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Game ideas for kids

Every idea below is something you could type into a game maker word for word. Pick one, change one word, and it's yours.

Silly

  • A penguin who slides down a giant pancake
  • Catch falling socks before they hit the floor
  • A cat that grows bigger every time it eats a fish
  • Bounce a jelly bean across a trampoline town

Fast

  • Race a snail with a rocket on its shell
  • Dodge comets on a hoverboard
  • Deliver pizza across town before it gets cold
  • A kart race on a track made of rainbows

Cozy

  • Run a café for sleepy owls
  • Grow a garden that changes with the seasons
  • Help lost ducklings find their pond
  • Decorate a treehouse room by room

Puzzly

  • Push boxes onto buttons to open the door
  • Match three socks of the same color
  • Guide a robot with arrow cards
  • Light every lantern in the maze

Adventure

  • Explore a crystal cave with a friendly dragon
  • Find the treasure on a floating island
  • Bounce on mushrooms to reach the castle
  • Fix the broken stars in the night sky

Make up your own

Pick one from each column. Read it out loud. That's your game.

A hero…

  1. a sleepy dragon
  2. a robot chef
  3. a brave snail
  4. a jelly alien
  5. a skateboarding frog

…somewhere…

  1. on the moon
  2. in a candy forest
  3. under the sea
  4. in a busy city
  5. inside a giant clock

…who…

  1. collects 10 stars
  2. escapes before the tide comes in
  3. delivers every parcel
  4. finds the missing key
  5. makes everyone laugh

Try rolling a dice for each column: 2, 5, 4 gives “a robot chef inside a giant clock who finds the missing key”.

Make your idea easy to build

  • Start small. Get the hero moving first, then add the goal, then the extras.
  • Say what you see. “A blue frog that jumps when I press space” works better than “a cool game”.
  • One change at a time. It's easier to spot what went wrong.

Ready? Follow the six steps in how to make your own video game.