Box Island - Award Winning Coding Adventure
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | Free | Radiant Games ehf. | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Box Island is a mobile game that takes boys and girls on an exciting adventure, while teaching the fundamentals of coding. Kids apply the basics, such as loops and conditionals, to progress through the super fun and challenging gameplay. Rendered in a beautiful 3D game world featuring 100 levels, where the first 10 levels are free, Box Island is a story-driven journey that keeps kids highly engaged and motivated while playing.
◆ The Hour of Code is back!
Take a trip onto a new mysterious island and help Hiro explore it! In this fun mobile tutorial, students take part in a journey that has been specifically designed for the Hour of Code™ campaign. The tutorial is free, student-led and suitable for age six and up (6+).
◆ Awards and Featuring
- Winner of Gold Award at Parents' Choice Awards 2016
- Winner of Best Fun for Everyone at Nordic Game Awards 2016
- Winner of Bronze Award at International Serious Play Awards 2016
- Featured by Code.org for the Hour of Code 2015 as official mobile partner
- Featured in Techcrunch, Mashable, Adweek and Guardian
- Featured in the App Store in over 75 countries!
◆ Coding fundamentals that kids are introduced to
- algorithmic thinking
- pattern recognition
- sequencing
- loops
- conditionals
- debugging
◆ Purchases
The first 10 levels are free to play as an introduction.
After that, learn the coding fundamentals by purchasing any of the following!
- Junior Coder: Unlock 20 levels for $2.99
- Skilled Coder: Unlock 50 levels for $5.99
- Master Coder: Full-game unlock of 90 levels for $7.99
◆ Importance of Coding
"Everyone should know how to program a computer, because it teaches you how to think!"
- Steve Jobs, Founder & CEO of Apple
"Along with reading and writing, the ability to program is going to define what an educated person is"
- Salman Khan, Founder & Executive Director of Khan Academy
◆ Supported languages
English / Spanish / German / Italian / French / Portuguese / Brazilian / Chinese / Japanese / Korean / Vietnamese / Indonesian / Turkish / Greek / Romanian / Russian / Croatian / Czech / Hungarian / Polish / Ukrainian / Dutch / Swedish / Norwegian / Danish / Finnish / Icelandic
◆ Follow
Website: https://boxisland.io
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boxislandgame
Twitter: https://twitter.com/boxislandgame
Youtube: https://boxisland.io/youtube
◆ About Radiant Games
The mission of Radiant Games is to empower children by providing the best playful coding experiences possible. We spark interest by crafting innovative coding games that engage through active participation. We ensure a trusted bond with parents and teachers through quality and integrity, where children learn as the play.
If you have any questions, contact us at [email protected]!
- The Radiant Games team (https://radiantgames.is/)
Reviews
Great! But...
Gunter34567
My son enjoyed this app. He wanted to try to complete all the levels, and always tried to do three stars! When he finished, he asked me to buy more levels. I looked for how, but apparently, there are only 100 levels. I would love it if there was more! My son keeps asking for more levels, so i have to tell him how there are only 100 levels, and he isn't very happy... If you can have more than 100 levels, like 500 or somethin, up to you, then i will change it to 5/5. Also, please make it so when you save the green box, you have to find different objects to help you get back or somethin like that... Thanks for reading. Best Regards, Unnamed
Bad
brainboxing
This is stupid you shouldn’t have to pay to learn BASIC coding with freaking blocks?
Why
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Why do you have to buy something to move on ugh my family does not have much money ONE STAR
Why buy levels??
Savage??
You must buy the rest of the levels at the point of level ten I’m a 11 year old kid and trying to code and this is not a good app for it
A Software Engineer’s Review
Am4tureReviewer
I'm a software engineer and have been doing programming for past 18 years. I searched for some early programming training apps and found a few. "Box Island" seemed more attractive to my 5-year-old daughter so I kept it. I didn't want to push her into programming but just wanted to see if she is interested or not. She loved the game and was able to finish the free version (Hour of Code) in a day or so and we were so pleased when she got the code.org certificate! It's a great achievement/motivation for a 5 year old! It was then that I thought this game is worth purchasing. I already knew that my daughter is interested in programming but I got surprised when I saw her finishing every level in a few minutes! I only allow her to play around half an hour every day and she is now on level 40 after about a week. Now I'm certain that she is talented in programming and that is definitely something I would consider more seriously. It's good to know what your kid's talents are. Right? The Game: The problems get harder slowly and I see that there are some breathing (easier) levels after several hard ones. This is to keep the kid encouraged and maybe practice the technics they have already learned. This game makes the kid think and learn problem-solving and analytical skills. Some of the problems even make me think! Every level may have more than one correct solution. Sometimes when u ask her to show me how she solved a problem she comes up with a new solution. Verdict: This app is a real programming course that teaches some basic aspects such as patterns, sequence, and loops and more importantly systematic thinking. That said, it is worth way more than 8 bucks. I highly recommend this to all parents! Hint: Have your kid to play the free levels (Hour of Code) first and then purchase the full version if he/she is interested. Update (9 months later): Level 90+ got much harder (e.g. Nested loops with conditions) and my now 6-year-old had difficulty finishing them on her own. However, she was able to complete all 100 levels with a little hint from daddy.
