Friday, October 31, 2008

Microsoft's New Boku Game Design Project


Although not exactly a PC game, I thought this was pretty interesting anyway. Boku is a new visual programming language, currently in development by Microsoft Research, that will allow users to easily create video games visually through the use of icons.

Key Features:

Boku provides an end-to-end creative environment for designing, building, and playing your own new games.

* High level language incorporates real-world primitives: collision, color, and vision.
* Runs on XBox 360 and PC
* Interactive terrain editor
* Bridge and path builder
* Terrain editor - create worlds of arbitrary shape and size
* 20 different characters with different abilities
* Built-in sharing and rating

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