It’s been a while since we posted here, and we finally have something new to show you. Star Bot Adventures is a set of 18 small games that teach kids aged 8 and up how to program, one idea at a time. It’s free, it runs right in your browser, and there’s nothing to install.
👉 Play it now at starbot.geekutils.com
Help Robo collect the stars
Every level is a little garden with a robot named Robo and some stars. Kids snap together blocks like Move, Turn Left and Repeat, press Run, and watch Robo carry out their program. If he bumps into a hedge, they fix the program and try again. Solve a level with as few blocks as an expert would and you earn all three stars.
There are no walls of text to read first. Each game adds one new idea and gives it a real job to do, so by the time a kid needs a loop or a function, they already know why they want one.
From your first Move to recursion
The trail starts gently and goes further than most kids’ coding apps:
- The basics: sequences, loops, building your own blocks, If and Until, variables, and debugging programs that almost work.
- Drawing: Paint Bot turns Robo into a paintbrush for shapes, stars and mandalas.
- Make your own: Garden Maker lets kids design their own levels and share them with a code.
- The big ideas: two robots running at once, lists, events, sorting and searching, recursion, messages, secret codes, randomness and binary.
Fair warning: the later games are genuinely tricky. Grown-ups who like a good puzzle are welcome too.
Works on tablets, built for kids
Star Bot Adventures works on tablets, laptops and phones. Tablets are the sweet spot: big enough for the later games, and easy for small hands.
Because it’s made for kids, we kept it simple and private:
- Free, with no ads and no in-app purchases.
- No accounts and no sign-up. Progress is saved in the browser on the device.
- No tracking and no cookies. We only keep anonymous counts, like how many times a game was opened or a level was won, so we know which games get played.
Give it a try at starbot.geekutils.com. If you have ideas for new levels, feature suggestions or a bug report, please let us know through the contact page.
Enjoy!