Today you will be making your very own first game using Kodu Lesson 2 - Kodu Today you will be making your very own first game using Kodu

Reminder Movement Scoring Win/Lose The first game we are going to make is the apple collecting game. Remember the rules are as follows - When your Kodu hits an apple it picks it up and you score 10 points. What are the 3 elements we need to program? Movement Scoring Win/Lose

Movement Using the WHEN and DO rules we learnt about last lesson can you think of the different ways of programming movement WHEN DO

Scoring Lets do the same with the scoring. Remember its 10 points per apple collected. WHEN DO

Win/Lose Its pretty impossible to lose at this game because there aren't any opponents or enemies but how could you program the Kodu to win? WHEN DO

Lets make the simple apple game The following video will guide you through the steps required. I will stop the video at different points. You need to make sure you listen carefully because if you get left behind its difficult to catch up. Firstly open Kodu then the video will start. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-FjskAHgN0&feature=player_embedded

Evaluation Hopefully that video has given you a good idea about how Kodu works and you have now created your very first game, CONGRATULATIONS!! Did you find it easy to use? Any surprises? E.g. The amount of steps required just to make a simple game. In reality to make a game like Call of Duty, it would take a team of hundreds/thousands of people months/years to make.

Extension E.g 10 points for Red apples 5 points for Yellow apples Using the skills you have learnt extend the game. This time you could add different colour apples which could be worth different points values. You could even have negative scoring if you pick up certain colours. E.g 10 points for Red apples 5 points for Yellow apples -5 points for black apples Experiment with the landscape and use your imagination.