This month’s topic is Scratch. Scratch is a game development environment where visual code blocks are dragged and dropped instead of writing code. It is a good tool to introduce programming concepts to people who have no coding experience. Links and Notes Scratch website – https://scratch.mit.edu/ Dylan’s Inktober entries on Redbubble – https://www.redbubble.com/people/dylanwolf/collections/1188929-inktober-2019 Chris Gardner’s … Continue reading Scratch – Knox Game Design, November 2019 →

We show off the four games created by East Tennessee developers for Fall ’19.  The theme was “Start with Nothing” Hosts Dylan Wolf https://www.dylanwolf.com/ @DylanWolf https://dylanwolf.itch.io Levi D. Smith https://levidsmith.com @GaTechGrad https://gatechgrad.itch.io Links and Notes Self-Made Spaceman – https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/self-made-spaceman Mahjong Drop – https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/mahjong-drop The D U S T – https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/the-d-u-s-t Ludum Lux – https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/ludum-lux Theme … Continue reading Fall ’19 Game Jam Showoff – Knox Game Design, October 2019 →

This month’s topic is Creating Games in Smalltalk.  We look at how it is possible to create games in the Smalltalk language using the Squeak environment.  Smalltalk is one of the first object oriented languages, where everything is an object. Smalltalk Example Code Hosts Dylan Wolf https://www.dylanwolf.com/ @DylanWolf https://dylanwolf.itch.io Levi D. Smith https://levidsmith.com @GaTechGrad https://gatechgrad.itch.io … Continue reading Creating Games in Smalltalk – Knox Game Design, September 2019 →

This month’s topic is Random Number Generators (RNG).  We discuss the various methods for generating random values in game development.  We provide specific examples for Unity, GameMaker, and Unreal Engine.  We also look at combinatorics for determining the likelihood of outcomes. Unity example code GameMaker example code Unreal Engine example code Hosts Jacob     … Continue reading Random Number Generators (RNG) – Knox Game Design, August 2019 →

An overview of using the Pico-8 fantasy console to develop games using the Lua programming language.  We look at the steps and code for building a number guessing game and a simple space shooter. Hosts Dylan Wolf https://www.dylanwolf.com/ @DylanWolf https://dylanwolf.itch.io Levi D. Smith https://levidsmith.com @GaTechGrad https://gatechgrad.itch.io Links and Notes Pico-8 official site – https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php Lua … Continue reading Pico-8 – Knox Game Design, July 2019 →

This month, the discussion will cover working with web service calls in Unity using RestSharp. First, we’ll look briefly at prototyping services in Node.js (though the Unity examples will work with any platform that supports JSON). Then, we’ll look at how to call the service in Unity, including how to show a “working” indicator and … Continue reading Calling Web Services from Unity – Knox Game Design, June 2019 →

This month we show off the games created by Knoxville developers for Spring ’19. Drew also tells us about his new site for designing board games called Strategame. Hosts Drew Purifoy https://www.strategame.com @Druveloper Levi D. Smith https://levidsmith.com @GaTechGrad https://gatechgrad.itch.io Links and Notes Dylan’s upcoming talks at Momocon – https://www.dylanwolf.com/2019/04/16/upcoming-panels-april-2019/ The Joy of Game Development (Sunday, … Continue reading Spring ’19 Game Jam Entries – Knox Game Design, May 2019 →

This month will be a discussion on music for game developers. Learn the math and science behind music theory. We will cover tools that can be used for music composition, and how to apply the music resources in game engines. Hosts Dylan Wolf https://www.dylanwolf.com/ @DylanWolf https://dylanwolf.itch.io Levi D. Smith https://levidsmith.com @GaTechGrad https://gatechgrad.itch.io Links and Notes … Continue reading Music for Game Developers – Knox Game Design, April 2019 →

This month Levi D. Smith covers math for game developers. He explains how algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and calculus apply to game development with Unity and GameMaker examples. Minor corrections 24:42 The hypotenuse is the distance (not angle) from the starting point to the ending point. I was trying to refer to the angled (diagonal) line, … Continue reading Math for Game Developers – Knox Game Design, March 2019 →

This month’s topic is game development history featuring QBasic.  We discuss how we got started with game development and the first tools and languages that we used.  Levi D. Smith shows how to setup QBasic using DOSBox and a brief overview of the language.  We also show the Knoxville GameMaker games created for GM48 last … Continue reading QBasic – Knox Game Design, February 2019 →