Ludum Dare 49 Entries and More – Knox Game Design, October 2021

October 23, 2021PodcastKnoxville Game Design

This month, Knox developers Allen, Jared, and Levi show off their games developed for Ludum Dare 49 and more.

Links and Notes

Dark Crossings by Allen – https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/dark-crossings
Cubic Nightmare by Jared – https://jaredbgreat.itch.io/cubic-nightmare
Chester Servesalot by Levi – https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/waiter-extraordinaire
John Handgonne’s wacky escapade by Jacob – https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/john-handgonnes-wacky-escapade
Podcast theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster

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Ludum Dare 49 Entries and More

October 12, 2021Game Competition EntriesKnoxville Game Design

Ludum Dare Entries

Knox Game Design had three great entries for Ludum Dare 49. The theme was Unstable. Let us know if we missed your game and we will add it to the list!

John Handgonne’s wacky escapade by Jacob

Upon waking from a strange dream, John Handgonne finds himself in a strange purple dungeon made of purple bricks.

Dark Crossings by Allen

Inspired by a recent hit show, cross 10 chasms to reach the end. Be quick and cautious when crossing. There’s a draining presence in the fog, keep an eye on your battery charge and keep moving forward.

Waiter Extraordinaire by Levi

Help Chester Servesalot deliver drink glasses to all of the customers at the tables. He is an expert at balancing glasses on his serving tray, but his greatest fear is mice.

Other games released this month

Cubic Nightmare by Jared

This is a simple game. You wake up to find you and your room have been transported to an endless dungeon, and your goal is to find your way out while avoiding the Deathcubes (find your way through 12 levels to win). You can find and pick up randomly scattered books along the way for bonus points.

Ludum Dare 49 Kickoff Meeting

September 25, 2021Links & NotesKnoxville Game Design

Knox Game Design will be meeting at Panera Bread on North Peters Rd on Friday October 1, 2021 for a Ludum Dare 49 kickoff. The theme announcement is at 6pm Eastern Time, so we will plan to arrive around 5:30pm for the countdown.

https://locations.panerabread.com/tn/knoxville/205-north-peters-road.html

For more information on Ludum Dare, see https://ldjam.com/

Distributing Your Game – Knox Game Design, September 2021

September 21, 2021Links & NotesKnoxville Game Design

An overview of various ways to distribute your video game. First, a historical look at various physical media that can be used for distributing digital content. Then a look at multiple online sites that provide hosting and marketplaces for video games.

Links and Notes

Itch.io – https://itch.io
GameJolt – https://gamejolt.com
Kongregate developer – https://developers.kongregate.com/
Newgrounds – https://www.newgrounds.com
Windows developer – https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/
Humble Store – https://www.humblebundle.com/developer
Google Play developer – https://play.google.com/console/developers
Podcast theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster

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Strategy Guides – Knox Game Design, August 2021

August 18, 2021Meetings and Presentations, PodcastKnoxville Game Design

A look back at strategy guides for 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System and 16-bit Super Nintendo games.

How to Win at Super Mario Bros
The Official Nintendo Player’s Guide
Dragon Warrior Strategy Guide
Super Mario Bros 2 Inside Out
The Legend of Zelda, A Link to the Past Player’s Guide
4-Player Extra Strategy Guide
Ninja Gaiden II Strategy Guide
Final Fantasy Strategy Guide
Super Mario Bros 3 Strategy Guide
Top Secret Passwords Player’s Guide
Game Boy Player’s Guide
Game Player’s Strategy Guide to Nintendo Games
Nintendo Strategies / more Strategies for Nintendo Games
NES Game Atlas
Super NES Player’s Guide

Links and Notes

Nintendo Power scans at Internet Archive – https://archive.org/details/NintendoPower1988-2004/Nintendo%20Power%20Issue%20017%20%28October%201990%29
Podcast theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster

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Adding Sound Effects to Your Game – Knox Game Design, July 2021

July 22, 2021Meetings and Presentations, PodcastKnoxville Game Design

Demonstration of how to play a sound effect in various game development environments. This presentation covers Unity, GameMaker, Godot Engine, Unreal Engine (Blueprints), and Pico-8.

Source Code – https://github.com/levidsmith/SoundEffectsDemo

Links and Notes

Unity – https://unity.com
GameMaker – https://www.yoyogames.com/en/gamemaker
Godot Engine – https://godotengine.org
Unreal Engine – https://www.unrealengine.com
Pico-8 – https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php
Frick n Frack Games – https://www.fricknfrackgames.com/
Podcast theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster

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Sound Effects with BFXR – Knox Game Design, June 2021

June 26, 2021Meetings and Presentations, PodcastKnoxville Game Design

This month’s Knox Game Design covers the BXFR tool for generating sound effects for games. A look at different sound effect types, modifying sound effect properties, using the mixer to combine effects together, and an analysis for the various types of wave forms.

Links and Notes

BFXR – https://www.bfxr.net/
SFXR – http://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html
Sound Theory by Dr Petter – http://drpetter.se/article_sound.html
Sweetwater audio glossary – https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/category/glossary/
Teach Me Audio, Sound Envelopes – https://www.teachmeaudio.com/recording/sound-reproduction/sound-envelopes
Creating Retro Game Sound Effects with BFXR – https://www.boomboxpost.com/blog/2016/10/17/8-bit-twice-shy-creating-retro-game-sound-effects-with-bfxr
WikiAudio, ADSR Envelope – https://www.wikiaudio.org/adsr-envelope/
The Sounds Resource, NES – https://www.sounds-resource.com/nes/
Podcast theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster

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Ludum Dare 48 Entries – Knox Game Design, May 2021

May 11, 2021Game Competition Entries, Meetings and Presentations, PodcastKnoxville Game Design

Knox Game Design had two great entries for Ludum Dare 48. The theme was Deeper and deeper. Let us know if we missed your game entry and we will add it to the list!

Delve Inc. by Jacob

You play as a dwarf in a hastily constructed drillship delving deep into an abandoned mining plot to search for much needed metals. However, the new inhabitants of the plot are not to keen on you invading their territory.

Digmania by Levi

Help Mr. Digger dig as far as possible into the earth. Pick up the shovel to start digging. Pick up additional shovels to speed up digging speed. Avoid the enemies as you dig. Get hit three times and the game is over. Enter your name for the online leaderboard.

Links and Notes

Podcast theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster

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Image File Formats – Knox Game Design, April 2021

April 19, 2021Meetings and Presentations, PodcastKnoxville Game Design

Comparison of file types for holding image data for textures and sprites in games. File types include BMP, GIF, PNG, JPEG, SVG, TIFF, TGA, PCX, HEIC, and WebP. Properties include transparency, compression, lossy vs lossless, and file size. Demonstration of how to programmatically decode and encode PNG files. Compatibility of image files with four game engines (Unity, Unreal Engine, Godot Engine, GameMaker).

Ruby code for PNG analyzer / generator – https://github.com/levidsmith/ImageAnalyzer

Upcoming Events

Ludum Dare 48 is Friday April 23-26, 2021. Meet with us at The Kitchen at Crafter’s Brew in Oak Ridge for a Ludum Dare kickoff at 7pm Eastern Time on Friday April 23, 2021. For more information on Ludum Dare see ldjam.com. If you make a game, let us know on our Discord channel and we will add it to the website!

Updated Games by Knox Developers

Roguely by Frank – https://github.com/frankhale/Roguely

Gomen-Nasai by Levi – https://levidsmith.com/games/gomen-nasai/

Links and Notes

BMP specification at File Format – https://docs.fileformat.com/image/bmp/
BMP specification at Library of Congress – https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000189.shtml
GIF specification at W3C – https://www.w3.org/Graphics/GIF/spec-gif89a.txt
PNG specification at W3C – https://www.w3.org/TR/PNG/
Zlib compression – https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1950.txt
JPEG specification at JPEG.org – https://jpeg.org/jpeg/index.html
SVG specification at W3C – https://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/
TIFF specification at Adobe – https://www.adobe.io/open/standards/TIFF.html
TGA specification at File Format – https://docs.fileformat.com/image/tga/
Gimp – https://www.gimp.org/
Aseprite – https://www.aseprite.org/
Inkscape – https://inkscape.org/
Image file format comparison at Gimp – https://www.gimp.org/tutorials/ImageFormats/
Theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster

Hosted by Levi D. Smith

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Sorting – Knox Game Design, March 2021

March 21, 2021Meetings and Presentations, PodcastKnoxville Game Design

Overview of comparison of data types, sorting algorithms, and run times. Demonstration of sorting in Unity with C#, GameMaker with GML, Godot with GDScript, Unreal Engine with C++, and Pico-8 with Lua. For each game development environment, examples are shown for sorting integers, character strings (words), and a custom object type.

Example code – https://github.com/levidsmith/SortingDemos