What is Kodu?
Kodu Game Lab is a simple and easy way to program games. It is free (download it here)
It is a visual programming language. This means you build the programs using icons or tiles (pictures) and that you don’t have to type in all the commands yourself
Kodu allows you to control objects, build worlds, and make games with objects that react to each other, shoot each other, keep scores, and use timers. Most of the programming is calling procedures and storing data in variables, but there is some conditional execution possible too.
Kodu Program Structure
All programming in Kodu uses a simple ideaL
When this thing happens, Do this thing
For example :
When keyboard a (is pressed) Do Shoot (missile)
Click here for a list of skills (or just choose from the menu)