# blockly-games/blockly-games

Games for tomorrow's programmers.

Repository: https://github.com/blockly-games/blockly-games
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/blockly-games
Homepage: https://blockly.games/
Language: JavaScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-07-19T11:15:40+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4391, "days_push": 775, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1366, forks 630 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:31.324767+00:00)

## What it is
Blockly Games is a series of open-source educational games from Google that teach programming concepts using the Blockly visual block-based language. The games run in the browser and progressively introduce loops, conditionals, math, and eventually JavaScript and Python code.

## Use cases
- teach kids programming basics with block puzzles
- learn loops and conditionals through games like Maze and Bird
- introduce students to coding before text-based languages
- use in classrooms as an introductory CS curriculum
- practice transitioning from blocks to JavaScript and Python
- find self-paced programming games for beginners

## When to choose
- you want a free, browser-based, no-install way to teach programming to beginners or children
- you need a visual, gamified introduction before moving to text coding

## When to avoid
- you need a full programming curriculum for advanced learners
- you want to build production applications rather than learn fundamentals

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: game
- domain: education, programming-languages, web-development
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: blockly, visual-programming, learn-to-code, kids, puzzles, google, education, web

## Member repositories
- blockly-games/blockly-games (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.324767+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:41:11.913077+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/blockly-games/blockly-games (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.324767+00:00, sha 8b29800b6699)
  - homepage: https://blockly.games/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:58:42.043759+00:00, sha dd06e3d481fd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.