Knoxville Game Design invites you to attend the online meeting and podcast recording for Sunday February 9, 2020 at 2pm Eastern Time.

This month’s topic is Creating Games with Java.  We will discuss the basics of Java and how to create simple games with the language.

Join us using Google Hangouts at the following URL:  https://hangouts.google.com/call/ni63jloemrd7xdto37z5mayk4uu

Video for last month’s meeting on Blender with Unity – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyeEsCCyTMA

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Chat with us on Discord – https://discord.gg/XxEPVYx

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Please direct any questions to levidsmith@knoxgamedesign.org

This month’s topic is Blender for Unity.  We will go over the basics of modeling and texturing an object in Blender.  Then we will import that model into Unity and add behaviors through C# code.

Hosts

Show Notes

• Blender 2.80 – https://www.blender.org/
• Gimp – https://www.gimp.org/
• Unity – https://unity.com/
• BlackJar72’s projects,  Knight Ferret Engine for creating 2D games in Java – https://github.com/BlackJar72?tab=repositories
• Oculus Link for Oculus Quest – https://support.oculus.com/444256562873335/
• More GameMaker tutorials from Drew – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07AXuEpYTno&list=PLjoLbN1uRJGx5FgCUhYjh5R4lj7gEUtPJ
• Theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster

Knoxville Game Design invites you to attend the online meeting and podcast recording for Sunday January 12, 2020 at 2pm Eastern Time.

This month’s topic is Blender for Unity.  We will go over the basics of modeling and texturing an object in Blender.  Then we will import that model into Unity and add behaviors through C# code.

Join us using Google Hangouts at the following URL:  https://hangouts.google.com/call/ni63jloemrd7xdto37z5mayk4uu

Video for last month’s meeting on SDL with C – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ7BdGeo10s

Subscribe to the audio podcast

• iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/game-design-chat/id1084873107
• Stitcher – https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=142087&refid=stpr
• Google Play – https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iho5dczcqxuiwgfzcbu7mv6wq54

Chat with us on Discord – https://discord.gg/XxEPVYx

Follow Knoxville Game Design on social media for the latest updates:  https://twitter.com/KnoxGameDesign

Please direct any questions to levidsmith@knoxgamedesign.org

This month’s topic is SDL with C.  Before Unity and GameMaker, there was the Simple Direct Media Layer.  It can be used to create 2D and 3D games on a wide variety of platforms.  C is still one of the most widely used programming languages.  We will discuss how to get a simple game running in C using the SDL libraries.

This presentation covers the basics of the C programming language, how to compile a simple program with GCC, and an overview of data structures and pointers.  We show how to create an SDL shooter game starting with getting a window to display, to adding a ship, bullets, and enemies.

Show Notes

• SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) website – https://www.libsdl.org/
• MinGW website – http://mingw.org/
• MinGW download mirror on SourceForge – https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/
• SDL Shooter source code on GitHub – https://github.com/gatechgrad/SDLShooter
• Drew Ragsdale (Retro Cemetery) games on Itchio – https://retro-cemetery.itch.io/ 
• Drew’s GameMaker videos – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsoBomrgqKe-rbp8A8YTYEA
• Peach Jam – https://www.momocon.com/peach-jam/
• Theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster

Cyberspace Shootem up gameplay video by Drew

Knoxville Game Design invites you to attend the online meeting and podcast recording for Sunday December 8, 2019 at 2pm Eastern Time.

This month’s topic is SDL with C.  Before Unity and GameMaker, there was the Simple Direct Media Layer.  It can be used to create 2D and 3D games on a wide variety of platforms.  C is still one of the most widely used programming languages.  We will discuss how to get a simple game running in C using the SDL libraries.

Any questions on the topic or game development in general are welcome.  We will also have time for “show and tell” for anyone who wants to share any game projects that they have been developing.

Join us using Google Hangouts at the following URL:  https://hangouts.google.com/call/ni63jloemrd7xdto37z5mayk4uu

Video for last month’s meeting on Scratch – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5FSAj2kF7o

Subscribe to the audio podcast

• iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/game-design-chat/id1084873107
• Stitcher – https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=142087&refid=stpr
• Google Play – https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iho5dczcqxuiwgfzcbu7mv6wq54

Chat with us on Discord – https://discord.gg/XxEPVYx

Follow Knoxville Game Design on social media for the latest updates:  https://twitter.com/KnoxGameDesign

Please direct any questions to levidsmith@knoxgamedesign.org

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.

Show 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 (@freestylecoder) Extra Life page – https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=388164
• Mike Neel’s Pico-8 tutorials – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAxvktmqTdQ8X_A6tZKBZPA_XfMAYP_Ek
• Seige conference videos from Atlanta – https://www.youtube.com/user/GeorgiaGameDevs/videos
• Theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster

Knoxville Game Design invites you to attend the online meeting and podcast recording for Sunday November 10, 2019 at 2pm Eastern Time.

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.

Any questions on the topic or game development in general are welcome.  We will also have time for “show and tell” for anyone who wants to share any game projects that they have been developing.

Join us using Google Hangouts at the following URL:  https://hangouts.google.com/call/ni63jloemrd7xdto37z5mayk4uu

Video for last month’s meeting on Ludum Dare 45 Showoff – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQi3igt8Zqs

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• Google Play – https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iho5dczcqxuiwgfzcbu7mv6wq54

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We show off the four games created by East Tennessee developers for Ludum Dare 45.  The theme was “Start with Nothing”

Hosts

Show 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 music – Ride by Pocketmaster

Knoxville Game Design invites you to attend the online meeting and show recording for Sunday October 13, 2019 at 2pm Eastern Time.

This month we will show off and discuss the games created by East Tennessee developers for Ludum Dare 45.  The theme was “Start with Nothing”.  Let us know if we missed your game and we will add it to the list.

Self-Made Spaceman by Dylan

Self-Made Spaceman is a typical space shooter, except you have to commandeer a ship to begin playing. From there, you’ll have to pick up powerups to gain shields or useful weapons.

Mahjong Drop by Levi

Mahjong Drop is a game where you make melds (combinations) of three tiles to score. The three tiles must be together either horizontally or vertically.

the D U S T by Jacob

The D U S T is a top down rpg lite style game where you fight through small arenas! However, when you die you must start all over again!

Ludum Lux by Joe

Ludum Lux is grid based puzzle game where each stage you start with nothing and need to light all of the tiles up. The symbols on the tiles note which surrounding tiles they effect. There are 20 different stages in the jam version, can you beat them all?

Join us using Google Hangouts at the following URL: https://hangouts.google.com/call/ni63jloemrd7xdto37z5mayk4uu

Video for last month’s meeting (Creating Games in Smalltalk) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qtqZ9z_5Cw

Subscribe to the audio podcast

• iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/game-design-chat/id1084873107
• Stitcher – https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=142087&refid=stpr
• Google Play – https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iho5dczcqxuiwgfzcbu7mv6wq54

Follow Knoxville Game Design on social media for the latest updates: https://twitter.com/KnoxGameDesign

Please direct any questions to levidsmith@knoxgamedesign.org