Kodu Programming Project - Delivery Dash (Self Guided Lesson)

Short summary: A ready-to-go, 30-minute Kodu project where pupils build a delivery business game. It teaches scores as variables and nested conditions (AND logic), with step-by-step guidance and built-in troubleshooting.
Description:
Pupils become the driver for a brand-new delivery company. They pick up parcels at the depot, deliver them to shops, and race to earn £40 before their 2-minute shift ends.
Delivery Dash is a self-guided, interactive walkthrough that opens in any web browser. Pupils work through it alongside Kodu Game Lab at their own pace, which frees you up to circulate and support. It works for a full lesson, a coding club session, or a cover lesson, and you don’t need to be a Kodu expert to run it.
Programming concepts covered
Using a score as a variable (memory), so the van “knows” how many parcels it’s carrying
Indented (nested) rules to combine two conditions: “when I bump a parcel AND I have fewer than 3”
Selection, comparison operators (above/below), and why the “once” modifier matters
Timers, win/lose conditions, and testing and balancing a game
What’s included
An optional 5-minute “New to Kodu?” introduction for complete beginners
4 clear, timed steps from setting up the world to a finished, playable game
Every Kodu rule shown as colour-coded tiles (WHEN/DO, sensors, filters, actions, modifiers), so pupils can copy them accurately
“Test it” checkpoints after each step
“I’m stuck” drop-downs answering the most common problems, so pupils can fix their own bugs before asking for help
A built-in Kodu help panel (controls, adding objects, programming basics)
A progress tracker styled as a delivery docket, with pupils’ ticks saved in the browser
6 extension challenges for fast finishers, each with a hint: restocking the depot, fuel running costs, a rival van that steals parcels (using pages), buying a faster van, decorating the town, and two-player mode