Student Workbook
Work through this
booklet to complete
tasks and even a whole
game!
Check for video tutorials
on Passmarc – Academic
Links / eLearning
Tutorials / Programming
/ Kodu.
Task 1
Fill in these details
then click save
Task 2
Right click on the background
Select the hand and then experiment
with the mouse buttons
Task 3
Task 4
Left click on the
background to add
an object
Task 5
Right
click
on
Kodu
Task 6
Right
click
on
Kodu
Task 7
Zoom right out
Press the right
arrow on the
keyboard and go
to a bigger
brush size
Left click once
and make a land
mass
Select Ground
Brush
Task 8
Hold down the left mouse to raise the
terrain.
Click on Hills or
Valleys
Make a maze
exactly like this
one
Make the brush
size a lot smaller
Size of the brush
Task 9
Right click on Cycle an
change its size until it is
about the same size as Kodu
Select the Object Tool
Right click on both
object and choose
Rotate. Use the
keyboard arrows
to rotate both
objects to face
each other
Click on your world and select Cycle
Task 10
Press ‘Esc’ to test
your
programming!!
Programme Cycle to see Kodu and say the words below. ‘Say’ is located in
Switch to Kodu. Write Kode that is the same as above.
Instead of talking, make Kodu:
Jump / High / Once
Task 11
1. Create a new object and choose ‘Apple’
2. Right click on Apple and change these settings:
Immobile – Yes (Green symbol)
Invulnerable – Yes (Green symbol)
3. Right click on Apple and choose ‘Programme’
4. Write this Kode
When – Bump / Kodu
Do – Play / Pow
(Play is in Actions / More, Pow is in Event / Silly)
5. Press Esc to test by moving Kodu with the arrow keys
Task 12
1. Create a new object and choose ‘Coin’
2. Right click on Coin and change these settings:
Immobile – Yes (Green symbol)
Invulnerable – Yes (Green symbol)
3. Right click on Coin and choose ‘Programme’
4. Write this Kode
When – Bump / Kodu
Do – Vanish / Me
(Vanish is in Combat)
5. Right click on Kodu and choose ‘Programme’
6. Write this Kode
When – Bump / Coin
Do – Score / Yellow / 01 Point
(Score is in Game)
Task 13
1. Create a new object and choose ‘Star’
2. Right click on Star and change these settings:
Immobile – Yes (Green symbol)
Max Hit Points – 5
3. Right click on Star and choose ‘Programme’
4. Write this Kode
When – Shot Hit / Kodu
Do – Vanish / Me / Once
5. Press Esc
6. Programme Kodu
When – Shot Hit / Star
Do – Score / Red / 01 Point
Task 14
Let’s make a game. You control Kodu who has to travel around his island, collect Coins and Shoot Stars.
At the end, he reaches Cycle who says hello. When he collects 5 Coins, he says, ‘I’m rich!’ When he shoots 10 stars,
He says, ‘I win!’
1. Right click on Star and choose ‘Copy’
2. Right click and ‘Paste’ another 9 stars around your world so that there are 10 stars
3. Do the same for the Coins so that there are 10 Coins
4. Programme Kodu
Say ‘I’m rich!’
5. Write another line of Kode that gets Kodu to say
‘I win!’ when he shoots 10 Stars
6. Press Esc to test your game. Watch the video to see what it could look like.