Digital Literacy Key Stage 3 - Kodu

Systems Life Cycle

When creating your game you will follow the systems life cycle below:


Game Themes

The games submitted must match one of the following themes:

Retro Arcade Game.

Recreate an arcade game from the past with a Kodu twist! If you need some inspiration you could try taking a look at the link below for some examples.

Water Awareness

Create a game that tackles the environmental issue of water. This could be a local or school-based scenario or something more global.

Mars Exploration

Use the Mars Rover character in Kodu Game Lab to create a game centred around the exploration of Mars.

Classic Arcade Games 



It is important to know what is to be included in the game, how it looks, the storyline and how it will be won and lost.

Download and complete this planning document.

Planning Document - Game Design Template 

Be able to use previous knowledge of games to produce a concept ide and plan for own computer game.

 Assessment

  • Decide on a game idea and produce a plan of how this will look.
  • Plan the background story and characters to the game.
  • Completed game documentation which clearly covers all features of the game, in detail.


As you create your game you complete the planning document to show evidence of what you are doing.

  • Evidence to show the creation of the World.
  • Evidence of the creation of characters and objects.
  • Evidence of the programming that controls the game.

Use the examples in your booklet when completing this section of the write-up.

Understand how to combine programming techniques learnt in Kodu to produce a game to meet a chosen design.

 Assessment

  • Own game created using Kodu.
  • Own game created, that matches the design documentation (some bits may not work as planned).
  • Own game completed using a range of programming techniques and works as expected.


Before submitting your game you will need to test it using the Peer Assessment Document in your booklet.

Once testing has been completed you need to complete the testing and evaluation sections of the planning document. Use the examples in this document to ensure you answer this section correctly.

Understand the importance of testing and reviewing a game to make it better.

 Assessment

  • Completed test table and fixed any errors highlighted as a result of testing.
  • Completed peer assessment sheet giving useful feedback to a friend.
  • Detailed evaluation explaining results of testing, peer assessment and own opinions.