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[[Kodu Introduction]]
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Kodu Game Lab is rapid game making platform for making small games that is currently being developed by Microsoft Research. It is available for the xbox in some countries on the Xbox Community Channel and also available for the PC. Created games cannot be shared between the two platforms.&nbsp;
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[[Getting Started]]  
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Kodu is currently in beta with the Technical Preview available for download from [http://fuse.microsoft.com/kodu http://fuse.microsoft.com/kodu]  
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[[Boot Camp]]
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Additionally, there is an Academic beta to which schools can apply to be involved which uses a slightly different build offering a user the ability to change the name that games are associated with. The technical beta uses the logged in windows username.
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A step by step tutorial for creating a complete game and covers most of the essential game elements and kodu skills.  
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Two icons are created by the Kodu installer. '''Kodu Game Lab''' which launches kodu and '''Configure Kodu Game Lab''' which allows the screen size and location of the game data to be specified (for the Academic beta).  
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Quick reference of scripts for common actions.  
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== Contributing ==
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[[SharingWorlds|Sharing a World on Planet Kodu]]  
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The Planet Kodu Tutorials are tutorials that '''you can add to''' and '''you can make better'''. On every page there is an edit button which you can use to edit and improve the page. You can read more about how to do this at [[Help:Formatting]]  
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Step by step tutorial on sharing Kodu Games.<br>
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== Tutorials at other sites  ==
== Tutorials at other sites  ==

Revision as of 22:34, 24 January 2010

Planet Kodu Tutorials,
tutorials about Kodu Game Lab that anyone can create.
22 tutorials created so far


Featured Tutorial

Kodu Introduction

Kodu Game Lab is rapid game making platform for making small games that is currently being developed by Microsoft Research. It is available for the xbox in some countries on the Xbox Community Channel and also available for the PC. Created games cannot be shared between the two platforms. 

Kodu is currently in beta with the Technical Preview available for download from http://fuse.microsoft.com/kodu

Additionally, there is an Academic beta to which schools can apply to be involved which uses a slightly different build offering a user the ability to change the name that games are associated with. The technical beta uses the logged in windows username.

Two icons are created by the Kodu installer. Kodu Game Lab which launches kodu and Configure Kodu Game Lab which allows the screen size and location of the game data to be specified (for the Academic beta).

Read more

Featured Screencast

Create a Timer or a Countdown Clock


Download video: Media:Kodu-timer.wmv

Contributing

The Planet Kodu Tutorials are tutorials that you can add to and you can make better. On every page there is an edit button which you can use to edit and improve the page. You can read more about how to do this at Help:Formatting

If you want to have a try at changing a page then the Sandbox is the place to do it.


If you have a general question the Frequently Asked Questions may have the answer.


Tutorials at other sites

The Kodu Blog is  a the place to go for all the Latest Kodu News.
You can follow Matthew MacLaurin on twitter.

Game Making Made Easy
A nice article on Kodu.

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