Subj : Re: Kodu anyone?
To   : art
From : Jon Justvig
Date : Tue May 24 2011 15:52:00

-=> art scribbled to Jon Justvig <=-

 >  ar> Anyone heard of Kodu?

 > Oh snap, I would love to BBS on my xBox 360.. just need a keyboard and
 > some kind of telnet interface.  Any chance that'll happen?

 ar> Not with Kodu. I have looked, and looked (and looked!)... no socket API
 ar> *at all*. Bummer. I am not sure if you can use a .DLL to provide this
 ar> functionality, it may be worth a dig.

I got this much from the Microsoft Research website.  It looked interesting.

"Kodu is a new visual programming language made specifically for creating
games. It is designed to be accessible for children and enjoyable for anyone.
The programming environment runs on the Xbox, allowing rapid design iteration
using only a game controller for input."

 ar> All is not lost tho, if you are intent on network coding, XNA game
 ar> developers lab from Microsoft is free (it's basically Visual Studio
 ar> with a ton of shit to make it a game development environment), and
 ar> compiles for Windows and XBox360. You can also, for a fee, publish into
 ar> the XBox marketplace.

You've certainly given me enough to study now.  With OOP, Kudo and now XNA.
I think it'd be interesting to just create a small game to see how it works
and then expand.

 ar> As for keyboard interface--that would work. There are little keyboards
 ar> you stick into the bottom of your XBox360 controller (for MSN, etc)...
 ar> I've seen them for œ20ish, I think.

I'll have to get me one of those keyboards.  The Microsoft Xbox 360 Chatpad
Wired Keyboard looks very nice.

Sincerely,
Jon Justvig

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