Wanting to learn all about the latest app from Kodable? Check out the information below all about the brand new Bug World app including how to access, what students will be learning, and much more!

Bug World is the newest product from Kodable that is included with Premium, Premium+, and parent PRO plans. Users have full access to the new Bug World game. However, before playing learners will need to download the app to play. Bug World is currently only available for play on IOS devices and not available on the web yet.

The Bug World app is a more in depth and advanced version of our beloved Bug World Planet within the Kodable galaxy! Bug World includes over 30 engaging levels where learners can practice advance functions and object oriented coding. Bug World is an amazing resource for teachers and parents looking for extended practice of advanced coding skills. Bug World can be played at school as an extension or at home for even more targeted practice. Below you can check out a sneak peek at one of the levels from the app!

The original Bug World planet is still posted within the galaxy map in Kodable. However, once users click on the planet they will redirected to learn more information about the new Bug World app. Remember: Even if you are a Premium or Premium+ user you will have to open the Bug World app to play the new game.

Currently, the new Bug World is only available for play on IOS devices and cannot be played from the web. To access Bug World you will need to download the app first.

After downloading the Bug World app, you will be asked if you are playing at home or school. If you are playing at home, you will then be prompted to sign in using your Kodable account information or you can directly register for a PRO account. If you are playing from a Premium or Premium+ school account students can enter in their class code, select their class, and then select their name.

Bug World is an amazing resource that students can play at home or school! If you are a Premium or Premium+ user looking to send home login instructions here is how you can locate them. Remember: When learners are signing into the Bug World app they will be using the same login information they use for logging into Kodable.

From your teacher dashboard select "My Classes". From there select the class you wish to send login instructions home to.

Under "Get Students Logged in" select the orange "Student Instructions" button

Your class login cards will be downloaded from here. Simply print your login cards and your students will have all the instructions they need for how to login and play Bug World at home or school! Remember: Users will need to download the Bug World app before trying to sign in with login cards.

The new Bug World app includes in depth targeted practice of two fundamental coding skills: Object Oriented Programming and Functions.

⭐️Object Oriented Programming: This is a style of programming that involves structuring code into logical, self-contained objects. Each object has its own responsibilities and characteristics, independent from other objects in the program. Within the Bug World app, learners utilize OOP concepts like classes, subclasses, properties, and functions, to individually modify specific objects in the game.

Application: Everything within the Bug World app is object oriented programing! For example, learners only defense to defeat the Slimes are different classes of heroes. Students will have to decide what class of hero to select and where to place them to best destroy the incoming Slimes. The example below shows three different classes of heroes with their own unique set of characteristics. If students are faced with stronger Slimes they might want to select the Jalepano Popper hero since this hero has higher damage and will offer the most protection against the Slimes. Student will need to think deeply about each object and their particular classes, subclasses, properties, and functions.

Looking for more information about OOP? Click here!

⭐️Functions: Students were introduced to functions within Kodable playing the Moongarden planet. Within the Bug World app, students will gain more in-depth experience using functions and understand how they are used in object oriented programming languages. A function is a block of code designed to perform a particular task or action. Each function repeats a single, specific action, noted underneath each function name in pseudocode.

Application: Learners can call upon functions and can control them by using their critical thinking skills while playing the Bug World app. In the example below, this player is using the merge function. They realized the Slimes were getting harder to defeat and used the merge function to join together two Bee Blasters. Below the merge function there is another function to upgrade the Bee Blasters power to either higher damage or speed. Learners will need to think carefully about the best way to leverage functions within Bug World to defeat the Slimes as they increase in strength.

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