Game Techwith

Kodu Game Labs+

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Adarsha Datta | Sage FranchMicrosoft

What is the Goal?

How do we do it?

Who am I?

• Technology Evangelist for life• Love talking, breathing and eating technology

• The Cloud Guy• Again: love talking, breathing and eating (??) the cloud

• TV Series and Movie Buff

• First Game I built:• Hangman on MS GWBASIC (yeah.. Totally dated myself there)

Adarsha Datta

@AdarshaDatta

What is in store today?

• Introduction

• Basics of Game Design

• Quick Demo of Kodu

• Let the Games begin!

Introduction to Game Design

Introduction to Game Design

Introduction to Game Design

The main components

• Character driven

• Object Driven

• Ticking Clock

• Game Rule

• Secrets in the Game

Rapid Prototyping : Iterations are key!

Build -> Test -> Save -> Build -> Test -> Save

->Build -> Test -> Save

The Process

Thank You!

Kodu: What is that?

Demo

Basic Navigation

The Object/ Character/Bots

The Characters&

Objects

The Actions

Operations on the Object

The Programming Construct: When -Do

The Canvas / Landscape

Let the Games begin!

Step 1: Learn to navigate

Main Menu

Load Level

New World

Step 2: Toggle between Edit & Play

Lets create a simple program

• Start with a new world

• Add a character

• Add some objects

• Program them to move around

Now, its your turn! Open a world

Add an apple

Make this apple blue

Add another apple

Add Kodu

Make Kodu find the apple

Make Kodu eat the apple

Let us create the world!

Get involved with the community

Share your creation with the communitySee and use what others have shared in

the community

Its time to play on your own!

Resources

• Tones of videos with tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/user/KoduTeam• Multi-level Guide: http://www.kodugamelab.com/discussion/kodu-community/show-and-

tell/2011/12/how-to-create-multiple-levels-in-one-kodu-world-teleportation/

Thank You!