{"id":838,"date":"2026-02-12T16:51:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T08:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edu.circuspi.com\/?p=838"},"modified":"2026-03-03T10:39:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T02:39:18","slug":"2-getting-to-know-block-based-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edu.circuspi.com\/index.php\/gamebit-en\/2-getting-to-know-block-based-games\/","title":{"rendered":"2. Getting to Know Block-Based Games"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>URL\uff1a<a href=\"https:\/\/arcade.makecode.com\/beta?hw=n3%EF%BC%8C%E6%89%93%E9%96%8B%E7%80%8F%E8%A6%BD%E5%99%A8%E4%B8%A6%E8%BC%B8%E5%85%A5%E7%B6%B2%E5%9D%80%E5%BE%8C%EF%BC%8C%E5%8F%AF%E4%BB%A5%E7%9C%8B%E5%88%B0%E3%80%8C**%E6%96%B0%E5%A2%9E%E5%B0%88%E6%A1%88**%E3%80%8D%E7%9A%84%E6%8C%89%E9%88%95%EF%BC%8C%E4%BB%A5%E5%8F%8A%E4%B8%8B%E6%96%B9%E6%9C%89%E4%BA%9B%E5%85%A7%E5%AE%B9%E3%80%82%E4%BB%94%E7%B4%B0%E7%80%8F%E8%A6%BD%E7%B6%B2%E9%A0%81%E4%B8%8B%E6%96%B9%E5%85%A7%E5%AE%B9%E5%8F%AF%E4%BB%A5%E6%89%BE%E5%88%B0%E3%80%8C**%E7%A8%8B%E5%BC%8F%E7%A9%8D%E6%9C%A8%E5%81%9A%E7%9A%84%E9%81%8A%E6%88%B2**%E3%80%8D%EF%BC%8C%E9%80%99%E4%BA%9B%E9%81%B8%E9%A0%85%E9%83%BD%E6%98%AFMicrosoft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/arcade.makecode.com\/beta?hw=n3<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After opening your browser and entering the URL, you will see the <strong>&#8220;New Project&#8221;<\/strong> button and various content below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scroll down and carefully browse the content to find the <strong>&#8220;Blocks Games&#8221; <\/strong>section. These options are example programs pre-built by Microsoft. Not only can you refer to them to learn how to build a game, but you can also play them directly. Now, let&#8217;s choose a game to try out. Click on &#8220;Space Destroyer&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1915\" height=\"907\" src=\"https:\/\/edu.circuspi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/en_02-01.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1061\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An introduction screen will pop up. Please click &#8220;Open Example&#8221; to launch the game program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1902\" height=\"914\" src=\"https:\/\/edu.circuspi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/en_02-02.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1062\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the example is opened, you will see the code content and can run the game directly on the simulator located on the left side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1918\" height=\"906\" src=\"https:\/\/edu.circuspi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/en_02-03.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1063\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>URL\uff1ahttps:\/\/arcade.makecode.com\/beta?hw=n3 After openin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,23],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-838","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gamebit-en","8":"category-freeinfo-en","9":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edu.circuspi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edu.circuspi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edu.circuspi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edu.circuspi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edu.circuspi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=838"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/edu.circuspi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1065,"href":"https:\/\/edu.circuspi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838\/revisions\/1065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edu.circuspi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edu.circuspi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edu.circuspi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edu.circuspi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=838"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edu.circuspi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}