Wyndham Coding Champs

All shortlisted entries can be found at the Wyndham Coding Champs Studio on Scratch.

Junior Animation Winner Space adventure! Animation - Daniya	Junior Game Winner Save the Planet - Sidharth
Senior Animation Winner ChillFridge AI - Shivi	Senior Game Winner  Knight vs Zombies - Blaise

Entries will open 11 August 2025

1. Read through these instructions and all the information on this page.
2. Talk to your parents or legal guardian and make sure you have their permission to enter the competition.
3. Log in to Scratch (https://scratch.mit.edu/). If you already have an account you can log in using your existing account, otherwise you will need to create one.
4. Make sure you do not have your real name on your Scratch account. This is important for the competition, but it’s also important to not share personal information on the internet in general.
5. Create your game and/or animation, make sure you’re happy with it and it’s finished.
6. Make sure you don’t use media that is protected by copyright. Instead, create your own media (graphics and sound), use the built-in Scratch media content, or use Creative Commons content that can be remixed and shared.
7. Share your game! This is super important! (otherwise we can’t see your game).
8. Get your parent or legal guardian to submit your entry for you.  They will need to complete  the entry form at https://www.wyndham.vic.gov.au/libraries/kids/coding-champs, and include a link to your completed project.
9. You can only submit one entry per category that you’re eligible for (so one game, and one animation).
10. We’ll review your entry. The judges will score your entry and if you make it to the shortlist we’ll add it to the Wyndham Coding Champs Studio on Scratch.
11. Make sure you check out the studio to play the other shortlisted entries!
12. Come along to the Wyndham Coding Champs awards night to celebrate, play games and find out who the winners are!

Kids (Ages 7-11):

• Scratch game
• Scratch animation

Youth (Ages 12-15):

• Scratch game
• Scratch animation

The competition is open to kids who:

1. Are aged 7 to 15 years (as at 5 October 2025)
2. Are a current member of Wyndham City Libraries, or have a parent or legal guardian who is a member of Wyndham City Libraries

All competition entries will be reviewed anonymously by this process:

Step 1: Does the entry meet the entry guidelines? If it does it will progress to step 2. If it doesn’t, it will not progress. The entrant will not be notified if the entry does not progress to step 2.

Step 2: Judges will review and score the entry based on:

• Coding
• Game playability (game categories only)
• Graphics
• Originality
• Sound
• Story and instructions

Scores will not be made public.

Step 4: A shortlist of entries will be made based on entry score. Shortlisted entries will be shared on the Wyndham Coding Champs Studio (https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/35381012/).

Step 3: A winner in each category will be decided based on judging scores. If a tie occurs and there is no clear winner, judges will meet to decide on a winner from tied entries.

Step 4: Winners will be announced at the Wyndham Coding Champs event during International Games Month.