Game Creator Kodu Released on Xbox Live

Bought this after reading the article. Didn't bother to try the demo.
Definitely an interesting product.

Reminds me of Game Maker a lot, with the level design tool being similar to that of Radiant/Hammer.

Multiplayer games are only for local same screen. I hope they patch this in the future for Online Multiplayer. You share your games directly with a person through a lobby system, it's kind of misleading at first because it seems as if you can actually play the game together after 'Sharing' it, but you'll end up just launching into the game yourself.

There are a lot of suppliments from interactive tutorials to playable games. You can easily make side scrollers, racers, first person shooters, and platformers. It's intuitive for the most part, you can get realy into the visual programming language and improvise cool stuff.

I'm working on a Bomberman mock up at the moment. :) Really wish it had Online Multiplayer, that's the only tihng that disappointed me about Kodu since a couple of friends of mine got it too. Other than that I am really enjoying playing the few games it shipped and making my own.

Tried it and the fact that there are very few models to work with and real options, i don't like it. It seems pretty damn limiting. Doesn't seem like people can really express themselves or do anything incredible with the tools at hand.

So who wants to share some maps?

My XBL gamertag is Relean!
add me!

wow this is a lot more complex than i was expecting, pretty cool stuff

GAH! No community games for Australia. Why do they hate us so?

I did manage to download the trial version with my US account and just when i was starting to get into it, the trial time expired (is there anything more useless than timed trials?). I'd buy this in a heartbeat, but as mentioned community games aren't officially available here so i don't think i'd be able to unlock/buy it with my main aussie account. I really like the idea behind it and look forward to what it can do, I also hope they plan to expand upon it by adding more options and more detailed options with tweakable values, more assets and allow user made assets (at least for the PC version).

Alright, so will we be able to share them with, say, fellow Shackers through friends on Live?

I ask, because I am certain, absolutely CERTAIN, that all Shackers will only create games that are tasteful, respectful, and in no way denigrating of others.

There will be no political figures, b-list celebrities, or the mothers of Shackmembers included in any of these fine games, and if they are included, it will be in a positive light.

I am certain, also, that all the game goals, quest details, circumstances, and storylines will be completely G-rated and safe for public consumption.

Get to work, boys and girls.

Awesome.

Too bad people will miss the point entirely and compare it to LBP endlessly.

I think comparisons to LBP are fair. It's definitely not the same, but it has some very similar aspects with the whole visual programming idea.
I really thought this had been delayed as I haven't heard as much hype about it for awhile, but seeing it come out at $5 completely blows me away. That's much cheaper than I thought it would be, somewhat scared that it reflects a poor game though.
But for $5 this is an insta-buy for me, probably helps that I am a programmer.
I could also see this thing as a perfect DLC mechanism.

When's the PC version coming?

Well it's definitely a step in the right direction, especially if LBP is concerned, I think user made content on consoles is going to be the "next big thing".

wish it was on XBLA, indie games' not yet available here :/

Very interested to hear some impressions of this.

Well this is pretty interesting.