EZ-AZ

The Family Video Game Store

Submit your game

What is EZ-AZ?

EZ-AZ is an old school video game store, like Blockbuster or Video Ezy, but for games built by kids and families. When you visit ez-az.net, you're greeted by Az the dinosaur and a growing shelf of games anyone can play.

The games here aren't bought from a shop. They're made by families working together. Lots of us use AI tools to bring our ideas to life, but you don't have to. If you and your kids hand code a game from scratch, we think that's awesome. Let us know and we'll feature it.

What you'll need

Build your game

Your game needs to be a single HTML file. That means all the code, art, sounds and everything else lives in one file. No external images or libraries.

You can build it with AI by describing your idea and working with it step by step. Or if you know how to code, go for it the old fashioned way. Either way, start simple. Get something on screen, then add to it.

Try starting with something like: "I want to make a game where a frog jumps across lily pads. It should be a single HTML file using Canvas. Start with just the frog and basic movement."

Build it up bit by bit. Add enemies, scoring, sound effects, whatever you want. The games on EZ-AZ use HTML5 Canvas, Web Audio API and Speech Synthesis. Have a look at the source of existing games for inspiration.

Using AI? We've got a ready-made starter prompt you can copy straight into your AI tool. It explains everything your AI needs to know about building an EZ-AZ game.

Submit your game

When your game is ready, submit it through GitHub with a pull request. Here's how:

  1. 1 Fork the repository at github.com/jaykilleen/easy-az
  2. 2 Add your game HTML file to the public/games/ folder. Name it something like your-game-name.html
  3. 3 Open a pull request with a short description of your game, your gamer name, and how old the kids are
  4. 4 We'll review it, make sure it works, and add it to the shelf. Your game, your name, up for everyone to play

Never used GitHub before? No worries. Ask your AI tool to walk you through forking a repo and opening a pull request. It's a great skill to learn together.

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