Educational game gets a Christmas makeover
Used by over 1,400 schools and more than 70,000 individual users worldwide, Rapid Router is a free, open source game developed by Ocado Technology and ICT teachers that helps 5-16 year old pupils understand programming basics and introduces them to the Python programming language.
As part of a festive makeover Ocado is has employed the services of Santa and Rudolph the red nosed reindeer to help students improve their coding skills.
A massive snowstorm has just fallen over the Rapid Router world. Everything is now covered in snowflakes and the ponds are frozen, but Santa is determined as ever to navigate his sled on the windy roads of Rapid Router.
However, with Christmas fast approaching, lots of new orders have arrived and the sled is overwhelmed. It’s up to the player to save the day and guide Santa and Rudolph to their many destinations using Blockly and Python.
Celine Boudier, Product Owner and Code for Life Team Leader at Ocado Technology, said: “We're very excited to announce this winter themed, special edition of Rapid Router. In only two years, our Code for Life initiative has grown from a single idea to a network of 70,000 users worldwide. With Rapid Router, anyone can go online and teach themselves to code – you don’t have to be taught in school. Our game is optimised for the classroom and coding clubs but it works for a home schooling audience and self-learners - we definitely see adults regularly using our site too.”
The Santa-powered Rapid Router game is available for free now at www.codeforlife.education/rapidrouter/
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