Arcade-Con 2025: Hosting Game Shows with MakeCode Arcade

[AlexK]

Welcome to the thread for my Arcade-Con 2025 presentation! I hope you enjoyed Arcade-Con 2025! First ever!

I’ll be posting projects and other resources related to my presentation here. This thread will evolve as these projects grow.

Thanks for watching! Have fun!

[AlexK]

The first project shown during the stream was Quiz Show.

Quiz Show Demo

Edit the project, make it your own, and share your creation with your students!

[AlexK]

The second project shown during the stream was Secret Phrase.

Secret Phrase Demo

Have fun!

[AlexK]

The last project that you saw during the stream was What’s My Word? This one isn’t customizable yet, but I’ll update this thread soon with a version that lets you load your own list of words to reinforce vocabulary in your classrooms. Stay tuned!

Introducing: What's My Word?

Alright; I couldn’t resist: If you haven’t played this yet, then you probably should head over to Josh’s web site and play his game, Wordle. I was thinking about ways to incorporate data files into MakeCode Arcade, and I thought, “Why not?” My game has a dictionary of 1,000 of the most common English five-letter words according to Wictionary.[1] A thousand words is a shockingly small dictionary. I’d say 20% of the guesses that I attempt are not found in my word list. Feel free to use the …

[Josef]

WOOOHOO ALEXK W

[RedSprite]

Wait, we hosted a presentation?
Not really interested in livestreams. Heh.

[AlexK]

We did! It was super fun! The full conference is available on YouTube. The team is currently working on making each of the sessions available as individual videos.