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Kodu Peer Review Process 66% Complete

We're all just sitting around, making games, talking about our incredibly exhilarating / exhausting weekend, and refreshing the peer revew status page every five minutes. It's currently at 66%.

While we all sit around, taking notes, making games, and waiting to clear the review, we've got another desktop for you - a little more abstract, a little dark, a little dangerous... ;)

I love the little worlds floating in space. One of the things we talked about when we started Kodu is those cool little isometric vignettes in Scientific American - like ones that show a little cutaway view of, say, an ocean scene, showing the research vessel on the surface and the diver down below. Cubes of water are cool.

Posted: 06-29-2009 2:23 PM by mattmac | with 54 comment(s) |
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dussintek said:

If only i could get a text message as soon as its available. :D

thanks again

# June 29, 2009 4:54 PM

lee6370 said:

Now you have nothing to do but wait, is there anything that you wanted to include but didn't have time, or maybe isn't possible at this time?

# June 29, 2009 5:12 PM

Spuz said:

Does it go live as soon as it hits 100%?  I'm unfamiliar with the review process as haven't forked over the $120 CDN for the XNA membership.

# June 29, 2009 5:36 PM

Spuz said:

Gamertag: TMSpuz

Add me!

I also have a thread up on the TeamXbox forum:

forum.teamxbox.com/showthread.php

Need some more enthusiastic people to join up and post in it.  I'd really like to keep the interest level up there in order to keep Kodu's exposure to the public high.

# June 29, 2009 5:42 PM

triptych said:

I heard there is going to be a PC version of this as well. Any idea when that might be available?

# June 29, 2009 6:20 PM

skine99 said:

Spuz I'm adding you I'm SwatAgent99

Anyone else send me a friend request too I'll accept any I get in the next three days! Can't wait to share awesome levels.

# June 29, 2009 7:29 PM

Spuz said:

Sure...  Did you want me to add your Gamertag to the TeamXbox Kodu thread as well so other Kodites can add you?

# June 29, 2009 8:00 PM

Moco64 said:

add me guys GT: Mighty Moco

# June 29, 2009 8:03 PM

skine99 said:

Yes please that would be nice Spuz. :)

# June 29, 2009 8:18 PM

Zaruma said:

Spuz, Skine99, add me also. im going to thread right now.

Gamertag - Zaruma

# June 29, 2009 8:26 PM

Spuz said:

Not a problem.  'Tis done!

# June 29, 2009 8:28 PM

Spuz said:

Ok Zaruma, I also added your gamertag to the thread.  If anyone finds any more content that I can add (videos, etc.) just let me know.

# June 29, 2009 8:33 PM

Zaruma said:

www.youtube.com/watch

Good video of Kodu i found on youtube. no its not one of the 4 you have posted Spuz.

# June 29, 2009 8:38 PM

Spuz said:

I didn't add that one because it shows the kids.  Since Kodu is aged 7 to 70, I don't want some of the older members to get the wrong idea and think that it's ONLY for children.  You know how people are... They don't want to take part in things that they think will harm their image. :p

# June 29, 2009 8:56 PM

Zaruma said:

oh yeah, it had the Girls inc. in it. that kinda bothered me. im probably gonna get way into detail with kodu. i do ALOT of N+ level editing so Kodu should just blow me away.

# June 29, 2009 8:58 PM

Spuz said:

Oh, just from some of the few videos I've seen so far... you can make some really fun games pretty easily.  I like to program as a hobby, and this just allows me to do it at a more casual level whenever I don't want to get involved with very complex code.

# June 29, 2009 9:07 PM

Reaver2 said:

I WANT THIS GAME SO BADLY LOLOLOLOL. but idk where i can/will be able to download it since community games doesnt show up on my xbox 360 game marketplace, any1 got any suggestions?!?!?!?

# June 29, 2009 10:59 PM

Zaruma said:

ouch. seriously? um...try game marketplace from the xbox guide. just go to community games from the guide. you know. that middle glowy button you press thats in the middle of the controler. scroll left 2 pages, click game marketplace, find community games, etc. tell me if that doesnt work or if it doesnt show up there either.

# June 29, 2009 11:04 PM

Reaver2 said:

nope doesnt show up there either. thanks anyway.

# June 29, 2009 11:16 PM

Reaver2 said:

maybe i can download it off the xbox site just i cant find it on the games catalog there maybe i have to wait for it to be released before it shows up.

# June 29, 2009 11:18 PM

Reaver2 said:

do i need a gold memebership or xna memebership to view community games cus i only have silver?

# June 29, 2009 11:36 PM

SEGA said:

Waiting for this for some time..

1:35am here in South Florida, hope it comes out later today..

# June 30, 2009 12:35 AM

Zaruma said:

woah. 1:35am? sheesh. its 12:00 here. so its 2:00 there now. go to bed. prolly wont be up till later.

# June 30, 2009 1:00 AM

GantryG said:

Reaver2- it appears from my impromptu web searches that you indeed need a Gold membership to see the Community games (soon to be renamed Indie Games?) channel.

# June 30, 2009 1:53 AM

Reaver2 said:

thanks man, xbox live gold is only 1 dollar right now anyways so all good.

# June 30, 2009 5:16 AM

hart91 said:

Everyone please feel free to add me, I'll be feverishly KODING as soon as it's out!!, on a downer though I hear that it is nail-bitingly close to a possible fail in peer review, so everyone cross your fingers that it doesn't get held back another week, I for one will go NUTS if I have to wait any longer!

GT: Hart91

# June 30, 2009 5:47 AM

skine99 said:

WHERE IS MY KODU? D:

# June 30, 2009 7:02 AM

louloulenain said:

Does the game will be release in the french market place?

I wait this game since the first time I see him :D

# June 30, 2009 7:14 AM

kodufanboy said:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Apparently someone has failed it (According to this blog giveusthisdayourdailygame.blogspot.com), if one more person fails it, it will be put in "jail" and we'll have to wait a week for it to be peer reviewed again. DANG. IT. I WANT THIS GAME IN MY BED RIGHT NOW! :'(

# June 30, 2009 7:14 AM

skine99 said:

What are you gonna do with it in your bed? o.O

# June 30, 2009 7:30 AM

kodufanboy said:

...I think you know ;). I'm just really attracted to it...look how it drags us in, promising next-to-no limits, you rarely get that in a woma- I mean, game, ;P.

# June 30, 2009 7:45 AM

crazysheep said:

lmao, can't wait, I wonder how many people are f5'ing this page lol

# June 30, 2009 8:23 AM

Simburgur said:

(El Bishi)

Well, there are *some* limits, lol.

Numbering & Kode-Page-per-object limits = annoying if you are making uber-complex stuff (like me....I'm doing a location aware RTS now with individual controls for each unit!)

Here's a video of my (almost) finished game, Left 4 Kodu: giveusthisdayourdailygame.blogspot.com/.../community-games.html

That took me about a half a day. All I am doing now is adding one more powerup (+speed) and then after that it will just be balance/performance tweaks + bug fixes.

# June 30, 2009 8:25 AM

kodufanboy said:

I'm certainly one ;) lol

# June 30, 2009 8:27 AM

crazysheep said:

awww ur lucky u can play it now, :( looks good, is it possible to make any type of game, even like a racing game or something?

# June 30, 2009 8:32 AM

kodufanboy said:

@Simburgur: Yeah, neat work on that, can't wait to see your RTS :).

Thank goodness for people like Darthuvius; feeding our insatiable "appetites" with videos of various things in Kodu. Make sure you send him any other neat games you make so we can view them while we crave for more :D.

# June 30, 2009 8:34 AM

Spuz said:

Racing games are definitely possible from what I've seen.  This program should be capable of a wide variety of things, even RPGs (to a certain complexity.)

# June 30, 2009 8:37 AM

crazysheep said:

Thats superb, I wondered because all the vids i've seen are usually of things just running around killing things lol, so wondered if u were able to have a non shooty game. When the game comes out i'll probably be to excited to come up with any game and just have a bike thing running around a tree for no reason lol

# June 30, 2009 9:20 AM

Sir SpankalotUK said:

is there a decent forum where kodu users can share and swap ideas, because my searches havent thrown one up, just though if there was a need, I could set one up.

# June 30, 2009 10:24 AM

Moco64 said:

Still checking this page like a madman waiting... and waiting....

here's a video of a cool sidescroller:

xbox360.ign.com/.../kodu_gmp_reallysimplesidescroller_62609.html

and heres an ign preview video that really shows off the program:

xbox360.ign.com/.../kodu_spc_review_032409.html

# June 30, 2009 10:41 AM

Moco64 said:

I went ahead and created a gamertag just to add people that play kodu.

I think it will be a good way for people to find other kodu players, so I'll leave the option on to check its friends list.

The gamertag is: Kodu Gameshare

add it to ur friends if you'd like, post it anywhere you want. Just please make sure its for people that are getting kodu only.

# June 30, 2009 10:50 AM

Spuz said:

That's a great idea... a forum is also a good idea, too.  If someone else doesn't set up a forum by the end of the day then I'll do it when I get home.

# June 30, 2009 11:02 AM

Moco64 said:

spuz do you have a domain name? I can set it up at moco.net/kodu or kodu.moco.net and set u up as a moderator. Let me know

# June 30, 2009 11:03 AM

waiting4kodu said:

i have been wiating for this game for a long time!!  my game tag is    Allcingeye    add me if you wanna share content. i will be avidly make games for this!

# June 30, 2009 11:14 AM

waiting4kodu said:

its actually   allCingeye   not sure if the caps matter though.

# June 30, 2009 11:22 AM

Spuz said:

Moco, nah, I was just going to use hyperboards.  If someone else doesn't set up a forum today then I'll do it there because it's just so darn easy.

# June 30, 2009 11:24 AM

SEGA said:

12:28pm still not up,

wonder what the percentage is at now..

# June 30, 2009 11:27 AM

skine99 said:

Haha yeah I'll head to that forum for sure but I'd rather the game come out before we start up forums.

# June 30, 2009 11:29 AM

Moco64 said:

Spuz, i'll just do it if you dont mind. It'll be at kodu.moco.net , I'll allow uploading etc and i'll keep it up for good. I'll start work on it soon

# June 30, 2009 11:30 AM

Spuz said:

Don't mind at all!

# June 30, 2009 11:54 AM

Zaruma said:

just....waiting....for news....of any kind...

# June 30, 2009 12:16 PM

waiting4kodu said:

lol same here... i think i have refeshed 50 times now!

# June 30, 2009 12:16 PM

hart91 said:

I don't think Iv'e ever used F5 quite so much!! lol

# June 30, 2009 12:18 PM

Spuz said:

It's done, there's a new post on the Blog main page.

# June 30, 2009 12:24 PM