Over the last two months, our competition tasked you all to turn a Scratch Game into a game that brings attention to an issue you are passionate about. This particular challenge celebrated both the yearly Hour of Code and the growing Impact Games movement which features games designed around real world issues. We had just as much fun playing your many submissions as we did learning from them! We were pleasantly surprised to see the many creative ways you were able to change a starter Scratch Game into a creation that was uniquely your own! Thanks for all the awesome submissions!

Grand Prize

Our Grand Prize winner, taking home a $25 Amazon.com gift card, is #CSForGood Project by Vincent7429 from McPherson Magnet School! Vincent7429’s game focuses on ocean pollution and incorporates trivia, an animation, and a collecting game. Congratulations Vincent7429!

1st Runner Up

The first runner-up spot goes to Starter Program by cs413251 from McPherson Magnet School! cs413251 focused on proper diets for animals. In the game, the player is a bug moving around the screen. As the bug eats food it’s not supposed to, it lets the player know that it is getting sick. Excellent work cs413251!

2nd Runner Up

Finally, our 2nd runner-up place goes to Trash in the Ocean by bruhbobsquarepants from McPherson Middle School! bruhbobsquarepants also focuses on ocean pollution but does so from the perspective of a big fish escorting little fish away from the plastic bottles. Great job bruhbobsquarepants!

The Holiday contest is officially closed but there are still many more coming up this school year. The current Microproject is open for submissions!Your challenge is to make an animated GIF in the 8-Bit pixel art style.Your challenge is to make an animated GIF in the 8-Bit pixel art style.