Things you may ask frequently.

Here are some of the questions we get often. If you cant find what you're looking, feel free to contact us.

So how do you play this?

1) Design your deck. Mix up your HTML deck with your CSS if you wanna go on a front-end match, or just a single colour if you wanna keep things to one language.

2) Split your deck equally among players. Make sure each player starts with the same amount of cards.

3) At the start of each round every player places a card of their choosing on the table.

5) Players take turns answering the opponents questions. If the answer is right, the player gets to steal the card. Whenever a card is taken, the owner of the stolen card must immediately place another on the table.

6) The turn of a player continues until he gets one wrong or doesn't know the answer to any of the questions on table. If someone goes on a stealing frenzy by getting multiple cards right, it’s up to other players to stop him by placing the meanest cards they’ve got.

7) Players get eliminated when they run out of cards. Last one standing wins.

Extra rules: If at any point of the game a player gets stuck and doesn't know the answer to any cards on table, he may choose to steal a card in exchange for any 3 of his cards.

Does is work single player?

It's not going to be an epic Halo campaign, but Code Cards do make for some pretty sweet flash cards.

Are there other ways to play this?

Your imagination holds no limits. Many players make up the rules, others add alcohol into it. While we do not recommend their actions for educational purposes, we've heard these modes have led to swift inebriation, poor decision making, broken friendships and inordinate amounts of fun.

Can I learn how to code by just playing Code Cards?

That'd be amazing, but very unlikely. Code Cards isn't meant to teach you how to code all by itself, but rather complement your learning as an additional resource that is more social, fun and allows you to break from your computer. What Code Cards is particularly good at is helping you remember syntax, so just like learning a new language, you first need to remember the vocabulary to make up sentences. How you then put those words together to express yourself freely is something that takes practice actually writing and reading stuff on your computer!

Where do you ship?

At this moment we're only shipping to the United States. International shipping is prohibitively expensive if you don't have distributors around the world, which we don't. As a workaround we offer a free print & play version you can download and print locally.

Is shipping included, how do you ship?

Shipping is free. All shipments are handled by Shipwire, a big fulfillment company in the US. Once an order ships, you'll receive a tracking number. All orders are usually delivered within a week.

Do you have a free print and play version?

Yes! Go up again and click download for free. Any donation is appreciated, but not necessary.

Can I print my own and remix or sell them?

You're free to do so under the guidelines of our Creative Commons Atributtion 4.0 International License which you can review here https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. We're not responsible or liable for any problems that may arise from the use of the Code Cards concept or artwork by third parties.

What is Code Cards good for?

Code Cards allow you to memorise the rather unmemorable syntax that makes up programming languages by utilising the magic of spaced repetition. Spaced what? Yes, spaced repetition. It’s a learning technique that incorporates increasing intervals of time between subsequent review of previously learned material in order to exploit the psychological spacing effect.

You can learn more about it here, but basically its a proven technique that makes flash cards such a great learning tool for memorising vocabulary, multiplication tables and knowledge in general. Even better, Code Cards always have examples of the syntax in use, so you don't only memorise but learn also how it works ands its relationship inside the greater realm of the language.

Do you offer discounts for Schools and non-profits?

Heck yea we have discounts for them. In the past we've given loads of free decks to organizations like Girls who code, and Stemettes. If you're making the world a better place somehow and think we can help, let us know. We'd love to help.

As for code bootcamps and for-profit schools, we also have special pricing just for you (Get in touch). We also offer a free print & play version you can download.

Is this good for kids?

Yes! If they show an interest, the earlier they start the better. That said the youngest player we've met is 9 and he was impressively advanced. Probably good for ages 7 and up.

Trees have died for this you capitalist pig

All materials are ethically sourced from well-managed forests and cards are manufactured following the best green printing practices. You can learn more about the manufacturer here and Forest Stewardship Council accreditation here.

Like who actually did all the work here?

Code Cards was made with the help of 229 amazing Kickstarter backers from over 30 countries and some fantastic people who supported us: Alex Peattie, Enrique Comba, Evgeny Shadchnev, Georgio Georgiev, Jordan Poulton, Makers Academy, Makis Otman, Nadia Odunayo, Tak Lo and Valentina Delfino.

We were also sponsored by Treehouse (they're awesome), Draper University (they're awesome) and Akdemia (they're awesome).

Hello friend.
How can we help?

Play cards.
Learn how to code.

Learning to code made boring fun and social :)

4 decks. 212 beautiful cards.
Only $30 until it lasts.

HTML 5 (53 cards)

Ruby & Rails (53 cards)

CSS (53 cards)

Javascript (53 cards)

Things you may ask frequently.

Shameless self-promotion.
About Code Cards.

Hello friend.How can we help?

Play cards.Learn how to code.

Learning to code made boring fun and social :)

4 decks. 212 beautiful cards.Only $30 until it lasts.

HTML 5 (53 cards)

Ruby & Rails (53 cards)

CSS (53 cards)

Javascript (53 cards)

Things you may ask frequently.

Shameless self-promotion.About Code Cards.

Hello friend.
How can we help?

Play cards.
Learn how to code.

4 decks. 212 beautiful cards.
Only $30 until it lasts.

Shameless self-promotion.
About Code Cards.