Grid Based Games – Knox Game Design, June 2023

Overview of grid based games and implementation of checkers in MonoGame/C#.

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Grid Based Games - Knox Game Design, June 2023
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Spring ’23 Game Jam entries

Shmup Game by kahootbird

Working menu, basic background. Throw the mail to the mailbox.

Air Delivery by Levi

Use your plane to deliver the packages to as many houses as possible. Watch out for the balloons, as they will damage your plane. Three hits and you are done. Packages can also be used to clear the balloons. But be careful, as you have a limited number of packages. Pick up a package refill to replenish the stock of packages on your plane.

Falling Blocks – Knox Game Design, April 2023

Walkthrough on how to create a basic falling block line clearing game using MonoGame.

Project code – https://github.com/levidsmith/KnoxGameDesign/tree/master/falling_blocks

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Falling Blocks - Knox Game Design, April 2023
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Game Engines – Knox Game Design, March 2023

Overview of game engines and development libraries.

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Game Engines - Knox Game Design, March 2023



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SVG Scalable Vector Graphics – Knox Game Design, February 2023

How to create vector graphics in the SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) format by text editor or Inkscape.

Demo code – https://github.com/levidsmith/KnoxGameDesign/tree/master/svg

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Javascript and HTML Canvas – Knox Game Design, January 2023

How to create a simple space shooter web game using Javascript and HTML Canvas, as well as drawing the Tennessee state flag.

Demo code – https://github.com/levidsmith/KnoxGameDesign/tree/master/javascript

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QBasic IO and Graphics, Knox Game Design, December 2022

A look at various approaches for keyboard input and graphics display in QBasic.

Demo code – https://github.com/levidsmith/QBasicShooter

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Number Systems – Knox Game Design, November 2022

Overview of number systems, including decimal base 10, binary base 2, hexadecimal base 16. How to convert between the number systems.  Explanation of addition and subtraction in binary.

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