Bug Buffet ↗
Guide a hungry bug toward food while avoiding rivals in a shared foraging arena.
THE CODE IS THE CONTROLLER
The Coding Challenge
A gym for engineering judgment, dressed as a game.
Write the bot. Read the world. See what your decisions do. The Coding Challenge brings learning, assessment and play together for individuals, teams, small groups and very large events.
It began with cipher challenges and printed activities, before AI coding assistants. Today the range includes 2D arenas and local 3D Unity games, with 2.5D work in progress.
01 / LOCAL · INDIVIDUAL · 3D UNITY
Write the controller.
Watch it come to life.
Run a Unity game on your own computer and build its controller in code. Two-way TCP messages carry observations and commands; the game handles the physical world. These are individual local experiences, separate from the 2D event arenas.
Driver Not Found
Write the driver, then watch it drive. A local 3D Unity game where your software reads telemetry and sends the commands that control the car.
DISCOVER THE GAME ↗DEFENSE / YOUR STRATEGYPLANETARY
DEFENSE ANARCHYThe Coding Challenges
DEFENSE ANARCHYThe Coding Challenges
Planetary Defense Anarchy
A local 3D Unity defense game controlled by your code. Read incoming threats, aim the turret through commands, and let the physical simulation decide the outcome.
DISCOVER THE GAME ↗WRITE THE MIND / LOCAL 3DTHE LONELY
ROBOTThe Coding Challenges
ROBOTThe Coding Challenges
The Lonely Robot
A small robot wakes in a much larger world. Build its mind in code, read the telemetry it can sense, and turn software improvements into more capable movement.
DISCOVER THE GAME ↗02 / 2D · GROUPS · TEAMS · TOURNAMENTS
Arena-sized ideas.
Room for your whole team.
Code-controlled 2D experiences for groups, teams and tournaments, including large multiplayer sessions and solo progression within particular games. Most tournament-eligible games are private; ask for a demo or arrange event access.
Dot Dash
Read a neon grid, collect pellets, and navigate changing visibility and pressure.
Meteor Defense
Aim interceptors at incoming meteors and protect the cities below. The 2D arena is separate from Planetary Defense Anarchy.
Race Cars ↗
Write a driver for a colliding 2D circuit and compete with other code-controlled cars.
Electric Mower
Plan routes, manage a working day, and guide a robotic mower through the property.
Gameplay screenshots from The Coding Challenge. Local 3D and 2D versions are distinct games; a screenshot does not imply public access.
More of the event lineup
Beyond the public showcase, the wider lineup includes:
- Dead Lands
- Zombie survival with resource management, defenses and progression.
- Great Escape
- Navigate mazes, use keys and triggers, and find a route out before time runs short.
- Drone Lights
- Build from one drone toward sensing, communication, formations and coordinated swarms.
- Lonely Robot · 2D
- Write a tracked robot’s driving brain using motion, contact, traction and battery telemetry. A separate version from the local 3D Unity game.
- Underground Empire
- A cipher-driven economic-management challenge: solve locally, manage resources and keep the enterprise running.
- Hostile Liquidity
- Combine arena survival, resource collection and investment decisions in a competitive economy.
These descriptions introduce the wider lineup. A listing is not a public-play link or a promise that every game uses the same multiplayer format. Most tournament-eligible games are private.