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Getting started
What is Game Creators Club?
An app where kids 5 to 9 play real levels, fix what’s broken and make games of their own. Every game has a brain made of picture rules, and kids learn real coding ideas by changing them.
What age is it for?
Five to nine. Everything a kid touches is a picture and one plain word, so they don’t need to read yet. Kids climb by what they’ve mastered, not by their age.
Which devices?
iPad and iPhone, and Chromebooks and laptops in a web browser, at launch. Android and Fire tablets come after. GCC Parents, the grown-ups’ side, works in any web browser.
When can we get it?
It isn’t in the App Store yet: it comes out in December. Leave your email and we’ll send one message on launch day, then delete your address.
Does my kid need to read?
No. Rules are pictures, and every button is a picture with one plain word.
Learning
Is it really coding?
Yes. Kids write rules as picture sentences: WHEN something happens, IF something is true, DO these steps. Those are events, conditions and sequences, the same ideas a programmer uses every day. Once they’ve used an idea, the app gives them its real name: “Coders call this an if-statement.”
How does a lesson work?
They play a real level where something is missing or broken, open the game’s brain to watch its rules fire, fix the broken rule (the game itself checks the fix), then add what they learned to their own copy of the game.
How do I see what they’re learning?
GCC Parents shows a report on day 7 and a card every week: the games they made, the ideas they’ve used in coder words, and their own rules with a plain line under each.
The plan
What’s free?
The first two lessons and two levels, their first game of their own, three party games for the whole family and Brain view. No card, and no prices anywhere in that first session.
What does the free trial include?
The first three games with all twelve lessons, Brain view, up to three saved games and family share links. It’s 14 days free, then $79.99 a year. Monthly ($9.99) and lifetime ($149.99) are on the same screen.
How does the trial work?
It’s the App Store’s free trial: a card on file, and on day 14 the yearly plan starts at $79.99 unless you cancel. We send a progress report on day 7 and a reminder on day 12 with the price and how to cancel.
How do I cancel?
In your iPhone or iPad’s Settings: tap your name, then Subscriptions, then Game Creators Club. The plan runs to the end of what you paid for.
What if we cancel?
They keep the free lessons and every game they made: all playable, one editable. No countdowns, no fake discounts, no threats about losing their games.
Does one plan cover all my kids?
Yes. One plan covers up to four kids in a family, each with their own games and progress on a shared iPad.
Can I get a refund?
Purchases in the App Store are refunded by Apple: reportaproblem.apple.com. Write to us if anything goes wrong and we’ll help.
Safety
Can my kid talk to strangers?
No. There’s no chat, and nothing a kid types reaches anyone. Kids share games with family by link, and play with friends only after a grown-up on each side says yes.
Are there ads?
Never. No ads, no ad trackers and no outside analytics in the kids’ app.
What do you know about my kid?
A random id, a made-up two-word name and a critter picture. Kids never type their name and never sign in. Until a grown-up pairs a device, nothing about a child reaches our server.
Who sees the games my kid shares?
Only who you choose: family by a link you send, or friend groups you approve. Our staff review anything that’s reported, and pick everything in Featured by hand.
Can I delete everything?
Yes. In GCC Parents, Your data has Download everything and Delete our family. Or write to us and we’ll do it for you.