Lesson 3

By the end of Lesson 3 you will:

LO1: Become more familiar with user interface.

LO2: Be able to create unique environments in Kodu.

Starter:

Can you identify all what the different parts features do in Kodu?

L3 starter activity sheet

Main:

Activity 1:

Complete the tutorial below to help you learn how to change what a world looks like in Kodu.

Paint the terrain tutorial

Activity 2:

You don’t want your characters to fall off the edge of the world when you play a game, learn how to stop this happening by following the tutorial below.

Glass walls tutorial help

Activity 3

Ask you teacher for a game scenario, your job is to create a world for this game.

Plenary:

THINK PAIR SHARE

Discuss with a partner the following:

Why should we change the environments? Why is it good practice in game development to create customized worlds?

Congratulations you are now able to create worlds with different themes, this will be useful when creating your own games!