Hackers take to the skies in Air Attack!
We're flying into Game Dev Club Hackers, Game of the Week!
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Welcome to this week's featured game for hackers: Air Attack! Get ready to embark on an adrenaline-pumping adventure as you take control of a small plane and engage in epic airspace combat with flying enemies. In Air Attack, you'll navigate the skies, shooting down enemy planes while dodging incoming fire to survive. Let's dive into the possible hacks and changes you can make to the game for more challenges and flying fun!
In Air Attack, you'll find yourself in the cockpit of a small yellow plane stationed at the bottom of the screen. Your mission? Take aim at enemy planes soaring in from the top and blast them out of the sky! Every enemy you eliminate earns you points, but be warned—enemy blasts are headed your way, and each hit spells danger for your plane. With each hit, you'll lose a precious life, so stay sharp in order to evade enemy formations!
Follow guided hacks in your code card to change the game in any way you can think of! Want to make the game even more challenging? Experiment with hacks like adjusting enemy speed to keep you on your toes, implementing a triple shoot mechanic for rapid-fire action, or throwing a dangerous big boss plane into the mix at certain levels.
Strap in, take to the skies, and prepare for the flying battle! Whether you're a seasoned pro or a newcomer to Hackers Club, we can't wait to see your creative skills and flying put to the test!
As pilots say, “clear skies, steady hands, and a tailwind to guide you!”
About The Code Zone
We run coding clubs for children aged 6 to 16. Live online clubs are open to children anywhere in the UK, and our in-person clubs run across Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk. Over 1,000 children are enrolled.
A live club is one hour a week, in a group of no more than six, with the same DBS-checked, STEM-certified mentor.
Children build their own games rather than working through a set course, and levels move down as readily as up so the work always fits. More than a third of our members are autistic or have ADHD, based on what parents tell us when they join.
Most children start in Scratch or MakeCode and move to Python and TypeScript when they are ready. Mentors write a note on every child after every session, so we know when somebody is ready to move up or would rather stay put. Nothing is forced.
In 2025 we received the Autism Inclusion Award from the National Autistic Society, and in 2026 we were ranked second in the UK in Club Hub UK’s Top 100 Children’s Activity Providers, scored by five independent judges on safeguarding, inclusivity and community impact. Every mentor is DBS-checked and STEM-certified.
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The blog is in two halves. Guides are the evergreen explainers written by the mentors who teach the clubs, covering the questions parents actually ask: what comes after Scratch, how to support a coding-mad child when you cannot code yourself, and what works for autistic and ADHD children.
Club news is the other half, and it is where posts like this one live: game jams, Minecraft builds and weekly roundups, written up by whoever ran the session. Neither is marketing. If you want to know what an hour actually looks like before you book anything, club news is the more honest read of the two.
The first session is a free taster and we do not ask for card details. Book a free taster session, see what it costs, or read about support for neurodivergent children.
