How to create your own games with Kodu

Kodu
Free for PC
400 Microsoft points for Xbox 360

To share a Kodu creation:

Here's how you can export Kodu worlds to share with friends or send to Developer Junior:

If you use Kodu on Windows, you can export worlds that you've created and saved, either "from scratch" or by editing one of the built-in worlds. Exporting a world creates a file that you can save to a USB key or send via email. Doing this lets you share your Kodu games with other people who have Kodu on their computers. To play your game, they simply have to double-click on your export file.

Exporting a world is really easy: simply go into the Load World menu and choose the world you want to export and then select "Export" from the menu. If you're using a mouse, click on "Export"; if you're using an Xbox 360 controller, select "Export" and press the "A" button:

That's all you need to do! Kodu will quickly and quietly export the world you selected.

Where does Kodu put exported worlds? It depends on which version of Windows you're using:

In Windows 7, exported worlds are in this folder: Libraries -> Documents -> SavedGames -> Boku -> Player1 -> Exports

In Windows Vista and XP, exported worlds are in this folder: My Documents -> SavedGames -> Boku -> Player1 -> Exports

(If you're wondering why there's a folder called "Boku", it's because that's the original name for Kodu.)

You can export a world, make some changes and then export it again without losing the older versions. If you export a world more than once, Kodu starts adding a number to the end of the export file's name so that you know which version is which.