Digital Literacy Key Stage 3 - Kodu

A World and Characters

Understand how to use the terrain tolls and control a character's movement using Kodu.


Starter

Watch the videos 'Kodu - Simple collect apples game' and 'Kodu - Creating a world'.


Create a world to include

  • Different heights
  • Different terrain
  • Water

Add Objects and Characters

  • Add objects to the world that can be collected (ie apples).
  • Add a character as the main player.
  • Program your character to be controlled by the user.
  • Program your character to collect objects when it bumps into them.


Extension Task

Add a scoring system.

 Assessment

  • A world demonstrating different heights, types of terrain and water.
  • Collectable objects added to the world.
  • Character added to the world and controlled by the user.
  • Score added to keep track of the number of objects collected.