Kodu Game Lab

Kodu Game Lab is a free program with which you can create games with three-dimensional graphics. It is published by microsoft, which is a guarantee of quality and safety.

Usage

This application allows you to create simple games with three-dimensional graphics. To do this, you do not need to have any special knowledge. You just need to take your time and understand the Kodu Game Lab application itself. It is suitable for beginners and even children. You do not need to have programming experience, the program will write the code by itself. It is worth noting that there is no division into genres here. You can make projects, both racing genre, and RPG, shooters and others.

Functionality

Although the program has an incredibly simple interface, it still contains tutorials. They are intended for very young users who need a clearer explanation of the game creation process. When you first start the program, you need to create a game world in it. This is the location where the game action will take place. You can draw the world yourself, or use ready-made templates. When the world is created, you will need to add game characters to it. Characters can also be created from scratch, or you can use ready-made templates. When creating a game in Kodu Game Lab, each character is assigned a certain action. It can be assigned to any created character. This will add atmosphere to the game world. But note that creating characters yourself will be much easier than editing templates. When creating heroes, you will get into a special editor. In this editor you can manage various parameters of appearance, creating the perfect hero. And if you choose to work with a template, then for editing you will have to change the program code, which is much more difficult to do. Before you start working with Kodu Game Lab, be sure to play some project built into the development environment. This will help you understand the capabilities of the program.

Key features

• It is possible to use ready-made templates of worlds and characters;
• There are games built into the development environment;
• There are tutorials;
• Can be downloaded for free;
• The interface is russified;
• Characters are created in the visual editor;
• Created projects work both on windows and XBox 360.