Coding Lab
Block coding: loops, sequences and solving puzzles with code.
The Repeat Machine: How One Loop Block Does the Work of Many
On Code.org's challenge puzzle, Eon stops stacking 'east, east, east' and wraps it in a repeat block — then hunts down an off-by-one bug when the pig starts crying.
One Loop, Many Parts: Coding BB-8 to Fix Itself
Eon codes a Star Wars BB-8 droid to roll around collecting its own broken-off parts — and learns when to use a 'repeat' loop, when one step needs no loop at all, and how to plan the shortest path by running the route in your head first.
Pair Programming and the Magic of the Repeat Loop
Eon and Dad team up as driver and navigator to guide a bird to a pig — and discover that instead of dragging 'go west' three times, one repeat block can loop it for you.
Guiding Scrat Through a Maze: Pick a Direction, Count the Steps
Eon programs Scrat the squirrel across a Code.org maze with direction blocks — and learns that sometimes the puzzle gives you TOO much code, so the fix is to delete blocks, not add them.
Click, Drag, Snap: Eon's First Puzzles at Code.org
With a brand-new mouse in hand, Eon works through 11 puzzles at Code.org. Before any real coding, he learns to click, to drag, to snap blocks into place — and how to take a tricky block apart when the pieces are stuck together.
Give the Cat a Voice — and Meet Your First Two Bugs
Eon records his own voice so the cat can welcome viewers all by itself. The audio refuses to play the first time, then lags on replay — and those glitches turn into the best lesson in the whole video: every program has bugs, and you just fix them and keep going.
Follow Your Objective (a Coder's Compass)
Eon's intro animation works — but he tells his dad it's boring. The cat just jumps and moves in silence. Instead of brushing it off, his dad turns that complaint into the most important habit in coding: always check your work against the goal you set out to reach.
Press the Flag: Writing Movement Instructions Once, Then Pressing Play
In Coding Lab 8, Eon stops dragging the cat by hand and writes a real program instead — a green-flag start, a chain of 'move right' blocks, and a jump — then learns that a program follows your orders exactly, every single time you press play.
Spot the Repeat: The #1 Reason to Write a Program
Every YouTuber says nearly the same intro and outro on every single video. Eon spots that repetition and learns programming's golden rule — if you do something every time, make the computer do it for you.
You're the Boss of the Cat: Writing Instructions in Code
Eon already built his first game — now his dad shows him that as the developer, he can make the cat move, turn, and repeat however he wants. Players just follow the instructions Eon writes.
Your First ScratchJr Project: Player vs. Maker
Eon's dad makes him stop watching and tap the buttons himself in ScratchJr — find Home, hit the +, and discover the mindset that turns a kid who plays games into a kid who builds them.
Meet Scratch: Coding Made for Kids
Grown-up developers type languages like Swift and C++. In Coding Lab 4, Eon learns he gets to start somewhere friendlier — ScratchJr on an iPad, where a cat waits and you practice coding without typing a single line.
What Is Coding? It's Writing Instructions for Machines
In Coding Lab 3, Eon and his dad use the camera, the mic, and the games on his iPad to crack open one big idea: machines only do what they're told. Coding is how you tell them. Plus a sharp lesson on why understanding beats trusting the AI.
Players vs. Makers: Why Build Your Own Game?
Eon plays Solar Smash, City Smash, and watches gaming YouTubers for hours — then tells his dad he wants to make a game of his own. That one wish is exactly what a developer does, and it kicks off the whole Coding Lab adventure.
What's a Developer? (Coding Lab Begins!)
In the very first Coding Lab clip, Eon's dad reveals a hidden truth — he's a developer — and promises to teach Eon to build apps and games himself.
Building with Dad: Eon Play-Tests a Playdate Game
Eon and Dad test a game they built on the Playdate console. See how play-testing finds what works, what's too hard, and what to fix next.