{"slug": "show-hn-hack-club-folktale-learn-python-make-a-game-get-free-stickers", "title": "Show HN: Hack Club Folktale: Learn Python, Make a Game, Get Free Stickers", "summary": "Hack Club, a 501(c) nonprofit, launched Hack Club Folktale, a beginner-focused program that teaches Python by guiding users aged 13–18 to create a branching story game and earn free custom stickers. The program explicitly prohibits AI usage to preserve the learning experience, and participants can earn exclusive stickers by referring friends or creating content about the program.", "body_md": "Learn to make a simple little game in Python, get a free sticker sheet!\n\nFollow the guide to set yourself up with Hack Club's systems\n\nLearn Python through the guide\n\nShip a branching story game, with guidance of course\n\nGet a custom sheet of stickers!\n\nAnyone 13 through 18 years old inclusive who wants to get into the magical art of programming!\n\nYup! This is run through [Hack Club](https://hackclub.com/), a 501(c)\nnonprofit whose mission is to spread programming awareness as far as possible.\n\nSince this is a specifically beginner-focused program, we ask that you refrain from all AI usage, as it robs the productive struggle that is learning.\n\nCheck out the guide! It is written from the ground up for how to get into Hack Club, how to code in Python, and how to submit your project for prizes.\n\nWant some exclusive, custom stickers? Refer a friend to or make content about Hack Club Folktale!\n\nSubmit [this form](https://forms.hackclub.com/folktale-referral)! You must submit this\nbefore your friend submits their project.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-hack-club-folktale-learn-python-make-a-game-get-free-stickers", "canonical_source": "https://folktale.hackclub.com/", "published_at": "2026-08-19 22:37:52+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-19 23:16:46.638098+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools"], "entities": ["Hack Club"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-hack-club-folktale-learn-python-make-a-game-get-free-stickers", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-hack-club-folktale-learn-python-make-a-game-get-free-stickers.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-hack-club-folktale-learn-python-make-a-game-get-free-stickers.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-hack-club-folktale-learn-python-make-a-game-get-free-stickers.jsonld"}}