<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Ever wanted to create your own game? With Microsoft's Kodu, you can do just that -- and, as you do, you'll learn and practice powerful creativity, problem-solving, and storytelling skills, too! Designed for kids, Kodu is a simple new visual programming language is perfect for any non-programmer -- of any age. Now, <I>Kodu for Kids</I> will teach you everything you need to know to create games with Kodu that will run on your Xbox 360 or Windows PC. Working directly with Microsoft Studio's Kodu Game Lab, James Kelly walks you through every step of building a game, including:</P> <UL> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Learning to use Kodu's visual coding tools</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Creating and manipulating characters</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Building and customizing game worlds</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Adding weapons, objects, and other enhancements</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">And much more</DIV> </LI> </UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> The book concludes with a start-to-finish case study, walking you through creating a complete quest-style game.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <I>Kodu for Kids</I> is written to be easy and friendly enough for 8-12-year-olds -- so it's simple enough for anyone who's ever wondered how games work, how they're put together, and how programming works!</P>