Join the game
Your hacker name
Neon Falcon
The rules
- Answer questions. Every right answer adds a graphics card to your mining rig.
- Your rig mines bitcoin every second. Bigger rig, more bitcoin!
- Sometimes you get a hack chance. Guess a classmate's password to take 2% to 10% of their bitcoin.
- Pick a password and keep it secret. Do not let anyone see your screen!
- Most bitcoin when the clock runs out wins.
Stay on this page. If you open a new tab or click away, you are out.
How to play
1Pick a hacker name and a passwordBuild a hacker name, then choose 1 of 4 secret passwords. Keep it secret. Everyone has 4 choices, so a hacker has a 1 in 4 chance of guessing yours.
2Answer to grow your rigEvery right answer adds a graphics card. You get one try, so think first. A wrong answer shows you the right one.
3Mine bitcoin every secondEach card mines bitcoin all the time. Every 4 right answers, your new cards get stronger and mine even faster.
4Hack chance!Every few right answers, you get a chance to hack a random classmate. Pick which of their 4 passwords you think is the real one.
5Hacked?If someone guesses your password, they take 2% to 10% of your bitcoin. You get a 30 second shield and a brand new password, so they cannot do it again right away.
6WinThe player with the most bitcoin when the clock runs out wins. Answering questions is the best way to win. Hacking is a bonus!
Watch a rig grow
Practice hack
Pretend you got a hack chance on Glitch Otter. One of these is the real password. You get one guess!
Start a game room
Show this page on the board. You will get a room code for students to type in.
How it runs
- Students click Play, type the room code and their real first name, and build a hacker name.
- Each student picks 1 of 4 secret passwords.
- You pick the grade, Math or ELA, the topics, and the minutes. Then press Start.
- Your board shows the bitcoin race, every hack as it happens, and each student's rig.
- When the clock runs out, the top three land on the winners platform.
Teacher note
- Questions: the same Math and ELA test prep as Hero Patrol, for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade. Everyone gets the same questions in the same order. One try per question, and the answer buttons wait a moment before they turn on, so students cannot click through.
- Mining: a rig starts with one card that mines 1 bitcoin a second. Each right answer adds a card. Every 4 right answers, new cards mine 1 more bitcoin a second than the last ones. Right answers are always the best way to win.
- Hacking: after 2 right answers in a row there is a chance of a hack, and after 5 there always is. The game picks a random classmate who is playing, has bitcoin, and is not shielded. The hacker sees that student's 4 password choices and guesses one, a 1 in 4 chance. A right guess takes 2% to 10% of their bitcoin.
- Fair play: a student who gets hacked gets a 30 second shield and a new set of passwords, so the same hacker cannot just remember it. A failed hack gives the target a 10 second break too. Students only ever see hacker names, never real names.
- Keep passwords secret: remind students not to say their password out loud or show their screen. It is a great talk about why real passwords are private.
- Not real bitcoin: the bitcoin in this game is pretend. It is a fun way to talk about how mining computers earn bitcoin, and why keeping a password safe matters.
- Tab rule: leaving the game tab puts a student out, so nobody can look up answers. Press Put back in if it was an accident. A student who is out does not mine while out.
- Rooms: Bit Heist runs on its own game room server, separate from the other class games. A room closes by itself after four quiet hours. Up to 40 students can join.