Primary focus
Computational Thinker
Models client/server state, latency, rooms and synchronisation, then debugs distributed behaviour.
Training intensity 4/5Major focus
Practised in 6 of 9 lessons
GAME STUDIO · AGES 12–179 WEEKS
Take your Super Mario game online.
Level 2 of Game Studio. Your kid takes the Super Mario game they built and makes it truly multiplayer — first two heroes side by side on one keyboard, then live over the internet with a friend across town. Along the way they learn how online games really work — servers, rooms, lag and the tricks that beat it — and finish with an in-person class tournament the whole family can watch.
Part of the AI Coding Studio track.
FOR PARENTSShare Your Availability
Not sure how to fit 9 weeks in?
You do not need to have the whole term planned before contacting us. Start with the days that normally work and we will help with the rest.
1 class
each week
~90 min
per class
Ages 12–17
face to face
Free 15-minute fit check. No date choice needed yet.
- 1
Tell us what works
Share your child's age, suburb and the weekdays that usually suit your family.
- 2
We match the right cohort
We confirm the next start date, face-to-face venue and a weekly time before you commit.
- 3
Keep one weekly rhythm
Your child comes at the same time each week and builds one visible part of the game each session.
AVAILABLE CLASSES
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WHY IT’S DIFFERENT
A whole game — made with AI, end to end.
Level 1 taught your kid to ship a game. Level 2 teaches the thing that makes games come alive: other people. Four skills, woven through all 9 weeks:
Multiplayer Design
Design play for two: a second hero, co-op moves (boost jumps, rescues), and levels that need teamwork to beat.
Real Networking
What a server is, what lag is, how two screens stay in sync — then actually connect over the internet with room codes. First real network engineering, on a game they love.
Host the Game
Private rooms, invites, scoreboards, a spectator link — your kid doesn’t just play online, they run the room.
AI Coding
Direct an AI agent to write the netcode, then read it, test it and debug it — including the hardest bugs of all: the ones that only happen online.
THE LONG-TERM GROWTH
Skills your child practises while they build.
Each capability is tied to something children actually do in the course. The lesson markers below show where that practice happens.
Training intensity describes how strongly and how often the course deliberately practises a capability. It is not a score for your child.
Primary focus
Innovative Designer
Prototypes co-op mechanics and rebuilds levels for fairness, teamwork and online play.
Training intensity 3/5Steady practice
Practised in 4 of 9 lessons
Primary focus
Global Collaborator
Co-designs, tests and plays a shared multiplayer experience with classmates in different roles.
Training intensity 4/5Major focus
Practised in 6 of 9 lessons
Supporting practice
Empowered Learner
Compares laggy and smoothed builds, explains the difference and independently tunes the result.
Training intensity 2/5Repeated practice
Practised in 3 of 9 lessons
Supporting practice
Creative Communicator
Presents a multiplayer game and hosts a class tournament for a family audience.
Training intensity 1/5Introduced
Practised in 2 of 9 lessons
THE BUILD
9 weeks, 9 things they can show.
Two chapters and a finale: first a friend appears in their game, then the game crosses the internet, and finally the whole class meets in a tournament. Every week ships something playable.
1
Player Two joins
A second hero in the game: character select screen, two sets of keys, two players on one keyboard.
AI this week: AI-generate the second hero’s sprite set in your world’s art style; AI writes the input handling, you read and tune it.
Skills practised this lesson
Computational Thinker · 3/5 Innovative Designer · 3/5 Global Collaborator · 3/5
They ship
Two heroes running and jumping in the same level.
2
Camera & teamwork
A camera that follows two players at once, shared lives, and rescuing a fallen teammate.
AI this week: Use AI to explore camera strategies (zoom out? split the difference?) and pick what feels right.
Skills practised this lesson
Innovative Designer · 4/5 Global Collaborator · 4/5 Computational Thinker · 4/5
They ship
A co-op level you can only clear by working together.
3
Design for two
Co-op mechanics: boost jumps, switches that need two players, fair coin-splitting. What makes co-op fun instead of chaos.
AI this week: AI as design partner: brainstorm co-op mechanics, then build the best one with AI-written logic you review.
Skills practised this lesson
Innovative Designer · 4/5 Global Collaborator · 4/5
They ship
Your signature two-player move, in the game.
4
How online games work
The big ideas: client and server, IP addresses, latency, rooms. Why you can’t just “send your game” to a friend.
AI this week: Draw the architecture with AI, then connect your game to the Airbotix game relay and see two browser windows share one world.
Skills practised this lesson
Computational Thinker · 4/5 Empowered Learner · 1/5
They ship
Two windows on one computer, perfectly in sync.
5
Really online
Room codes, joining from another machine, and keeping two players in sync over a real network.
AI this week: AI helps write the sync code (positions, jumps, coins) — you test it live with a classmate on another machine, over the real internet.
Skills practised this lesson
Computational Thinker · 4/5 Global Collaborator · 4/5
They ship
A real online co-op session between two machines over the internet.
6
Fighting the lag
Why characters teleport and stutter online — and the tricks real games use: interpolation and prediction, in plain words.
AI this week: Use AI to add smoothing, then A/B it: laggy build vs smooth build. Feel the difference, explain the difference.
Skills practised this lesson
Computational Thinker · 4/5 Empowered Learner · 2/5
They ship
Online play that feels smooth — and you can say why.
7
Levels made for two
Rebuild your favourite level for online co-op, and set up private rooms with invite codes — your world, your guest list.
AI this week: AI helps remix the level layout for two players and wire up room creation and invites.
Skills practised this lesson
Innovative Designer · 5/5 Global Collaborator · 4/5
They ship
A level built for online co-op, in your own private room.
8
Scoreboards & spectators
Score, win conditions (co-op and friendly versus), and a watch-only spectator link. Polish for an audience.
AI this week: AI-generate the scoreboard UI art and write the spectator mode; you decide what counts as winning.
Skills practised this lesson
Computational Thinker · 5/5 Creative Communicator · 1/5
They ship
A match your family can watch live from a link.
9
In-person tournament & demo day
Playtest, balance, fix the last online bugs, deploy. Then an in-person class tournament for families to watch.
AI this week: AI as debugging partner for the final netcode bugs, plus an AI-made tournament bracket card and trailer.
Skills practised this lesson
Global Collaborator · 5/5 Creative Communicator · 3/5 Empowered Learner · 3/5
They ship
A public multiplayer game + a class tournament your family watched live.
WHAT THEY WALK AWAY WITH
Real skills, and a game with their name on it.
- ✓Networking fundamentals: client/server, IP, latency, rooms, state sync — learned on their own game
- ✓Two-player game design: co-op mechanics, balance, fairness
- ✓Level design for multiplayer — rebuilding a space for two heroes
- ✓Debugging distributed systems — finding bugs that only happen online
- ✓Directing an AI agent through genuinely hard code (netcode) and verifying it
- ✓Running an in-person game event: rooms, invites, spectators, presenting to an audience
Format
Delivered in person as a hands-on workshop. 8–15 kids per cohort. 9 weekly sessions, ~90 min each. Requires Level 1 or similar experience.
Tools we use
Built in Kids OpenCode on top of each kid’s Level 1 game. Online play runs through the Airbotix game relay (private rooms, kid-safe). Art via Flux/SDXL, sound via ElevenLabs — all through our DeepRouter gateway with kid-safe defaults.
Price per term
A$540
9 sessions · A$60 per session
Cohort size8–15 kids
Session length~90 min
Ages12–17
Next start dateTBA
Free 15-min consult first · refundable if the cohort doesn’t fill.
FAQS
Common questions.
Is this an in-person class?
Yes. The class meets face to face, even though the games students build can connect and play online.
Does my kid need to finish the Level 1 course first?
Level 1 (Build a Super Mario Game with AI) or similar experience is required — kids continue building on the game they made, so they arrive with their own hero, world and working game. If your kid built a similar game elsewhere, talk to us and we’ll check the fit.
Is the online play safe?
Yes. Games connect through Airbotix’s own game relay — private rooms with invite codes, classmates and invited friends only, no public matchmaking, no chat with strangers. Built and run by Airbotix under the same kid-safe rules as the rest of our platform.
Will they really learn networking, or is it just play?
Really learn it. Client vs server, what latency is, why games stutter and how interpolation fixes it, how two screens stay in sync — these are the same concepts behind every online game and most of the internet. They just happen to learn it inside a game they built themselves.
What happens if my child misses a week?
Please contact us before the next class. We will check the lesson they missed and arrange the best available option for that group.
NEXT STEP
Your kid’s first shipped game is 9 weeks away.
Book a free 15-min consult — we’ll check it’s the right fit and tell you when the next cohort starts.
Book Free Consult9-week class
~90 min / week · Face to face