Kuato Studios' New Strategy Game Teaches JavaScript Coding to Kids

Kuato Studios, a learning company building fun and interactive products, released Hakitzu, a new strategy game designed to teach JavaScript coding to kids in a fun entertaining fashion.

Recent studies conducted in U.S.A and U.K. revealed that by the end of this decade more than a million jobs for coding are going to remain vacant for the simple reason that there aren’t going to be enough people properly trained to possess coding skills. By 2020 the number of computer science graduates in these countries will also get lower.

Kuato Studios hosted video interviews with teachers, administrators and students to capture feedback about coding and found that more students will show interest in products that are graphically-rich, interactive and challenging. This inspired Kuato to design Hakitzu, a turn-based strategy game that is supposed to make coding fun, engaging and creative. It features a beautifully designed interface, exciting graphics, and learning that is fully integrated into the experience of the game.

Frank Meehan, founder and CEO at Kuato Studios said that “Code is the essential tool for our age, yet traditional teaching methods haven’t ‘broken through’ in helping learners master coding skills. We listened to kids who said they wanted more than the flat, text-based interfaces of today – and built Hakitzu for them. The key to making learning fun for kids today is to make it social, exciting, challenging and graphically rich.”

Kuato explained that deadly robots, dramatic arenas, and asynchronous strategy are all part of Hakitzu that introduces kids to Javascript, one of today’s most popular programming languages. With no programming knowledge necessary, players will develop a range of coding skills through strategic game-play and customizable robots.

David Miller, chief education architect at Kuato Studios added, “Learning to code unlocks a whole new sphere of creativity for young people. It’s a universal language that challenges the mind while developing confidence and real-world skills. Hakitzu offers kids a wonderful learning-by-doing opportunity; they get to interact with code in a fun and interactive environment.”