Code Kingdoms 

I am extremely disappointed in Code Kingdoms. I do not believe any of the positive reviews at this point. We purchased a full year subscription, then nothing on the website worked for us on any device or operating system (iPad, Android phone, Windows PC). I have attempted 4 times to get in contact with the support team over 4 days and there has been no response. I have requested a refund of which there has been no response. Do not purchase this!

I have been using this for a few days now and I already can see an improvement I’m my coding skills! It’s just so helpful u can do there make game courses and when u have you enough XP u can code on there editor to Roblox studio!!! I 100% recommend CK

The actual coding tutorials and format is great. However trying to link the roblox studio with the Code Kingdoms website is an utter nightmare. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. No rhyme nor reason. Infuriating. Each time I sit my kids down to do a module it's pot luck whether Roblox Studio will link with the website tutorial or not. If I have to spend 15 minutes logging in and out, constantly re-downloading the rbxl file and hoping it will link it really loses its shine and the kids tune out and go and do something else. Pretty much given up as it's so infuriating.

If that could be fixed then this might be a great bit of kit.

I spent 20$ on this and not a single bit of the code works i haven't cancelled the subscription yet. but i am highly disappointed about this website when i put the code in on roblox none of it works.

Unless you know code and you have time to sit with your kid, this is probably not for you. I'm in the PST and "support" only happens around 3am. Unlike what other reviews claimed, their support is not live. I spent 3 hours from 3am to 6am to try to troubleshoot connection issues 2 days ago, and now it's still not resolved, which means my kid had been working with a broken platform that doesn't connect reliably to Roblox Studio. The CK platform is a mess. "Code blocks" don't work the way they show on the videos, and support staff just told my kid to hard code stuff in. Kids are also expected to debug like a high schooler with an instructor, otherwise none of their games would work if they make a tiny mistake and you don't have time to sit with them and debug with them. The Code Kingdoms UI is a mess, too--the video control overlay covers up the PnP button and only if you are using certain browser and know how to resize windows can you barely reach the PnP button. Anyway, your kid may give up coding altogether because it's impossible for a beginner to get games to works on Code Kingdoms... unless, of course, you sit with them every step of the way to make it work--which is not why I tried to use a platform like Code Kingdoms.

Our kids used CK for over a year and dis quite a lot of the projects.
When they found some other interests I contacted them to cancel that were fantastic. They are a really customer focused company and will be the first place I turn when our kids want to code again (which they undoubtedly will).

I am extremely disappointed with the customer service and lack of communication from Code Kingdoms. My son spends lots of time trying to get an answer during the coding process but got zero answer. He worked on 10+ projects in total but only one works. When he get stuck, he could not get any help to help me continue. The representative, Ross, that I have been trying to communicate with has been ZERO help in getting this simple problem fixed. Waste of kid's time and making parents stressful.

I read reviews before purchase now I doubt if those good reviews are real.

This helped me a lot with coding, and I love coding on here.

The code kingdoms platform gives an educating experience whilst using simple language that kids can understand.

My child learnt a huge amount about coding through Code Kingdoms. I also really valued the humans behind the portal who were really quick to respond when my child needed support and equally were very helpful at sorting a billing issue I had. Great customer service and an incredibly educational product. Well done

TD;DR at the end.

The videos are well put together and very easy to understand for young new programmers. The block coding structure is very beginner friendly, but not very useful for learning syntax. I recommend turning on 'Epic Mode' and taking a look at the actual structure of java code and using epic mode as much as possible.
I found coding with code kingdoms a lot of fun, but it was hard to get good support when things went wrong. Things didn't normally go wrong but I found it difficult to get help when they did.
TL;DR - Very good and beginner friendly. Lots of fun. Mediocre support team. Overall would recommend :)

An absolutely fantastic platform! My son started to use it when he was 9 and he absolutely loves it!
Now, a year after, we are applying for a lifetime subscription with both – Minecraft and Roblox!
I've seen many similar solutions/platforms, without a doubt - Code Kingdoms is second to none! 10 out of 5 stars!

What can I say my daughter loves this, she’s just started this evening coding Roblox, this makes a change from her wasting time doing nothing, she’s looking forward to doing the courses.

it was really fun and made me happy when my roblox game work

I have just bought this for my son. I'm no computer expert and so I'm relying on Code Kingdoms to give us support. I have followed the instructions, downloaded the Java version of Minecraft and then splat. Doesn't work - because they don't support the most recent version of minecraft. So you have to use a previous version - fine - swapped to the previous version and splat - I get 'Unable to locate the Java runtime'. So the net result is that we haven't even been able to start the first lesson and the amazing support advertised has a response turnaround of about 12 hours. Perhaps its my fault, I don't know but please have the support in place for learners. If you're going to do this guys, do it properly. If we don't get the support we need then I'm going to get my money back.

I liked the product and thought the learning style was really good. Unfortunately it wasn't for my son so we took advantage of the money back guarantee which was processed without an issue.

great subscription management - sent a 7 day notification of subscription renewal. Navigating the website to find and cancel subscription was very easy.

Context: I am a CTO and have been developing Java for over 20 years. My son is a massive minecraft fan and rather than me teach him raw java i thought this would be a great way to get him coding. However there are too many issues with this to make it truly effective. The objective would be to get from block coding to raw Java and to mod minecraft alone. Here is why this is not possible
1. There are too many bugs - time and time again the chapters fail to update the XP scores or report that the code is correct - means that you cannot carry on even though the code is correct - simple answer would be is to highlight whats wrong - easily done in Java but they have not done that leaving you hanging
2. Contact support (mostly on a weekend or evening outside working / school hours) - support is very slow and really really useless - sure they are happy, polite and pleasant but I want support that actually solves the problem, so far 3 issues raised none solved
3. The server specs are clearly not applicable for the games - they advertise upto 25 people or even 12 on a server, try and get more than 6 and you will a heavy lag on the Minecraft client simply indicating the hardware (or virtual machines) in the background are no where near powerful enough to support the advertised spec.
4. Continued problems with the themes and mods not loading.
5. Slow updates - reload the code up to the server and it reports its done, attempt to connect and its clear the server is still loading, even sometimes the server button remains red and not green - refresh the browser and the button goes green - buggy front end - which just adds to the issues that make this experience not a great one for children who take one step forward and a step back and after so many issue just end up disengaged.
At the end of the day its a great idea and the videos and engagement are great but unless you get to the final stage of raw java then the journey is pointless in the opinion of a CTO who hires java developers.
The reason I am writing this is because 3 times I have asked for help and 3 times they have failed to sort the problem out promptly - children will do extra work on evenings and weekends - have support at those times - its no good waiting hours for a response.
What could have been a great experience is not and for anyone who doesnt know coding I get that this would be so frustrating. A shame.

Impossible to unsubscribe. Some error when I tried to do it, and then I forgot about it and paid another year without knowing :-(