🎮 Dive Into Your Coding Playground!
Meet Mia & Liam — your friendly guides — and explore the tools you'll use to build amazing robots throughout the full 5-level course.
🎉 Welcome to Your Coding Playground!
This is where you’ll drag colorful blocks, snap them together, and watch your robot buddy GlowBit™ light up instantly.
- 🧩 Drag & Snap Blocks — like LEGO®, blocks click together to make real code.
- ✨ No typing needed — just build, test, and play.
- 🚀 Press Run — see your ideas come to life.
🧰 Explore the Blocks Menu
On the left side of your Playground is the Blocks Menu. Think of it like a toolbox — each drawer has special blocks you can use to control GlowBit.
- Basic Start, stop, pause, and show messages.
- LED Light up GlowBit’s 8×8 grid.
- Input React to buttons or shakes.
- Music Play tones and sounds.
- Math Work with numbers and patterns.
- Logic Make smart decisions.
- Variables Store scores and values.
💡 The GlowBit Simulator
Below your Playground is the Simulator — a glowing 8×8 LED grid. When you run your program, GlowBit lights up here instantly.
- ▶️ Run Program — start your code.
- 🅰️ Button A — simulate pressing A.
- 🅱️ Button B — simulate pressing B.
- 🤝 Shake — pretend you shook GlowBit!
🚀 Ready to Play!
Now you know your Coding Playground. The magic formula is: Build → Run → Improve.
- ✅ Use the Blocks Menu to choose commands.
- ✅ Snap blocks together in the editor.
- ✅ Watch GlowBit react in the simulator.
