For example, you might create the line: When 'player holds down L trigger' then 'shoot' + 'missile' + 'of a random colour' + 'forward' + 'once'. It's then possible to adjust the speed and rate of fire ...

Who says you have to go to college for an expensive game developer’s education? Microsoft Research’s Kodu puts the power of a dev kit right in your hand for a mere $5. Kodu Game Lab isn’t a video game ...

Programming can be overwhelming for all but the most determined kids. I learned BASIC at an early age in attempt to create my own games. My cousin, after learning that Wolfenstein 3D was written in ...

Microsoft Research's Kodu Game Lab has launched on the Xbox Live Community Games channel. It costs 400 Microsoft Points (GBP 3.40 / 4.80) and grants the tools to build - quickly and simply - the game ...

If the Imagine Cup is the World Series of software design, the Kodu challenge is like little league. Broken up into two age groups, students can use Microsoft's free Kodu platform to learn programming ...

Today Microsoft fully launches its kid-friendly PC game development tool Kodu Game Lab, along with a contest that could win your child $5,00 cash, a new laptop, and a trip for two to New York’s ...

Microsoft Research's Kodu Game Lab, described as "a new visual programming language made specifically for creating games," has been released on Xbox 360. Available under the Community Games--soon to ...

Let's face it, we've all thought of what it would be like to be a game designer. I've certainly tried every game creation program out there, and learned the hard way that one needs to learn to write ...