ThinkFun - Hacker

Can you outsmart cybercriminals? Join the white-hat hacker team, Oblivion, and embark on a thrilling adventure to defend the world from cybercrime! In Hacker, you'll take on the roles of coder, hacker, and security engineer as you work through 40 coding challenges, ranging from beginner to expert levels. Your mission is to program agents to collect data chips while avoiding viruses, alarms, and other cyber threats. As you progress, you'll discover how hackers can exploit vulnerabilities and learn how to secure your programs from future attacks. The game offers 120 coding puzzles across 40 challenges, teaching valuable skills such as concurrency and cybersecurity mindset. As you complete tasks, you'll be trained to think like a hacker while joining Oblivion in their fight against cybercriminals.

Contents: Game grid, control panel, challenge booklet, 2 agent tokens, 9 movement tiles, 13 revolving platform tiles, 5 double-sided transaction tiles, transaction link token, 3 data file tokens, 2 exit point tokens, virus token, alarm token, 2 lock tokens, solution booklet.

Educational Benefits:

• Introduces essential coding concepts such as concurrency and program security.
• Enhances problem-solving, strategic thinking, and logical reasoning skills.
• Develops spatial reasoning and planning abilities through interactive gameplay.
• Provides a hands-on introduction to cybersecurity principles and practices.

Classroom & Play Ideas:

• Use the game as a fun and engaging introduction to coding and cybersecurity.
• Create team-based challenges where players collaborate to solve coding puzzles.
• Set up a œcybersecurity week activity, where students tackle different Hacker challenges each day.
• Use the game's concepts to discuss online safety and how coding can be used to protect data.

Age: 10+ years

Contents: Game grid, control panel, challenge booklet, 2 agent tokens, 9 movement tiles, 13 revolving platform tiles, 5 double-sided transaction tiles, transaction link token, 3 data file tokens, 2 exit point tokens, virus token, alarm token, 2 lock tokens, solution booklet.

Safety Information: Not suitable for children under 3 years due to small parts.