Kodu (Game Programming Environment) Now Available

On an earlier Roadshow (winter 2008), I gave a preview of a great environment from Microsoft Research for making game programming friendly and accessible to a wider audience, and especially children.  At the time it was called “Boku”, but was since renamed “Kodu”.

As of yesterday, Kodu is now available on XBOX Live Marketplace as a free trial or purchase for 400 points (about $5) and lets you create games using only the XBOX controller (though the chatpad is useful, too.)

I’ll be downloading it soon and showing our daughters.  I just might even let them have a turn!

-Chris

P.S.  Other useful links:

• Kodu Blog
  • https://community.research.microsoft.com/blogs/kodu
• Kodu Research Home Page
  • https://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/kodu/
• IGN Coverage (with videos from CES and elsewhere)
  • https://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/100/1000340p1.html