Teen Hour
Built by teens, for teens. A weekly hangout is where bold ideas, real friendships, and creative projects come to life
Hosted by 5 expert guides
Teen Hour is a flexible weekly meetup just for teens at Recess. Whether you're looking to chill with like-minded peers, dive into a new creative project, or co-host an activity, this is your place.
Bring a wild idea, pitch a group event, test out a game you're building, or just hop into a conversation with other teens. The format is designed to adapt to you, the more you show up, the more Teen Hour becomes yours.
What You’ll Do
- Meet and connect with other teens in a relaxed, low-pressure environment
- Share passions: from game design and creative writing to streaming and cosplay
- Trial custom Minecraft datapacks, test new minigames, or collaborate on builds
- Recruit teammates for multiplayer games like Marvel Rivals, PEAK, The Finals or Fortnite
- Host or pitch activities for the group
Why It Matters
Confidence & Ownership: Teen Hour gives you space to lead, create, and share without judgment.
Creative Collaboration: Big ideas need a team. Practice co-building and co-hosting something you're proud of.
Peer Feedback: Get reactions and insights from people your age who care about the same stuff.
Growth Mindset: Try something new, fail fast, and learn alongside a community of supportive teens.
Schedule
Teen Hour runs twice each week. Currently Wednesdays and Fridays. More sessions may be added if demand grows! Invite your friends!
What You’ll Need
- Access to gather.town and a Recess account
- A working camera and microphone
- A stable internet connection
- Any games or tools required for activities you want to share or host (optional)
Want to Co-Host?
If you have a cool idea or want to try leading a segment of Teen Hour, message Christopher or mention it during a session. We’ll help you make it happen.
Pick a time
Age ranges are just suggestions! You can register for any cohort.
Meet the guides
Expert guides leading this course
Course updates
Updates from guides of this course
Aug 8 @ 12:12 AM
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Oct 24 @ 9:12 PM
Today’s Friday Teen Hour was wild in the best way! We met some new friends (welcome ***) , practiced our best impressions, and got treated to **’s spot-on Stitch voice (seriously impressive).
We tested a brand new Jackbox game (check some of the responses) which I happened to w...
Dec 18 @ 5:17 AM
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Jul 4 @ 12:40 AM
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Sep 5 @ 5:42 PM
Today’s ********* game was a blast! We played *** *** and laughed our way through the most chaotic interviews imaginable. Huge congrats to ****** for landing the job (clearly the most qualified professional nonsense-sayer in the room) 👏
But... we ran into a problem.
We had more...
Jun 27 @ 12:23 AM
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Aug 1 @ 12:19 AM
Today in teen hour, I made a terrible mistake...letting you guys pick a song I learn and perform by **********. ***** and I battled you guys out in draw battle and let the winning team pick a song! To my surprise, everyone suggested near-impossible songs for a beginner like me, b...
Aug 1 @ 5:40 PM
Today was amazing.
We kicked things off with *** sharing the newest additions to his RPG project (fingers crossed for a beta test soon 👀), and then jumped into our Socratic discussion.
This week’s big question:
What makes someone (or something) a person and do we owe them loy...
Oct 31 @ 5:36 PM
We kicked off by splitting into two crews. One group jumped into ***** and braved the climb. The other split off for a discussion about ghosts, fear, and ethics.
Fear check: We asked if fear is always irrational. The tiger example led to a key distinction between respect and fe...
Nov 20 @ 6:43 PM
Teen Hour this week decided to switch things up! We opened up the hour rapidly making a decision to play jackbox games hitting a record time of only 5 minuets being spent on picking a game! The majority voted on Quiplash and we split into two groups and dove right in!
We had pro...
Dec 26 @ 6:44 PM
Today was a pretty small group for boxing day. but it was entertaining as always! We did our usual, stare at each other while trying to make a decision and then we did the unthinkable. We actually decided! Half of us split off to play Fling to the Finish (*****'s 48+ hours in the...
Oct 23 @ 2:40 AM
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Oct 11 @ 4:58 AM
**************************************************! I loved joking around with all of you guys and showcasing my cosplay for you all. Hanging out with everyone fully dressed up as ******** made our games so much more interesting and our ******** prompts a lot crazier! I also want...
Jul 11 @ 12:29 AM
We had a ton of fun in Teen Hour today! We started off with a mini Show and Tell where ******** showed off her epic Furby. Then we broke into groups, one for the modded Minecraft server and one for an unmodded one. The modded server group explored and battled creatures while some...
Sep 25 @ 12:15 PM
Happy Thursday All
! I had fun speaking with all of you last night! I have always loved answering questions about my job and my views. I hope to do it again soon!
Have a great rest of the week and great weekend! Be safe!
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Dec 19 @ 10:56 PM
Today we participated in a little bit of chaos, yapping, and draw battle to kick off the day before todays RA Takeover event!
We missed ******** today but I was here to fill in while he was gone. We opened today getting into the space, discussing todays event, yapping about rand...
Aug 15 @ 9:25 PM
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Aug 29 @ 10:04 PM
Today was a bit different. We decided to test out a new game together: Goose Goose Duck!
It took a little time to get rolling, but once we started exploring different game modes, the chaos was hilarious and so much fun. Huge shoutout to **** and **** for finally downloading Stea...
Oct 16 @ 4:23 AM
**** **** today was so much fun! Today, we experimented with a new type of activity suggested by ****, where we essentially picked a game that encourages more of a "yap" session. We sat around, threw around some ideas, and finally landed on telling an "A-Z" story, which basically...
Jul 11 @ 5:25 PM
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Today’s session was awesome! One group jumped into the modded Minecraft server, while the rest of us played Mafia, led by none other than ******.
🎉 Huge shoutout to ****** for stepping up—he taught us the rules, hosted the game, an...
Sep 4 @ 12:18 AM
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Jul 4 @ 5:40 PM
Today was full of surprises and great company—we even saw a few faces we hadn’t seen in a while (so glad to have you back)!
As always, we kicked off with some classic yapping:
- ***** being better than all of us
- ***** trying to sacrifice me in a moral dilemma
- ***’s picklebal...
3 days ago
Hello everyone and Happy New Years! Todays Teen Hour was so much fun and huge shoutout to everyone who could make it, we ended off this year with a blast 💥
We opened up today discussing some options that were not **********. We talked about doing some New Years themed games, dr...
Nov 6 @ 5:02 AM
Teen hour was so much fun today!
We opened up discussing what we wanted to do for the hour. We bounced around the idea of playing a steam game but ultimately landed on garctic phone.
Today we had some absolutely stunning drawings that I had to include in todays post! Seeing ev...
Nov 27 @ 8:06 PM
Another Week another hour of chaotic fun!
This week at teen hour we decided to split into groups to play jackbox for the first half and then regroup for one giant game of garctic phone to end us off! We had so much fun and so many good drawings.
I want to give a special shouto...
Jun 20 @ 12:22 AM
We had a ton of fun today at Teen Hour! We had one group start an epic Minecraft server and one group battle it out in Bonk.io. Another group played Marvel Rivals in which we all coordinated a 6-healer team to get insane victories!
