First Steps 🎮
Why a playground?
Moving through 3D space with W-A-S-D, the mouse, and the spacebar is becoming a foundational computer skill — the same controls work in games, creative tools, and the 3D websites that are coming next. First Steps teaches it by playing, in first person: look around with the mouse, run, jump, collect the stars, say hi to the island creatures, then step into a glowing ring to open a lesson.
The lessons, as a list
Same adventure, no 3D required. Do them in order — each one builds on the last.
- 1. What is a computer, really?Every computer plays the same game: In, Think, Out.5 min
- 2. Meet AI: the computer that learnedAI didn't memorize answers. It practiced — a LOT.6 min
- 3. How to talk to an AIGood directions in, good stuff out.7 min
- 4. Be the boss: AI makes mistakesYour superpower is checking the robot's work.6 min
- 5. Build a story with AIYou're the director. The AI is your helper.8 min
- 6. Make your first tiny appDescribe it. Watch it appear. Play it.10 min
For grown-ups
First Steps is designed for roughly ages 6–12, doing the lessons together with an adult. Every lesson ends with a hands-on "Try it" activity and includes a note for you at the bottom explaining what it teaches and how to help. Total time: about 40 minutes across six lessons — no accounts, no downloads, nothing to install.