GeekyNicki
@geekynicki.bsky.social
Former Computing teacher and AST now Computing Curriculum Specialist @ucantootech.bsky.social with a passion for STEM, making things from cardboard, micro:bit, robotics, Minecraft, and video games. Also a lover of mountain-biking, Lego and board games!
This year's pumpkin efforts!
October 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This year's pumpkin efforts!
October 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I've been having lots of fun testing out #FlockXR by @flipcomputing.bsky.social recently, so far I've made this little ball roll around (because why would I start off doing something simple!). My aim is to turn this into a little marble run/maze game! So far so good . . .
October 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I've been having lots of fun testing out #FlockXR by @flipcomputing.bsky.social recently, so far I've made this little ball roll around (because why would I start off doing something simple!). My aim is to turn this into a little marble run/maze game! So far so good . . .
🕹️ I've had lots of fun playing with #MakeCodeArcade recently. Just finished a little Flappy Bird clone (except it's Flappy Duck) and currently working on Tetris. (Hoping to get round to making some guide-sheets soon too!)
👉 arcade.makecode.com/S05362-73372...
👉 arcade.makecode.com/S05362-73372...
Flappy Duck
Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade.
arcade.makecode.com
September 7, 2025 at 9:53 AM
🕹️ I've had lots of fun playing with #MakeCodeArcade recently. Just finished a little Flappy Bird clone (except it's Flappy Duck) and currently working on Tetris. (Hoping to get round to making some guide-sheets soon too!)
👉 arcade.makecode.com/S05362-73372...
👉 arcade.makecode.com/S05362-73372...
Had lots of fun building this little Snake replica to further improve my skills in #Construct3. Love being able to use both the Event Sheet and JavaScript.
👉🏼 geekynicki.itch.io/retro-snake
#EdTech
👉🏼 geekynicki.itch.io/retro-snake
#EdTech
Retro Snake by GeekyNicki
A remake of Snake.
geekynicki.itch.io
August 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Had lots of fun building this little Snake replica to further improve my skills in #Construct3. Love being able to use both the Event Sheet and JavaScript.
👉🏼 geekynicki.itch.io/retro-snake
#EdTech
👉🏼 geekynicki.itch.io/retro-snake
#EdTech
⌨️ A fun way to learn touch-typing 👇
Recently stumbled across this fun game to help improve students' touch-typing skills: managore.itch.io/daniel-linss...
#eduSky
#edTech
Recently stumbled across this fun game to help improve students' touch-typing skills: managore.itch.io/daniel-linss...
#eduSky
#edTech
Daniel Linssen's Typing Challenge by Daniel Linssen
Learn to type quickly under pressure
managore.itch.io
August 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
⌨️ A fun way to learn touch-typing 👇
Recently stumbled across this fun game to help improve students' touch-typing skills: managore.itch.io/daniel-linss...
#eduSky
#edTech
Recently stumbled across this fun game to help improve students' touch-typing skills: managore.itch.io/daniel-linss...
#eduSky
#edTech
🤖🦒Had a brilliant day out at Horniman Museum in London today visiting their amazing Robot Zoo, I highly recommend visiting if you haven't seen it yet as the exhibition is only on for a few more months!
August 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
🤖🦒Had a brilliant day out at Horniman Museum in London today visiting their amazing Robot Zoo, I highly recommend visiting if you haven't seen it yet as the exhibition is only on for a few more months!
💻 I've pushed the limits of the free version of #construct3 and added a fair amount of JavaScript in this Pinball/Breakout mashup!
👉 geekynicki.itch.io/breakout-tha...
🕹️ Thinking about creating a series of arcade game mashups so if you have any ideas I'd love to hear them!
#EdTech
👉 geekynicki.itch.io/breakout-tha...
🕹️ Thinking about creating a series of arcade game mashups so if you have any ideas I'd love to hear them!
#EdTech
Breakout (That's also Pinball!) by GeekyNicki
A pinball and breakout mash-up.
geekynicki.itch.io
August 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
💻 I've pushed the limits of the free version of #construct3 and added a fair amount of JavaScript in this Pinball/Breakout mashup!
👉 geekynicki.itch.io/breakout-tha...
🕹️ Thinking about creating a series of arcade game mashups so if you have any ideas I'd love to hear them!
#EdTech
👉 geekynicki.itch.io/breakout-tha...
🕹️ Thinking about creating a series of arcade game mashups so if you have any ideas I'd love to hear them!
#EdTech
🕹️ I've had fun this weekend making this little animated unicorn using @godotengine.org which will, hopefully, eventually evolve into a platform game! Just need to think of a storyline to go with it 🤔 . . .
August 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
🕹️ I've had fun this weekend making this little animated unicorn using @godotengine.org which will, hopefully, eventually evolve into a platform game! Just need to think of a storyline to go with it 🤔 . . .
📢 New blog post: Putting free game engines to the test! 👇
🎮 I've looked at #MakeCode Arcade, #Construct3, #GDevelop, #Struckd Studio and #Godot from a teaching perspective. . .
👉 www.interactiveclassroom.net?p=2027
#EdTech
#teamCompSci
🎮 I've looked at #MakeCode Arcade, #Construct3, #GDevelop, #Struckd Studio and #Godot from a teaching perspective. . .
👉 www.interactiveclassroom.net?p=2027
#EdTech
#teamCompSci
Put to the Test: Free Game Engines for Schools – Interactive Classroom.net
www.interactiveclassroom.net
July 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
📢 New blog post: Putting free game engines to the test! 👇
🎮 I've looked at #MakeCode Arcade, #Construct3, #GDevelop, #Struckd Studio and #Godot from a teaching perspective. . .
👉 www.interactiveclassroom.net?p=2027
#EdTech
#teamCompSci
🎮 I've looked at #MakeCode Arcade, #Construct3, #GDevelop, #Struckd Studio and #Godot from a teaching perspective. . .
👉 www.interactiveclassroom.net?p=2027
#EdTech
#teamCompSci
📢 New blog post! 👇
🎮 An overview of my experience at the @digitalschoolhouse.bsky.social Playful Computing conference last week.
👉 www.interactiveclassroom.net?p=2004
#EdTech
#EduSky
🎮 An overview of my experience at the @digitalschoolhouse.bsky.social Playful Computing conference last week.
👉 www.interactiveclassroom.net?p=2004
#EdTech
#EduSky
Playful Computing Conference – Interactive Classroom.net
www.interactiveclassroom.net
July 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
📢 New blog post! 👇
🎮 An overview of my experience at the @digitalschoolhouse.bsky.social Playful Computing conference last week.
👉 www.interactiveclassroom.net?p=2004
#EdTech
#EduSky
🎮 An overview of my experience at the @digitalschoolhouse.bsky.social Playful Computing conference last week.
👉 www.interactiveclassroom.net?p=2004
#EdTech
#EduSky
🚂On my way home from the fantastic, Playful Learning Conference from @digitalschoolhouse.bsky.social
🤯 My brain is so full of new and exciting information I don't know where to begin processing it all! I'll probably follow-up with a blog post at some point!
Feeling very inspired!
🤯 My brain is so full of new and exciting information I don't know where to begin processing it all! I'll probably follow-up with a blog post at some point!
Feeling very inspired!
June 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
🚂On my way home from the fantastic, Playful Learning Conference from @digitalschoolhouse.bsky.social
🤯 My brain is so full of new and exciting information I don't know where to begin processing it all! I'll probably follow-up with a blog post at some point!
Feeling very inspired!
🤯 My brain is so full of new and exciting information I don't know where to begin processing it all! I'll probably follow-up with a blog post at some point!
Feeling very inspired!
It was so much fun helping the children create these, last week!
🎥🤖 Check out the amazing creations made by year 4 and 5 learners at Aspire Academy last week as part of their Robot Petting Zoo workshop! We really enjoyed meeting the children and helping them bring their imaginations to life!
#EduSky
#teamCompSci
#edTech
#EduSky
#teamCompSci
#edTech
June 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
It was so much fun helping the children create these, last week!
We've had fun designing and building our own battle bots today in the style of @extremerobots.bsky.social !
We'll be adding the #micro:bit programming tomorrow.
We'll be adding the #micro:bit programming tomorrow.
May 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
We've had fun designing and building our own battle bots today in the style of @extremerobots.bsky.social !
We'll be adding the #micro:bit programming tomorrow.
We'll be adding the #micro:bit programming tomorrow.
Such a fun 2 days! I love my job! 😁
💻 Last week we spent 2 days at MGGS running our Drone Assault Course workshop.
🚧 We saw a large selection of themes and the girls worked really hard on creating their obstacles and learning to fly the drones!
#EdTech
#EduSky
#teamCompSci
🚧 We saw a large selection of themes and the girls worked really hard on creating their obstacles and learning to fly the drones!
#EdTech
#EduSky
#teamCompSci
May 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Such a fun 2 days! I love my job! 😁
🤖 Meet the robots . . .
📄 As I'm getting quite a collection of #robot projects now, I thought I would introduce them all in a blog post!
🎨 I genuinely find #robotics such a fun and engaging way to combine computing with creativity!
🔗 www.interactiveclassroom.net?p=1993
#edTech
📄 As I'm getting quite a collection of #robot projects now, I thought I would introduce them all in a blog post!
🎨 I genuinely find #robotics such a fun and engaging way to combine computing with creativity!
🔗 www.interactiveclassroom.net?p=1993
#edTech
May 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🤖 Meet the robots . . .
📄 As I'm getting quite a collection of #robot projects now, I thought I would introduce them all in a blog post!
🎨 I genuinely find #robotics such a fun and engaging way to combine computing with creativity!
🔗 www.interactiveclassroom.net?p=1993
#edTech
📄 As I'm getting quite a collection of #robot projects now, I thought I would introduce them all in a blog post!
🎨 I genuinely find #robotics such a fun and engaging way to combine computing with creativity!
🔗 www.interactiveclassroom.net?p=1993
#edTech
🌕 Happy #StarWarsDay! #MayThe4th be with you!
🤖 Celebrated today by making a #micro:bit powered R2D2! My 7yo even helped with the coding!
(There's an @elecfreaks.bsky.social Wukong board and MP3 player hiding inside)
👇🏼 Before and after pics in the comments!
🤖 Celebrated today by making a #micro:bit powered R2D2! My 7yo even helped with the coding!
(There's an @elecfreaks.bsky.social Wukong board and MP3 player hiding inside)
👇🏼 Before and after pics in the comments!
May 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
🌕 Happy #StarWarsDay! #MayThe4th be with you!
🤖 Celebrated today by making a #micro:bit powered R2D2! My 7yo even helped with the coding!
(There's an @elecfreaks.bsky.social Wukong board and MP3 player hiding inside)
👇🏼 Before and after pics in the comments!
🤖 Celebrated today by making a #micro:bit powered R2D2! My 7yo even helped with the coding!
(There's an @elecfreaks.bsky.social Wukong board and MP3 player hiding inside)
👇🏼 Before and after pics in the comments!
Looking forward to programming Omnibot's new @raspberrypi.com Zero brain. Now I'll be able to add a camera and speech capabilities! 🤞🏼
May 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Looking forward to programming Omnibot's new @raspberrypi.com Zero brain. Now I'll be able to add a camera and speech capabilities! 🤞🏼
💡 Just introduced my son to Code Combat in Roblox! He's loving adding his own blocks of code to improve his virtual pet's combat skills.
So nice to see him playing a decent game in Roblox and building his coding knowledge at the same time >> codecombat.com/roblox
#edTech
So nice to see him playing a decent game in Roblox and building his coding knowledge at the same time >> codecombat.com/roblox
#edTech
CodeCombat: Learn to Code by Playing a Game
Learn typed code through a programming game. Learn Python, JavaScript, and HTML as you solve puzzles and learn to make your own coding games and websites.
codecombat.com
April 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM
💡 Just introduced my son to Code Combat in Roblox! He's loving adding his own blocks of code to improve his virtual pet's combat skills.
So nice to see him playing a decent game in Roblox and building his coding knowledge at the same time >> codecombat.com/roblox
#edTech
So nice to see him playing a decent game in Roblox and building his coding knowledge at the same time >> codecombat.com/roblox
#edTech
A few years ago we did a little #micro:bit Battle Bots challenge and my children have just asked if we can do it again over the Easter holiday! Yes, yes, yes!
Here's what they made last time! I'm very excited to see what they come up with this time now they're a little older!
#edTech
#teamCompSci
Here's what they made last time! I'm very excited to see what they come up with this time now they're a little older!
#edTech
#teamCompSci
April 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
A few years ago we did a little #micro:bit Battle Bots challenge and my children have just asked if we can do it again over the Easter holiday! Yes, yes, yes!
Here's what they made last time! I'm very excited to see what they come up with this time now they're a little older!
#edTech
#teamCompSci
Here's what they made last time! I'm very excited to see what they come up with this time now they're a little older!
#edTech
#teamCompSci
Reposted by GeekyNicki
The scratch coding and sharp constraints at the heart of Animal Well
The scratch coding and sharp constraints at the heart of Animal Well
On the extremely lean production of Animal Well's 256 intricate rooms.
www.gamedeveloper.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The scratch coding and sharp constraints at the heart of Animal Well
@moderation.bsky.app I'm pretty sure that all of these are fake/SPAM accounts!
March 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
@moderation.bsky.app I'm pretty sure that all of these are fake/SPAM accounts!
🕹️ Haven't blogged much recently but was so excited to discover Struckd Studio from @unity.com this week I just had to share it!
👇🏼 If you're interested in building video games with your learners, check out my recent post to find out more!
www.interactiveclassroom.net?p=1886
#eduSky
#teamCompSci
👇🏼 If you're interested in building video games with your learners, check out my recent post to find out more!
www.interactiveclassroom.net?p=1886
#eduSky
#teamCompSci
March 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
🕹️ Haven't blogged much recently but was so excited to discover Struckd Studio from @unity.com this week I just had to share it!
👇🏼 If you're interested in building video games with your learners, check out my recent post to find out more!
www.interactiveclassroom.net?p=1886
#eduSky
#teamCompSci
👇🏼 If you're interested in building video games with your learners, check out my recent post to find out more!
www.interactiveclassroom.net?p=1886
#eduSky
#teamCompSci
Found ET hanging out in a second-hand shop a few weeks ago and couldn't resist buying! This was one of my favourite films as a child that I've since enjoyed rewatching with my own children!
Any other recommendations for #retroFilms that are child-friendly would definitely be appreciated . . .
Any other recommendations for #retroFilms that are child-friendly would definitely be appreciated . . .
March 14, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Found ET hanging out in a second-hand shop a few weeks ago and couldn't resist buying! This was one of my favourite films as a child that I've since enjoyed rewatching with my own children!
Any other recommendations for #retroFilms that are child-friendly would definitely be appreciated . . .
Any other recommendations for #retroFilms that are child-friendly would definitely be appreciated . . .