker, game, sandbox
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url: /skillmap/clicker/clicker5
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imageUrl: /static/skillmap/clicker/clicker-activity5.png
- name: Collector Game
- description: Build a simple collector game in MakeCode Arcade!
- completionUrl: /static/skillmap/certificates/collector-game.pdf
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name: Collect the Fun
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type: tutorial
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description: Make a few simple changes for a game that's twice as fun!
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tags: easy, collector, game
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required: 1 collector
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next: collector-activity3
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url: /skillmap/collector/collector2
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imageUrl: /static/skillmap/collector/collector-activity2.png
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name: Experience Danger
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type: tutorial
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description: Learn to add enemy projectiles to your game!
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tags: easy, collector, game
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next: collector-activity4
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url: /skillmap/collector/collector3
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imageUrl: /static/skillmap/collector/collector-activity3.png
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name: Give it Life
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type: tutorial
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description: Add extra lives to your collector game!
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tags: easy, collector, game
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next: collector-activity5
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url: /skillmap/collector/collector4
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imageUrl: /static/skillmap/collector/collector-activity4.png
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name: Go for Gusto
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type: tutorial
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description: Make your game super special by doing your own thing!
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tags: intermediate, collector, game, sandbox
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url: /skillmap/collector/collector5
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imageUrl: /static/skillmap/collector/collector-activity5.png
- name: Puzzle Game
- description: Build a guess-the-number game!
- completionUrl: /static/skillmap/certificates/puzzle-game.pdf
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name: Puzzling Answers
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type: tutorial
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description: Reveal the magic answer when the game is over!
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tags: easy, puzzle, game
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required: 1 puzzle
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next: puzzle-activity3
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url: /skillmap/puzzle/puzzle2
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imageUrl: /static/skillmap/puzzle/puzzle-activity2.png
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name: Guess Again
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type: tutorial
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description: Add multiple chances to guess correctly!
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tags: easy, puzzle, game
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next: puzzle-activity4
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url: /skillmap/puzzle/puzzle3
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imageUrl: /static/skillmap/puzzle/puzzle-activity3.png
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name: Getting Warmer
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type: tutorial
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description: Let the player know if their guesses are high or low!
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tags: intermediate, puzzle, game
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next: puzzle-activity5
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url: /skillmap/puzzle/puzzle5
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imageUrl: /static/skillmap/puzzle/puzzle-activity4.png
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name: Take Over
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type: tutorial
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description: Get creative with your guessing game!
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tags: intermediate, puzzle, game, sandbox
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url: /skillmap/puzzle/puzzle5
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imageUrl: /static/skillmap/puzzle/puzzle-activity5.png