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Microsoft MakeCode Arcade is an open-source web-based kid-friendly code editor to create retro arcade games with 160x120 pixels for the web and for microcontrollers. Kids can start with block-based coding and advance to JavaScript & Python later.
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Pro Switch between block and text based coding
Learn programming by quickly creating and modding retro arcade games with Blocks, JavaScript and Python in the online MakeCode editor, the offline app or your own local pxt-arcade server. Play your own or others' games in the online web simulator, or download and play on various handheld or SBC devices. Save your projects for free in the cloud or on GitHub. Open source and free, great community.