Kodu FC vs. Kodu United - Kodu Game Lab

A video of the Kodu soccer / football game Kodu FC vs. Kodu United, made using the Kodu Game Lab on the Xbox360. It features players that are aware of the ball's location on the pitch and (try to) play their positions. Some interesting AI work behind the scenes. This video shows the introduction and the first couple of minutes of a match. The blue team is the AI.

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Gaming

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• Kodu
• Kodu Game Lab

[BaaadDadKodu]

Hey, unfortunately, Kodu no longer supports one of the main commands I used (the ability to reset a single score to zero) to handle both player switching AND AI page switching (which enabled the NPCs to decide between attack and defense and move on their paths). I haven't worked with Kodu in a while but last I checked that command was still missing (Xbox version). Sorry

[larjohnson]

could you please share how did you implement players swirching?

[BaaadDadKodu]

@larjohnson oops. didn't see your message until now. sorry. player switching was done using a score that tracked which player was currently under your control. each of your four kodus was coded to look at that score and if the score matched what that kodu was looking for, the kodu switched pages to the "human controlled" page. If it wasn't a match, the kodu switched back to the root page for the AI decision making. Make sense?

[QMANOULTON]

hey man.

please could you walk me through some of the programming you used on these bots! i tried making a football game but it just failed!

thanks

[BaaadDadKodu]

Sure. If you have access to the Xbox version, send me a friend request (gt:Baaad Dad) to get the file. Basically, there is a field of invisible stars above the pitch, and when they see the ball they set a score. Each player responds to that score by either chasing the ball or moving to a point on the pitch marked by a path. That's how positions are played - they move to different paths and only respond to the ball in certain parts of the pitch.

[jackyfan]

I'm curious as to the commands you've set all the kodus. I've been trying to emulate it for player switching and it's been a failure so far lol.

[polda602]

is very nice and perfect :)

[larjohnson]

@BaaadDadKodu

Yeah pretty much! Well, I implemented that using a flying saucer, but it is slower in fact. Thanks anyway!

[TriggerHappy560]

I love what you're doing with kodu! Looks awesome!