kodu

I Didn't Know You Could Do This in Kodu

Tavishhill2003 is one of the acknowledged masters of Kodu set building. He has completely outdone himself. I pulled these screens from a fantastic new video up on the 'tube. Recommend you go see it there because there is some beautiful dynamic lighting and shakycam work. Out. Stand. Ing.

Honestly, we're still trying to figure out how he pulled some of this stuff off. Video link at bottom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXfovBy1LTA

Scaleable Characters and Objects

Next patch will let you scale all kinds of things in the world. Mark's been cranking this out and making sure that it works well with physics and the like.

Tiny motorcyles are really, really cute :)

This patch will probably land in early September - it won't be as big as the last patch but we hope to have a few small surprises in there for you.

UPDATE: Scaling for this version is something you do while editing. You can't control scale through Kode. Yet.

Great Kodu Tutorial

If you're looking for a in-depth, full-service introduction to how world creation and programming work in Kodu, I've got a good one for you:

http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2009/08/19/kodu-game-lab-full-game-video-tutorial-with-narration-generic-wars/

Covers creating terrain, adding objects, and building a small geometry-wars type battle game.

Cracked rabbit also has another very cool, more specific tutorial (they are doing a great job with these - thanks guys!)

http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2009/08/19/kodu-game-lab-video-tutorials-3-keys-popcorn-popper/

Kodu Videos on Youtube

Hi folks, just back from vacation and travel. Pardon my pause.

I've finally got my first "kodu gallery" video ready to post, but I've found a lot of cool kodu videos already existing. Always one to let the community lead the way, here's some pointers to some of the cooler stuff out there.

Kodu Missile Defense

This one walks all over a simpler clone I've been cobbling up. I'm happy to be crushed by Kodu users:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu5YwASl7NQ

Kodu Portal Tribute

Woah.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go6jGKXIIhQ

Kodu Space Dungeons

Man, this thing is huge. It goes on and on. Well done! Note that there's a newer one being shared around.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlNVj5892nc

Cliffside Racer

Very snappy frantic dash down a narrow mountain path. Lots of enemies, great dynamics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpJTBMe1I98

Keep up the awesome work, people! You're what keeps us going.