Arcade Coder: A Programmable Game Console And Board Game

Design, code and invent your very own games on iPad. Watch them come to life on the Arcade Coder

HONG KONG – January 30th, 2020: Tech Will Save Us – the London-based tech toys company has recently launched a new flagship product, the Arcade Coder. It is a tactile, programmable game console, empowering families to become confident and seriously playful games designers. This revolutionary new way to play and invent games will ignite everyone’s imagination and totally transform family game night forever. 

The Arcade Coder is a 12” x 12” board with 144 multi-coloured LED buttons that are all fully programmable and controllable. An evolution of the traditional board game, the Arcade Coder teaches kids aged 6+ (and their grown-ups!) easy-to-learn block coding and how to design their own games. It is The Winner of the Parent’s Choice Gold Award and of the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award.

Getting started with the Arcade Coder is super easy… fully equipped with a rechargeable battery lasting for 6 hours with average use and hundreds of hours of content in the Games Studio app, including a range of ready to play classic games like Pong, Snake, and Whack-A-Mole, the fun begins straight out of the box for 1, 2, 3 or 4 players… the whole family!

The more families play, the more they learn. There are step by step tutorials to complete, accessed via the free Games Studio iOS App with new projects and challenges unlocked along the way. You can play and customise pre-coded games or invent brand new ones, totally from scratch using Sandbox Mode!

In addition to teaching kids game mechanics, the Arcade Coder also offers an exciting creative outlet — Painter Mode. In this mode, kids “paint” digital pictures with illuminating, multi-colored LED lights and animate them with those newfound coding skills. With this tool, kids get to express themselves creatively and artistically.

Price TBC, available for sale in 2020 April.

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