Few companies have invested in providing newbie-friendly tools for creating games as Microsoft. XNA Game Studio let newcomers to jump right into PC and Xbox 360 development and resulted in the creation of Community Games, an indie games channel for Xbox 360. XNA still requires programming knowledge, though. What if you wanted to make a game without this seemingly crucial step? You need Kodu.
Kodu's designed to let your everyday gamer -- not programmer -- create whatever game is living in their head. This isn't a years-off tech demo, either; the Kudo blog claims the software is headed into the final stages of production and scheduled for a release before the end of the month. A specific date and pricing (if any), however, has not been set.
If you're not familiar with Kudo, make sure to check out TheFeed's Raymond Padilla's preview from GDC 2009.
What kind of game do you want to make? Kodu sounds absolutely fascinating, but I strongly suspect I'll treat it like LittleBigPlanet -- five minutes of playing around with my own thing, hours spent checking out what the rest of the world makes.
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XxguitarboyyxX
This is a very, very clever idea, but how much is it and where will we get it?
stageNinja
Oh... Oh God no. Now every noob in the universe will think they are good at making a video game... Prepare to wade through a river of filth to find the marble sized diamonds...
krowsnest618
I've spent alot of time around far-cry 2's map editor and Fps Creator (for the few who know what that is), so I hope I can get the grasp of this and make some quick, interesting games. I reallllllyy want this to take off.
And StageNinja, I agree that most people with little map-making "experience" will attempt to make something, but those who will stick with it might eventually make something worthwhile XD. I'm definitely buying this for whatever the cost
MrKrinklez
I'm pretty OCD about everything I make being absolutely perfect. I spent 5 months creating and tweaking a Warcraft 3 game once. I decided it's not for me since the game only lasted 15 minutes. I will say it was awesome while it lasted though- not a single glitch or mistake that I noticed.
Bookshelf
Fps Creator
yes i do know what your talking about =D
komradkyle
I wish Maya and Zbrush worked like this
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