Just a quick reminder from your friends at Joystiq, if you wanted to try your hand at the totally cool visual game programming of Kodu Game Lab, the title is now available on the Xbox Live Marketplace (though you'll have to navigate over to the Community Games section to find it).
For just 400 MS points ($5) you can build your very own game from the ground up, all the while being reminded that no matter how hard you work at it, Sparrow still owns you. If you manage to make anything cool (though admittedly never as cool as what Sparrow makes) let us know in the comments below.
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Posted: Jul 1st 2009 1:07PM Omega Aero said
I managed to download the demo on the 360 earlier but while I was doing so I got a mess of "Information cannot be retrieved from Xbox Live" errors too.
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Posted: Jul 1st 2009 1:19PM (Unverified) said
Will playing this make me want to always wear sunglasses indoors?
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Posted: Jul 1st 2009 1:41PM SecretAgentHam said
Live took my MS points but didnt give me the liscense to play the full version. WTF.
so now i'm down on MS points without this. great. now i have to call customer service. what a great morning. cant even get a community game out without a hiccup. *facepalm*
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so now i'm down on MS points without this. great. now i have to call customer service. what a great morning. cant even get a community game out without a hiccup. *facepalm*
Posted: Jul 1st 2009 2:11PM (Unverified) said
The Marketplace is acting up for me as well. I was able to successfully purchase and download this, though. Sorry about your luck, but I'm sure it will work itself out.
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Posted: Jul 1st 2009 2:20PM SecretAgentHam said
i'll give it till 6pm tonight (when i return from work)
if it isnt in my license by that time, i'll give a call. just cant beleive they took 400 points from me with nothing in return. its infuriating.
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if it isnt in my license by that time, i'll give a call. just cant beleive they took 400 points from me with nothing in return. its infuriating.
Posted: Jul 1st 2009 2:29PM (Unverified) said
Same thing happened two weeks ago right after the downtime. I purchased Sam & Max, points were deducted but the game didn't download. If what's going on now is anything like that, and it seems to be, then you'll be able to download it either late tonight, or tomorrow and no extra points will be deducted. I guess it still wouldn't hurt to call MS though. Better safe than sorry.
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Posted: Jul 1st 2009 2:34PM (Unverified) said
You can keep an eye on Major Nelson's blog also. I'm sure he will mention something about it since it seems to be a widespread issue. I was able to get Kudo but I've run across quite a few errors as well. Looking at new Rock Band content was impossible.
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Posted: Jul 1st 2009 6:11PM jimmcq said
There is a new wiki dedicated to Kodu Game Lab at http://koduplayground.com
It is just ramping up, but the site will soon contain reference materials relating to Kodu and its programming language including tutorials and how-to guides.
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It is just ramping up, but the site will soon contain reference materials relating to Kodu and its programming language including tutorials and how-to guides.
Posted: Jul 1st 2009 4:29PM Rhamsey said
this is great for kids and such, but if you really want to learn how to make xna games, you need to know c# (thats sharp).
i recommend this guide: http://www.robmiles.com/c-yellow-book/
(its not for xna specifically, but xna is built on c#)
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i recommend this guide: http://www.robmiles.com/c-yellow-book/
(its not for xna specifically, but xna is built on c#)
Posted: Jul 1st 2009 5:01PM cuteSAVAGE said
Why lead kids down that path of evil?
http://www.python.org/
http://www.ruby-lang.org/
Programming fun for the whole family!
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http://www.python.org/
http://www.ruby-lang.org/
Programming fun for the whole family!
Posted: Jul 1st 2009 6:32PM (Unverified) said
because unlike you, some people like to make money.
learn c# kids
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learn c# kids
Posted: Jul 1st 2009 5:13PM Shadow Hog said
I made a level where a tree shoots at an evercoming onslaught of Kodus. Eventually the tree keeps missing one Kudo, leading them to all gang up on it and beat it to a pulp.
400 MS Points well spent, even if C gives me more freedom.
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400 MS Points well spent, even if C gives me more freedom.
Posted: Jul 1st 2009 6:34PM (Unverified) said
will someone post a useful comment about how it is rather than bashing microsoft for their shitty internet connection going out?
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Posted: Jul 1st 2009 11:29PM (Unverified) said
Its a lot of fun to tinker around with. Its probably not going to create the game you ultimately want to end up with, but its a nice exercise in entry-level game programing that can yield some interesting results. Worth the price in my opinion, and hopefully the start of something more.
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Posted: Jul 2nd 2009 2:21AM Red Son Rising said
how did i miss this? goin to dl right now! no way im gettin it thru the console tho, hopefully xbox.com is having fewer troubles..
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Posted: Jul 2nd 2009 7:40AM (Unverified) said
Shit I missed this last night. Thanks for the reminder! I shall go and get it queued for when I get home tonight.
I'm hoping it's going to be fun to have a mess about with.
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I'm hoping it's going to be fun to have a mess about with.
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