Code Hero is a planned educational video game by Primer Labs, designed by Alex Peake.
Players use a gun which can copy code and place it in other areas of the level in order to create a full program in a language such as JavaScript and UnityScript whilst moving around a 3D world from a first-person perspective.
[6][7] Peake hired a development team, and in March 2012, they began working in space provided by IGN Indie Open House in San Francisco.
[6] After failing to deliver the backing rewards by the original date, and not updating the website or Twitter accounts for months at a time, backers began to demand refunds and became concerned that the project was not sufficiently funded.
[9] When supporter Dustin Deckard began organising to seek legal action after another stretch of no communication, Alex Peake released a statement saying that the game was still being worked on and that Primer Labs was “committed to finishing this game.”[10] The raised funds covered the costs of development until October 2012, after which many of the game's developers became volunteers.