Kodu Game Lab
Yesterday I downloaded Kodu Game Lab from Xbox Live Marketplace. I’d seen some demos of it online of a young girl (10?) programming games on the fly on the Xbox, and thought it would be something cool for my son. Well, I was right, he hasn’t been able to put it down (although, we do make him 😉 )
Here are some links:
It’s a very visual programming environment, letting your quickly sculpt terrain, program bots, and plot paths. Kind of like a mashup of Spore, The Sims, and Civilization. Of course this is all sharable over Xbox Live. I’ll be looking to see what kind of “expansion packs” they provide over time. I now need to go help my son program a robot to shoot something…