Bloxels is video game creation that's easier than Mario Maker, quicker than Roblox and prettier than Little Big Planet (for those with an eye for retro). Its upcoming game competition promises to take ...

Designers create a game in which physical game boards are used to construct digital arenas. This is Bloxels. You are the creator, the constructor, the digital DM in the physical realm with a ...

Summer is in full swing, and keeping the kiddos engaged and learning during their break from the classroom can be a challenge. Why not make it fun? Pixel Press, a St. Louis-based startup founded in ...

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Making video games is hard. Like, really hard. That’s the issue that almost every toy or tool designed to help children create games runs into. There’s only so much you can do to boil the act of game, ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. My children used to love playing with colorful plastic blocks. Then they discovered iPad entertainment, and there was no going back. Or is there?

Video games on tablets are very popular with just about every age group from grandparents down to kids. One of the most popular games out there is Minecraft because it lets players build anything they ...

Bloxels, a Kickstarter campaign looking to raise a modest $40,000, promises to let even the most code-illiterate children and adults build video games. Essentially, all you need to do is create a ...

Introducing youngsters to the wonders of design used to be simple: child meet Lego, Lego meet child. But with kids facing more elaborate distractions than ever, the creative bricks are facing some ...

Mattel today released Star Wars Bloxels, a set of building blocks used in conjunction with an app to create your own video games. While technically a toy for ages eight and up, Bloxels are a blast to ...

Players of all ages can design and play their own video game with Bloxels. In development at Pixel Press, the game-building system allows players to use physical blocks on a gameboard to create their ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. With talk of teaching programming in schools, Bloxels offers kids a stepping stone to greater things. Bright kids often have the ...