Multi Micro Mania

Multiplayer Coding Challenges for Micro:bit

Multi Micro Mania is a project-based, collaborative learning resource designed for students aged 13–15 who already have basic experience with Micro:bit.

Each activity introduces real-world communication concepts through fun, competitive or cooperative games using the Micro:bit’s radio module.

This resource includes 5 engaging tasks, blending unplugged warm-up games with structured coding challenges, all designed to deepen students' understanding of algorithms, input/output, communication, and decision-making.

What’s Included?

• Teacher's guide with tips and teaching strategies
• 5 unique multiplayer Micro:bit games:
• The Message – Send secret messages wirelessly
• The Message Chain – Pass a message along a "Micro:bit chain"
• 21 – A dice-inspired game of risk and reward
• Reaction Time – Measure response speed after a random signal
• Hide and Seek – A grid-based guessing game using motion control
  
• ✅ Complete algorithms and code logic for each task
• ✅ MakeCode project links (block-based)
• ✅ Solution section for teachers
  

Skills Developed

• Algorithmic thinking
• Wireless communication with Micro:bit (radio group)
• Conditional logic and loops
• Input/output programming
• Teamwork, prediction, and debugging skills
  

Perfect for:

• Computer science lessons (middle school)
• STEM clubs and makerspaces
• Micro:bit project-based units
• Hybrid teaching (includes unplugged activities)
  

File Format:

• MS Word (because of animations)
• Includes links to online code examples
• Designed for 2–4 class periods of instruction
  

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