codeSpark Academy AlternativesGame Development Tools and other similar apps like codeSpark Academy

Apps similar to codeSpark Academy include Scratch, which is free and open source. Other options are ScratchJr, Blockly, Whimtale and EduBlocks. You can choose from more than 10 Game Development Tools like codeSpark Academy for the web, Windows, Mac, Linux and Android.

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  1. Scratch icon
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    Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. As young people create and share Scratch projects, they learn important mathematical and computational ideas...

    81 Scratch alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  2. ScratchJr icon
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    Coding is the new literacy! With ScratchJr, young children (ages 5-7) can program their own interactive stories and games. In the process, they learn to solve problems, design projects, and express themselves creatively on the computer.

    28 ScratchJr alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
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  3. Blockly icon
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    Blockly is a library for building visual programming editors. Users can drag blocks together to build an application. No typing required.

    21 Blockly alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  4. Whimtale icon
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    Whimtale is a small game engine and a fantasy console for making interactive stories where you can navigate the worlds you create and talk with stuff!.

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    • Freemium
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    • Mac
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    • Online
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  5. EduBlocks icon
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    EduBlocks is a visual block based programming tool that will hopefully help teachers to introduce text based programming languages, like Python, to children at an earlier age.

    20 EduBlocks alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Online
    • Raspberry Pi
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  6. Bingo icon
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    Bingo is a programming language based on Scratch by MIT which uses a "block" UI, where the user can snap together different blocks to make more advanced scripts. There are many added blocks to Scratch 1.4.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  7. Build a GAME while learning to code. Quick Action: Apply programming concepts immediately after learning Brag Right: Publish your code and show off your work Practice Anywhere: Practice coding (Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript).

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • iPhone
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  8. R-cade icon
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    The r-cade package is a very simple game engine for the Racket programming language with a few, specific goals in mind:

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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  9. Tynker icon
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    Learn to code, mod Minecraft and build games with Tynker's easy-to-learn, visual programming courses. Tynker is the online platform that makes it fun to learn computer programming for 4th through 8th graders.

    16 Tynker alternatives

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    • Online
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    • Minecraft
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  10. CodeAvengers icon
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    Code Avengers is the fun, easy way to learn Javascript, the computer programming language of the web. Learners of all ability will enjoy the free interactive online lessons. Be a Coding Superhero with Code Avengers

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  11. Run Marco! icon
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    Join Marco on a code-filled journey in this fun, programming adventure for kids between 6 and 12 years old. Use visual instructions to guide Marco or Sophia through a series of levels as they try to discover themsevles.

    5 Run Marco! alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
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    Describes ToonTalk - an animated interactive world inside of which children can build programs and games.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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