1. DIA Week Without walls
Kodu Game Design

2. What is Kodu
The core of the Kodu project is the programming user interface. The language is simple and entirely icon-based. Programs are composed of pages, which are broken down into rules, which are further divided into conditions and actions. The Kodu language is designed specifically for game development and provides specialized primitives (the nouns, adjectives, and verbs of the language) derived from gaming scenarios. Programs are expressed in physical terms, using concepts like vision, hearing, and time to control character behavior. Kodu can express advanced game design concepts in a simple, direct, and intuitive manner.
Kodu was developed by a team of research programmers at Microsoft who are passionate about kids having fun and being challenged as they learn how to program.

3. Day 1 – Introduction Navigating, Intro to Programming Concepts,
Adding Objects

4. Day 2 – landscaping
Creating a Landscape

5. Day 3 – controller Using Controller to Move Characters Create Paths
Set Behaviors

6. Day 4 – cloning
Making clones and Creatable

7. Day 5 – Unique stories
Starting Unique Stories and Characters

8. ACTIVITY DETAILS
The Kodu Game design activity will take place in room SS 203 at Dubai International Academy.
The activity is run by Mr. Shervin Bashar & Mrs. Ruba Jeshi.