It'll then allow you to add objects like rock, apple, pipe, tree, underwater creatures as well as characters that users will be able to control. Then, click on any empty part of the green terrain, it will prompt a pie menu. If you wish to add characters and objects in your world, just hover your mouse and click on the ‘ Object Tool’ button that's illustrated in a small robot head. The game development tools are displayed at the bottom of the screen while placed on the top-left corner are the controls. To start creating a game, just click the ‘ New World’ button which will lead you to an interface that presents a single block of green terrain. Once you’ve launched the Kodu Game Lab, you’ll be greeted by an elegantly designed user interface with few options displayed.

You'll find a handful of ready-made objects, characters, and obstacles, which you can arrange with a keyboard and mouse as well as program it with a special card system. It includes lessons and sample games to get you started and make things even easier. Moreover, it features an eye-catching design that makes it feel like a game by itself. It's a kid-oriented programming environment that allows any users to build their own games, without writing a single line of code. Actually, what you'll find here is going to be radically different from any other coding editor. This means that you should expect a few bugs and the odd crash, but other than that it's perfectly usable. Kodu is a Microsoft experiment that's still in development.

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