Kodu Game Lab

cryptic77 · 07-04-2009

Kodu Game Lab

The best community game available on xbl now.
If you love Forging your gonna love this game!
Unleash your inner creativity with this game creator
So many things to do.
The programming environment runs on the Xbox, allowing rapid design iteration using only a game controller for input.

The Kodu language is designed specifically for game development and provides specialized primitives derived from gaming scenarios. Programs are expressed in physical terms, using concepts like vision, hearing, and time to control character behavior. While not as general-purpose as classical programming languages, Kodu can express advanced game design concepts in a simple, direct, and intuitive manner.

I know we have some amazing creators here at Forgehub
So i thought id introduce this game
On top of all this its only 400 Microsoft Points ($5)
So go pick up this Xbox version of LBP (little big planet) now!

natu · 07-04-2009

Whoa, I have never heard of this game. Seems intresting. I would like to see ssome reviews and stuff before actually buying it.

redearth · 07-04-2009

Allright, I have 800 points, and I have everything I want, so I'll give it a try! My full review will be on this page in roughly 4-16 hours. Can you tell us some more about the game?

Edit: Allright. This is probably better than Little Big Planet. Maybe. There is no custom content, but the programming in this game is extremely advanced compared to all other games I've seen. I'd have to sit down with Little Big Planet for an hour to come to a final decision though. This game alone gets an 8/10. Maybe I'll get a more detailed review later. It is extremely fun to mess around in. It allows you to program you're character's actions, and tell them what to do. It is as simple as A for jump, to setting an AI to follow you unless you get a temporary powerup to make you chase them instead. You know someone should make a Pac-Man in this game. I can see it happening. The main problem was the tutorial. I would have liked a cleaner tutorial, but it's not hard to figure things out by playing around. However, this comes from a person with minor programming experience in the past. (MMF2) This is a great way to introduce children and adults alike into the basics of videogame design, with no coding knowledge required. It runs on a cause and effect system, such as if something and something is something, then something will something, something. 8/10, by lack of a decent tutorial, that may cause new gamers to be confused and stuck.

RadiantRain · 07-04-2009

YouTube - Fly me to the moon - My first Little Big Planet level

Entire level made from scratch...

Little Big Planet has a much better level editor then any game on the Xbox360, excluding Farcry2, but PS3 also has it. So ha ha ha ha!