Kodu Lets You Make Games — Sharing Optional
On stage, during this year’s CES keynote, Microsoft’ Robbie Bach announced the new game building playground that’s coming to the Community Games channel later this year. It’s called Kodu and allows anyone to pick up a 360 controller and build their own game.
According to Microsoft’s Matthew MacLaurin, Kodu was created with kids in mind and describes the game as “programming as a fourth-grade art class.” And Joystiq’s Justin McElroy agrees that it really is basic and well, simple. Check out the informative (and totally factual) Kodu bullet points listed below:
* Will ship with 20 different objects/characters.
* 20 pre-built (and editable) levels will be included.
* Commands given to objects are called “Pages”.
* Kodu has been tested with kids for over a year.
* Releasing this Spring for a yet to be disclosed price.
In Kodu, you’ll first build a world for your game to take place in, fully customizable with a series of brushes that let you easily add hills, blocks, water, whatever you like. You’ll then populate that world, choosing from a selection of 20 different objects/characters, each with their own characteristics and abilities.
Super excited! I can’t wait to have an official DeathCarrot game. I’m gonna call it Halo 4… I think I’ll sell “a million”!
