# Turn a lesson into a game for students 13 and over

This page: https://www.teleplay.ai/guides/classroom-games-with-ai
Updated: 2026-11-04

## Quick answer

A teacher describes a game about the lesson, Teleplay builds it, and students join in a browser by link or room code with no accounts and nothing to install. It is for students aged 13 and over only: Teleplay is not for younger children, even with a teacher present. A room holds 4 players, so a class plays in small groups.

## Games to try with a small group first

- [2 AM Cake Caper](https://www.teleplay.ai/play/52a9656b-c371-4bc9-b0fe-a838c311a820): Top-down action
- [Manor of Whispers](https://www.teleplay.ai/play/manor-of-whispers-e0a80c84): Top-down action
- [Spellbump Skies](https://www.teleplay.ai/play/spellbump-skies-c0537617): Platformer

## The age rules, plainly

| Who | What the terms say | What it means for a class |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Under 13 | No account; an account found to be a child's is deleted with its games | Don't use Teleplay with this class. |
| 13 to 17 | A parent or guardian must agree to the terms for them | Get that agreement before the lesson, the way your school usually asks parents. It applies to students who only join by link too. |
| Under 16 in the European Union | They may use Teleplay only if a parent or guardian agrees | The same step, and here it decides whether they can take part at all. |
| The teacher | The person who starts a room signs in; paid plans are for adults | You hold the account and you make the game. |

Check your school's own policy on outside websites as well. Students joining by link are not asked for an account or an email address, and the privacy policy explains what a room records.

## Lessons that translate well

Games teach best when the rule of the game is the idea of the lesson, not when a quiz is pasted on top. Ask what students have to decide, then make that the rule.

| Subject | Game idea | What students practice |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biology | Steer a white blood cell, chase bacteria, leave your own cells alone | Telling similar things apart, quickly |
| Geography | Race a cargo ship between ports, avoiding storms on the way | Reading a map under pressure |
| Languages | Catch the falling word that fits the sentence on screen | Grammar in context |
| History | Run a market town's stalls through a hard winter | Cause and effect |

## Fifteen minutes in the room

1. **Before class** Build the game and play it alone, so nothing surprises you. Read the plan before pressing Create and check the game's page.
2. **Group the class** Make groups of up to 4. Each room has one signed-in host, so a teacher alone keeps one room going while other groups play the same game solo in their browsers, then swap.
3. **Join** Students open the link or type the 6-character code on the home page, on their own devices.
4. **Talk about it** After a round, ask what the rule was teaching. Rooms have no chat, so the discussion stays in the classroom.

## Questions

**Is Teleplay allowed in schools?**

That is your school's decision. Teleplay is for people aged 13 and over and is not built for younger children or for managed student accounts.

**Do students need accounts or emails?**

No. Students join by link or code, under a guest name, and only the person starting a room signs in. Students under 18 still need a parent or guardian's agreement to the terms.

**Can a whole class play together?**

Not in one room: a room holds 4. A class plays in groups, each in its own room.

**Can a teacher see what students do?**

No. There is no class dashboard, no grades and no student reports. It is a game you run in the room, not a learning platform.

**What if the school's network blocks it?**

Rooms need a live connection to our servers. Try one room on the school network before the lesson, and ask your IT team if it fails.

## Read next

- [A team event game that nobody has already played](https://www.teleplay.ai/guides/team-building-game-online)
- [A game only your friend group would find funny](https://www.teleplay.ai/guides/make-a-game-for-your-friend-group)
- [How to make a snake game with AI](https://www.teleplay.ai/guides/how-to-make-a-snake-game-with-ai)
- [AI game making glossary](https://www.teleplay.ai/glossary)
- [Terms: who may use Teleplay](https://www.teleplay.ai/terms)
- [Privacy policy](https://www.teleplay.ai/privacy)