Primary focus
Innovative Designer
Designs an original hero and world, playtests the game, then tunes features and difficulty.
Training intensity 4/5Major focus
Practised in 5 of 8 lessons
GAME STUDIO · AGES 10–168 WEEKS
Build your own Super Mario game with AI.
Over 8 weeks, your kid builds their very own Super Mario game from scratch — with AI helping every step. They design the hero, draw the world, make the music and sound effects, and code the jumping, coins and enemies. It ends as a real game they can play and share with friends.
Part of the AI Coding Studio track.
FOR PARENTSShare Your Availability
Not sure how to fit 8 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 10–16
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.
Most kids’ coding classes stop at “move a square.” Here, AI makes the art, the music, the sound, and helps write the code — so a 10-year-old can ship a game that actually looks and sounds like a game. Four AI skills, woven through all 8 weeks:
AI Art
Hero, enemies, coins, tiles, backgrounds and UI — kids prompt and art-direct every sprite with Flux/SDXL, then drop them straight into the game.
AI Music
An original 8-bit theme song + power-up and victory jingles, composed with Suno. Every kid leaves with a soundtrack that is theirs.
AI Sound FX
Jump, coin, stomp and game-over sounds — generated, trimmed, and wired to the right moment so the game actually feels alive.
AI Coding
Direct an AI agent to write the game logic, then read it, debug it, and make it your own — the real skill of building with AI, not just typing syntax.
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
Computational Thinker
Builds and debugs movement, physics, collisions, state, levels and a complete game loop.
Training intensity 4/5Major focus
Practised in 5 of 8 lessons
Primary focus
Creative Communicator
Combines original visual, music and interaction choices into a game presented on demo day.
Training intensity 3/5Steady practice
Practised in 3 of 8 lessons
Supporting practice
Empowered Learner
Uses playtest feedback and AI explanations to diagnose bugs and improve a personal build.
Training intensity 2/5Repeated practice
Practised in 3 of 8 lessons
Supporting practice
Global Collaborator
Gives and receives peer playtest feedback to improve games across the class studio.
Training intensity 1/5Introduced
Practised in 1 of 8 lessons
THE BUILD
8 weeks, 8 things they can show.
Every single week ends with a visible, playable result — never “we’ll see it next term.” The game grows in front of them, session by session.
1
Design your hero & world
What makes a Super Mario game fun. Sketch your hero (your very own Mario!) and pick a world theme — lava castle? candy land? space?
AI this week: AI concept art: prompt Flux/SDXL for a character sheet and a world style. Pick your favourite, set up the game project in Kids OpenCode.
Skills practised this lesson
Innovative Designer · 3/5 Creative Communicator · 3/5
Full ~90 min lesson · 60 min public preview · Class-only steps locked below
10 min
Play and notice
Spot what makes a hero, world and title screen memorable.
80 min still to build
25 min
Design your hero
Art-direct a character sheet with matching front, side and jump poses.
55 min still to build
25 min
Locked
Build the first screen
Unlocked in class: the exact title-screen build, teacher prompts and project checklist stay hidden until the hero design is ready.
30 min still to build
15 min
Locked
AI build lab
Unlocked in class: the guided build sequence, teacher prompts and the next working feature.
Class-only content
10 min
Locked
Coach debug pass
Unlocked in class: coach check-ins, AI debugging prompts and targeted fixes.
Class-only content
5 min
Locked
Challenge + polish
Unlocked in class: extension challenges, individual polish and the end-of-lesson checkpoint.
Class-only content
They ship
A title screen with your original hero standing in their world.
2
Make it move & jump
Keyboard input, walking and running, and sprite animation — then gravity, jump height and “coyote time”, the invisible tuning that makes a jump feel satisfying instead of floaty. The whole character controller in one week.
AI this week: AI-generate idle + run animation frames and read/debug the movement code the AI writes; then use AI to tune the jump physics and explain what each number does — so you understand the feel, not just copy it.
Skills practised this lesson
Computational Thinker · 3/5 Empowered Learner · 1/5
Full ~90 min lesson · 60 min public preview · Class-only steps locked below
10 min
Animate & wire the movement
Generate idle + run frames, then read and debug AI-written keyboard movement.
80 min still to build
25 min
Code-reading circle
Narrate the movement code line by line before running your own — the habit of the course.
55 min still to build
25 min
Locked
Jump & the tuning lab
Unlocked in class: the movement checklist, AI-debug prompts and the one-variable-at-a-time tuning targets appear once the animation frames are ready.
30 min still to build
15 min
Locked
AI build lab
Unlocked in class: the guided build sequence, teacher prompts and the next working feature.
Class-only content
10 min
Locked
Coach debug pass
Unlocked in class: coach check-ins, AI debugging prompts and targeted fixes.
Class-only content
5 min
Locked
Challenge + polish
Unlocked in class: extension challenges, individual polish and the end-of-lesson checkpoint.
Class-only content
They ship
Your hero walks, runs and jumps — with a jump that actually feels good (and you can say why).
3
Build the level
Tilemaps, platforms, gaps and pipes — designing a level players want to run through.
AI this week: AI-generate the tile set: ground, bricks, pipes, clouds, decorations — all in your world’s art style.
Skills practised this lesson
Innovative Designer · 4/5 Computational Thinker · 4/5
They ship
A real Super Mario level you can run and jump through.
4
Coins, sound & music
Collectibles and the first audio week — the moment the game stops being silent.
AI this week: AI sound FX for the coin + jump, and an original 8-bit theme song with Suno, wired to play at the right time.
Skills practised this lesson
Innovative Designer · 4/5 Creative Communicator · 4/5
They ship
Coins that go *ding*, and your own theme music playing.
5
Enemies & danger
Patrolling enemies, stomp-to-defeat, and taking damage — risk that makes the coins worth collecting.
AI this week: AI-generate an enemy sprite + walk cycle, then build its patrol behaviour with AI-written logic you review.
Skills practised this lesson
Computational Thinker · 4/5 Innovative Designer · 4/5
They ship
An enemy you can stomp — or that ends your run.
6
Power-ups
Items, state changes (grow / speed / double-jump), and particle effects for that satisfying *pop*.
AI this week: AI-generate the power-up item art and a short pickup jingle; AI helps add the particle burst.
Skills practised this lesson
Computational Thinker · 4/5 Innovative Designer · 5/5
They ship
Grab a power-up and watch your hero level up on screen.
7
Win, lose & polish
Score, lives, a goal flag, and title / win / lose screens — closing the full game loop so it is a real game, not a demo.
AI this week: AI-generate the UI art (hearts, score font, banners) and a victory fanfare to celebrate a clear.
Skills practised this lesson
Computational Thinker · 5/5 Empowered Learner · 2/5
They ship
A complete, beatable level — start screen to win/lose.
8
Ship it & demo day
Playtest, balance the difficulty, fix the last bugs, and deploy to a public link. Then everyone plays each other’s games.
AI this week: AI as debugging partner for the final bugs, plus an AI-made title card and a short trailer GIF to show it off.
Skills practised this lesson
Creative Communicator · 5/5 Global Collaborator · 2/5 Empowered Learner · 3/5
They ship
A public game URL + a shareable trailer. Demo day!
WHAT THEY WALK AWAY WITH
Real skills, and a game with their name on it.
- ✓Directing an AI agent to write real game code — then reading and debugging it
- ✓AI image generation for game assets (sprites, tiles, enemies, UI)
- ✓AI music + sound design (theme song, jingles, sound effects)
- ✓Core game-dev concepts: game loop, physics, collisions, state, levels
- ✓Playtesting, balancing and giving/taking feedback like a real studio
- ✓Deploying to a public link and presenting your work (demo day)
Format
Delivered in person as a hands-on workshop. 8–15 kids per cohort. 8 weekly sessions, ~90 min each.
Tools we use
Built in Kids OpenCode (safe + scaffolded). Art via Flux/SDXL, music via Suno, sound via ElevenLabs — all through our DeepRouter gateway with kid-safe defaults. The game runs in the browser and deploys to a public link.
Price per term
A$480
8 sessions · A$60 per session
Cohort size8–15 kids
Session length~90 min
Ages10–16
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. We run this class face to face in a small group, so the teacher can sit with each child when they get stuck.
Does my kid need to know how to code first?
No traditional coding required — but this is a step up from AI Creative Lab. Kids should be comfortable typing and reading English. We teach how to direct AI to write the game code, then read and fix it, rather than memorising syntax.
What will they actually have at the end?
A complete, playable Super Mario game — their own hero, AI-made art, music and sound — live at a public link they can text to friends, plus a short trailer GIF. It is a real game they made, not a worksheet.
Will my kid really build a Super Mario game?
Yes — a real Super Mario–type game: run, jump, stomp enemies, collect coins, reach the flag. The twist is your kid designs their own hero, world and music with AI, so it’s their version — not a copy of anyone else’s.
What happens if my child misses a week?
Let us know as soon as you can. We will look at where the class is up to and tell you the most practical catch-up option.
NEXT STEP
Your kid’s first shipped game is 8 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 Consult8-week class
~90 min / week · Face to face