Two demos for using the Gimp Perspective Tool to create textures from photos. The textures are then applied to a mesh in Blender which is exported into an FBX model. The model is then imported into Unity which can be used in a game.
Explanation of three methods for capturing screenshots for your game. 1. Print Screen key 2. Snipping tool 3. OBS with VLC (VideoLAN). How to use Gimp to crop and scale a screenshot image to the desired size.
Five great games were created for Knox Game Jam 2025. Thanks to everyone who attended the kickoff and created a game. Great job everyone!
Reality Breach is a browser-based bullet hell game with an alternate reality theme and cell-shaded graphics. Players take on the role of a “Reality Architect” who must navigate through collapsing realities while battling entities that seek to corrupt and merge these realities together.
This is a prototype game powered by Generative AI. It creates an interactive experience based on a user-supplied theme, generating both text and images dynamically.
A stealth game featuring combo-based spellcasting. As you obtain implants, your connection to the net will increase, empowering your spells and making you more vulnerable to incursions. Strange forces lurk within the net, and do not take kindly to interlopers.
This is a cross between an asteroids style shooter and Conway’s Game of Life simulation. The objective is to clear the blocks on each of the levels. The blocks will change based on the rules of Conway’s Game of Life.
Knox Game Jam 2025
When: Friday April 4, 2024 7pm EDT
Where: Panera Bread on N. Peters Rd, Knoxville, Tennessee
Kickoff for ideas, brainstorming, and game development discussion
Goal: Make a game in 48 hours
Use any game engine or library
Unity, Godot, Unreal, GameMaker, MonoGame, SDL, Allegro, etc
Your game is your prize
Submit your games here: https://itch.io/jam/knox-game-jam-2025
Here are some suggested themes. Make a game based on one of the following themes, or make something completely different!
During the kickoff meeting, we put the themes on a virtual gameshow wheel. We spun the wheel and it landed on Alternative Reality, which is the official theme for Knox Game Jam 2025.
What is a simulation? Are simulations games? A look at simulations such as SimCity, Micropolis, and Conway’s Game of Life.
Check out the new game Shrine of the Forest God by Dustin, which will be released on Steam on February 28, 2025.
How to create a simple client and server socket connections in Python to send network data. Demo of how to use socket code to implement a simple command line networked number guessing game in Python.
Explanation of how to implement drag and drop interface for games. Demos with source code include Unity (C#), MonoGame (C#), GameMaker (GML), and SDL (C).
Overview of steps to create a Solitaire game in Unity.
Explanation of mesh model face normals in Blender, which are imported into Unity. Steps to show normals in Blender and how to flip and recalculate normals.
Analysis of how battle damage is calculated in role playing games (RPGs). How damage is calculated in traditional table top RPGs using dice rolls. Statistical analysis of outcomes of various dice combinations. Calculation of battle damage in the video game RPGs Dragon Quest (Dragon Warrior) and Final Fantasy along with verification of damage outcomes.
