
The last time I came across Alex Peake, he was walking down Mission Street in San Francisco with a plunger in hand on his way to save the world from a clogged toilet. I first met Alex at Maker Faire in San Mateo last year where he showed me an early version of Code Hero.
One of the things I love about Code Hero is that in order to play the game, you actually have to learn how to code, and in doing so you affect the game. Instead of shooting digital bullets or grenades, you shoot lines of JavaScript code. Pretty cool, huh?
This is a leap beyond the concept of simple “gamification”, because it’s actually teaching you how to build a game, while playing a game. It was featured last summer as part of the Geeks without Bounds GameSave hackathon, Random Hacks of Kindness and many more other awards than I can list.
Code Hero is currently running a Kickstarter campaign with 5 days to go. Go check it out!
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