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Observed arrival · 2026-09-15

Critical Tinkering Builds Roblox Games With Kids

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A six-Saturday Brooklyn studio where 10-to-13-year-olds design, code, test, and present a playable Roblox game with AI-assisted coding.

Landing page captured for the 2026-09-15 issue.

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The studio uses a five-part sequence: idea, design, build, test, and showcase. Its example project, Skybreak, is a nine-stage obstacle course with checkpoints, a laser gate, and a portal. The page also shows a concrete debugging lesson: a coin script initially treats any touching object as a player, then adds GetPlayerFromCharacter and a nil check. Sessions are scheduled for Saturdays from October 17 through December 5, 2026, in Downtown Brooklyn.

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