Code Jam

2018 Summer Code-A-Thon Winners Announced! The Code-A-Thon is in full swing, and we’re excited to announce the winners from each week! Check back every week as we release 20 new winners. Week 6 Results Projects Published: 3,638 Projects Featured: 29 Winning Projects: Boss Fight by E12345E Rainbow Boss HARD by Brodie Famether Boss: Stage 3 by princessellagirly Andromeda Jax Cluster Demo by Frightnening Waterbottle Robot Invasion by Nova Evo spin […]

Code for Free with the 2018 Tynker Summer Code-A-Thon! Summer is almost here! If you’re like most parents, you’re looking for fun ways to keep your child occupied and engaged. Research shows that students who do not take part in educational activities over the summer can lose up to two months’ worth of learning, putting them behind their peers when […]

The Best of Tynker’s Summer Code-A-Thon This summer’s Code-A-Thon was a huge success! 15,361 kids wrote 3,595,276 lines of code following themes like “How Would You Change The World?” “Lights, Code, Action!” and “Teach Us Something!” Over the course of 10 weeks, we received 38,141 project submissions, and we were blown away by the depth and breadth of projects we […]

Week 10 Summer Code-A-Thon Challenge: Show Us Your Best! Summer flew by – it’s already Week 10 of the Summer Code-A-Thon! For the final week’s theme, we’re challenging kids to give us their best work yet. This is the perfect opportunity for kids to try something new, stretch their imaginations, and create something incredible! As usual, kids start with a […]

Week 9 Summer Code-A-Thon Challenge: Who’s Your Hero? It’s Week 9 of the Summer Code-A-Thon! This week we ask kids to create a project in response to a question: who’s your hero? Kids can define “hero” however they’d like – it could be anyone from a character in a favorite book, to a family member, to a classic superhero. They’ll begin with […]

Week 8 Summer Code-A-Thon Challenge: Teach Us Something! It’s already week 8 of the Summer Code-A-Thon! This week’s theme is an especially exciting one – we’re challenging kids to teach us something. This is their chance to share their knowledge about anything, be it an academic interest or a sports skill. We can’t wait to see what projects they share with […]

Week 7 Summer Code-A-Thon Challenge: Create a Project About Pets! Week 7 of the Summer Code-A-Thon is upon us! Whether your kids have a dog or cat, fish or snake (or just the bugs and birds in the backyard), summer is an ideal time to spend time playing with and taking care of pets. This week we’re challenging kids to […]

Week 6 Summer Code-A-Thon Challenge: Create a Game! It’s Week 6 of the Summer Code-A-Thon!  Summer is a great time to relax and enjoy video games. Whether your kids play on the phone, console, or the computer, there’s lots of fun to be had.  This week, we’re challenging kids to create a game in Tynker! Starting from a blank template, […]

Week 5 Summer Code-A-Thon Challenge: Lights, Code, Action! It’s already Week 5 of the Summer Code-A-Thon! Summer is one of the best times for watching movies or reading a great book. This week, we’re challenging kids to code a storytelling project about their favorite book or movie from this summer. They could recreate their favorite scene, come up with a […]