GOING FURTHER WITH
KODU GAME LAB
Brendan Routledge
[email protected]
What is Kodu Game Lab?
• A game creation tool which employs a simple visual user
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Works on any Windows PC (XP, Vista, 7 and 8) and on
Xbox
Requires no coding skills
Available as a free download for PC
Costs $5 if installed on Xbox
Where can you get it?
• Go to www.kodugamelab.com and select ‘Download’
• Kodu Game Lab is a free for PC
Let’s make a game – you against
computer
• Open Kodu Game Lab
• Select ‘New world’
• Create a race track
• Add to the landscape – trees, rocks, hills etc
• Add 2 cycles - 2 different colours
• Add a line of code to make it move via arrow keys
• Second cycle follows a path (or WASD)
Making a simple game
• Add finish line using different ‘type’ of land
• Programme each cycle to be able to ’win’
• Add game description – instructional writing
• Add a countdown to increase level of excitement
• TEST your game thoroughly
• Add a few more features – health bars, obstacles etc
• Add sounds to the game either as background or events
• Play your final game – try someone else’s too!
Using Kodu for literacy
• BBC Education video – using Minecraft
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-27936946
• So why not use Kodu in same way to help develop
language related to settings?
Where can I get more help?
• www.kodugamelab.com – ‘Worlds’ – see what other users
have made
• www.kodugamelab.com/hour-of-code/ - four part tutorial
• www.quepublishing.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2163341
&seqNum=2 – Skyscraper Panic game
• www.educatornetwork.com/Resources/Tools/Details/ca1b
56f2-9382-4d0e-bc9c-ffa54632ba6f - Kodu Classroom Kit
GOING FURTHER WITH
KODU GAME LAB
Brendan Routledge
[email protected]