Video: Girl builds game with Kodu, beats Robbie Bach at it
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During Microsoft's CES keynote presentation, Robbie Bach showed off Kodu, Microsoft's new game building ... game. Actually, to be more precise, it was shown off by Sparrow, an "actual 12 year old girl" who demonstrated her own gaming creation in which she and Bach raced each other to place rocks into a house. We don't really understand it either, but the point is she made the game herself and was even able to make quick changes to it right on stage. Don't take our word for it though, because you can watch it happen yourself. Check out a video of Sparrow's creation after the break.
Reader Comments (29)
Posted: Jan 8th 2009 5:08PM Omega Aero said
Tell me about it. I've had enough of companies using fake 12 year old girls in their keynotes.
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Posted: Jan 8th 2009 3:35PM Red Son Rising said
this probably doesnt qualify as a game but im still excited about it. LBP didnt impress me because it was so limited and i dont have a ps3.
Kodu doesnt look like 'fun' right out the box but the tools and editing features could produce some gems one day..
anyone know how itll be sold? retail? xbla?
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Kodu doesnt look like 'fun' right out the box but the tools and editing features could produce some gems one day..
anyone know how itll be sold? retail? xbla?
Posted: Jan 8th 2009 4:16PM (Unverified) said
LBP is probably the most limit-less game I've ever played, so your comment makes absolutely no sense to me.
Honestly, it's titles like LBP and Kodu that will move the industry forward and make gaming seem less 'alien' to people who think video games are for the hardcore or the ones who play constantly...
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Honestly, it's titles like LBP and Kodu that will move the industry forward and make gaming seem less 'alien' to people who think video games are for the hardcore or the ones who play constantly...
Posted: Jan 8th 2009 4:32PM (Unverified) said
I don't think the level creation tool of LBP or Kodu appeal to the casual gamer if that's what you're saying. LBP did because it was a simple, fun platformer that anyone could pick up. The level creation tool was deeply involved and complex. Kodu looks equally, if not more, involved than LBP.
I agree that it's developments like those two that will move gaming forward and put the power into the hand of the people but I think you will have to be "hardcore" to bother figuring one of them out and making use of it.
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I agree that it's developments like those two that will move gaming forward and put the power into the hand of the people but I think you will have to be "hardcore" to bother figuring one of them out and making use of it.
Posted: Jan 8th 2009 3:49PM arnavdesai said
The biggest thing going for this is that it is free. I would really like to try it out as soon as Microsoft makes it available. Looks reasonably simple.
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Posted: Jan 8th 2009 4:25PM dirt junkie said
Fair play to that young lady!
She's defo getting a job at Microsoft when she grows up! She owned that demo!
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She's defo getting a job at Microsoft when she grows up! She owned that demo!
Posted: Jan 8th 2009 5:07PM OS Perry said
With Far Cry 2's excellent map editor, I spent more time with it, and had more fun with it, than I did the actual game (single & multiplayer). You can have very good controls for content creation for consoles. I think Forza 2 improved over Forza 1, but they can do much better. The controls for this Kodu, didn't look as intuitive as LBP, but it looks like you can make more diverse types of games. I'm curious, about how this turns out. As long as its decent and MS doesn't nickel and dime me... then...
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Posted: Jan 8th 2009 9:33PM Accessgranted said
LOL you guys actually found a vid of that? rotfl. XD
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Posted: Jan 8th 2009 9:56PM (Unverified) said
THIS game is F n WACK..what you gonna try & be LBP...lol good luck your color & textures are F n pale & the game is no where close to LBP..man 09 is PS3..KZ2..GOW3..HEAVY RAIN ..INFAMOUS ..YAKUZA 3..Gran Turismo 5 ..Uncharted 2 ..Ratchet & Clank 2..FFXIII Versus ..M.A.G..White Knight Chronicles..Team ICO Games(2)..WarDevil - Formally Xbox 360 exclusive, now completely PS3 exclusive..possible MASS EFFECT 2( 6 months after the SH!TBoX's..)..QUANTUM THEORY..RockStar's Ps3 exclusive game TBA.....
now for the SH!TBoX's ..games that are not even close to the 1st Ps3 game of 09..Halo ..sick of. this is for little kids..Mass Effect..GTA IV DLC's oohhhh that's a lot to play in 09..lol u r all on lifeline..Home has more choices/classic games than this SH!TBoX ..have for games this year..mark my word Ps3 this year alone, is going to make the Developers think twice after theses titles because if you don't have BLU-RAY..then u aint gonna be playin..look at RED FRACTION..because of this SH!TBoX max out already & they are unable to add more enhancements to the game cause the SH!tBoX can't handle it & Ps3 is only like 40-50% used ...huuuumm let me think about my future...BLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-RAY..get it & SONY win's don't & SONY win's who the hell wants to always get digital DWNLD..that is just wack for movies ok accepted but full games .. c'mon MICRO..r u on CRa
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now for the SH!TBoX's ..games that are not even close to the 1st Ps3 game of 09..Halo ..sick of. this is for little kids..Mass Effect..GTA IV DLC's oohhhh that's a lot to play in 09..lol u r all on lifeline..Home has more choices/classic games than this SH!TBoX ..have for games this year..mark my word Ps3 this year alone, is going to make the Developers think twice after theses titles because if you don't have BLU-RAY..then u aint gonna be playin..look at RED FRACTION..because of this SH!TBoX max out already & they are unable to add more enhancements to the game cause the SH!tBoX can't handle it & Ps3 is only like 40-50% used ...huuuumm let me think about my future...BLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-RAY..get it & SONY win's don't & SONY win's who the hell wants to always get digital DWNLD..that is just wack for movies ok accepted but full games .. c'mon MICRO..r u on CRa
Posted: Jan 11th 2009 8:22PM Ryguy226 said
Thank you, because I tried understanding the garbage you just typed, I think my IQ just dropped. What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone on this site is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
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Posted: Jan 9th 2009 12:21AM (Unverified) said
Lol, Epic response AoE. That made my day, hahaha.
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Posted: Jan 9th 2009 12:41AM (Unverified) said
if i were her, i'd change my name to chicken chaser.
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Posted: Jan 9th 2009 1:01AM (Unverified) said
When he said, "It's getting away," I thought yelled out, "Oh fuck!" near the end of the video. That would have be been the highlight of the demonstration lol.
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Posted: Jan 9th 2009 4:16AM (Unverified) said
that shit looks crazy lol... i think they're using the same concept from the Alice software which lets u create animations something like this...
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