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Claw Machine Game Lab with XP

Play a working claw machine in minute one. Then learn how it decides every grab, build three different machines, make one yours, test it on your phone and publish it here for your friends to play. No game-making experience needed.

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XP says: "PLAY, LEARN, BUILD, CUSTOMIZE, TEST, PUBLISH, SHARE. Every module ends with something you can play."

The 12 modules

1. Meet XP and play your first claw machine
2. How a claw machine game works (states, the grab roll, seeded randomness)
3. Build the classic plush claw machine
4. Teach the claw to move, drop, grab and lift (and balance the odds)
5. The UFO catcher two-bar challenge
6. Build the tiny-item machine
7. Make it work on desktop and mobile
8. Customize your game
9. Test and improve your game
10. Publish your game to the BBB Arcade
11. Share your game and find players
12. Your next game (final project)

Honest about the simulation: practising here teaches aim and timing. It can't promise wins on a real claw machine, whose grip and settings are set by its operator.