Getting Started with Creator

Imagine your students playing video games while simultaneously learning to code and create their own! These courses offer interactive lessons that build a solid foundation in coding while students explore the game’s exciting features. Below is a brief overview of what your students will experience. For a more in-depth understanding, consider taking our Kodable Creator Professional Development Course for teachers.

Each course includes 4 unique missions—Debug, Elevate, Hack, and Master. Students progress through each mission by completing specific objectives. Once they’ve mastered all the courses, they’ll unlock Free Create mode, where they can continue coding and designing their own games with endless possibilities! If you’d like a pacing guide to help with lesson planning in Creator, check out our Kodable Creator Planner.

Each mission includes several objectives broken down into easy-to-follow tasks. These tasks guide students step-by-step, making the learning process fun and manageable. Here’s a quick overview of the mission types:

This is the first course your students will be introduced to. In this challenge, they’ll take control of a flying object that maneuvers through space, avoids dangers, and strategically interacts with objects to progress through the game.

In this game students will control their player to jump, drop, and move left and right.

In this game, an extra challenge awaits as students have the opportunity to edit a multi-level game.

Key Quest brings a fun, maze-like challenge where students get to put all their skills from the first three courses to the test—and take it up a notch with a new programming skill.

Once students have mastered all of the courses, they’ll unlock the Free Create level! Kodable Creator celebrates the creativity of coding, affirming that there's no single "right" or "wrong" approach to programming your objects. In Free Create, students can:

Creator Courses are designed for grades 3-5, tailored to meet diverse learning needs! CatBot, our AI assistant, provides clear instructions in the debrief panel using simple text and verbal cues. If students get stuck, they can click the "Need Help" button on the panel for on-screen visual guidance. This ensures that everyone, regardless of reading or writing abilities, can enjoy learning to code and have fun! CatBot is also bilingual and will respond in the language used to ask a question.

At the end of each course and during Free Create, students can ask CatBot, our AI coding companion, specific questions to get help designing their own games. Students can ask up to 5 questions per day, but with a Premium+ subscription, they’ll have unlimited access to CatBot’s assistance.

Creator is already automatically assigned on your Teacher Dashboard. Make sure your students log in using a computer, as Creator is a web-based game and is not supported on iPads.

To customize which courses are assigned to your students, simply navigate to the Courses tab on your Kodable Teacher Dashboard.

To begin, students should log in and select the Creator icon. Once in Creator, they must begin with the first course, High Flyer. Remember, access to other courses and Free Create will be locked until they have mastered the skills to move on.