Finally, we’re launching our MOST requested feature — Kid Profiles!

We’re calling them Portfolios because we think profiles on Recess should be all about the things you create, and it should be something you can show off to your friends forever.

After talking to lots of kids and guides on Recess, it was clear that portfolios needed to support many different kinds of projects you’re working on—Writing short stories, Building game worlds, Coding apps, Making art, Publishing YouTube videos, and more.

So we collaborated with many of you over the last month to create what we think meets all of those needs.

Portfolios are a place to showcase who you are and the things you make. You can create any number of projects you want and upload them.

Projects

Projects go on your portfolio. Each project is a powerful tool that you can use to show what you made. It could be as simple as uploading an image or writing a story about how you made it. And other people can give you kudos, too!

Editing projects are super easy. Just press the / key on any line to add content. You can add Images, Links, Code, Quotes, Headings, Highlighted text, and more.

All projects are private by default. If you want others to see them, you just click the Publish button. Also, if your project is an external link, like a Substack article you wrote, you can force everyone who clicks on it to go to that link instead.

Published projects will show up on your portfolio like this. Be sure to give it a cool image!

Usernames

As part of this release, we’re also introducing usernames. Usernames give you a nice way of linking to your portfolio instead of an ugly long url with a bunch of random letters in it. For example, linking to your portfolio can look like this: https://recess.gg/@ka3lin

The first time you go to your portfolio, you’ll be asked to pick a username:

Project Gallery

There’s also a project gallery tab where you can see all the latest projects everyone across Recess has published. Use it to find others working on interesting stuff and collaborate with them, or use it to get inspired to make something of your own!

Shoutout to the early beta testers

HUGE shoutout to some of the early beta testers who were really active in giving feedback leading up to the first launch of Portfolios:

• Theo P.

• Isaiah F.

• Gabriel R.

• Nate P.

• Claire H.

• Matthew F.