Truly awful experience, with poorly written material
If you're looking at the app then you've probably also unfortunately paid money for this kit. I would advise you to run, not walk, back to the store and return this as soon as possible. The kit is riddled with numerous problems. First, the controller doesn't actually connect, at least to any Apple products. I've tried everything, it can't be done. You can play the iPad game without it, but then what's the point. Second, the app itself gives terrible form of instruction that doesn't relate to kids at all. It feels like it was written by an entry level mediocre corporate programmer who hasn't yet developed enough skills to explain computation to an adult let alone a child. It does not attempt to introduce the child to coding concepts or procedure on any level but expects them to simply figure out how to fill in the blanks of some poorly written code examples. There is no coaching whatsoever like there is on Apple's Swift Playgrounds or on code.org. It's beyond terrible and I am really disappointed that Thames Kosmos would put such pitiful effort into what is supposed to be a teaching tool.
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Horrible
Music is bad it’s just in a loop,u can’t even reset firmware, so now I can’t play the rest of the levels! And it’s possible to glitch blocks out of the grid! What is this?!
Meh
It is a good way to learn to code but is very frustrating. Better than expected, but worse that you would think. I cried when I got this for Christmas and thought it was something good.
Great
I absolutely loved making my own controller and playing with it! I don’t like the music, though
Nice Game(but I found many ways to break it)
Now honestly, this is a good game but I found some ways to skip parts of it. As well as an issue. See, all the springs aren’t solid, so somehow you managed to walk over the spring before it contracts, you will fall through it. I’m not going to tell u the ways to skip parts of levels cause I want to keep doing that, but I also found out how to get out of the boundaries of the game, some interesting stuff, and good game
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Uhhh don’t buy this game / coding box
I’m a 11 year old that loves coding because my dad is a coder. He ended up not being able to get past the first level because it’s such a bad app so please do not play this game because it’s just a waste of money and time
The bad reviews are dumb!
I tried this out and every bad review was wrong! I am on level 3-5 and have not encountered any problems whatsoever. I would do 20,000/5 stars if i could!
Just crap
The controls do not work
Awful
It was super buggy
Just horrible.
I got this as a Christmas present, and it’s horrible. The controller doesn’t even connect to the app and the app is just horrible anyway. I spent over an hour of my time trying to figure this out and it just doesn’t work.
