Blender Normals – Knox Game Design, November 2024

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.

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RPG Battle Damage – Knox Game Design, October 2024

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.

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NFTs – Knox Game Design, September 2024

Overview of how to use NFTs (non fungible tokens) in games, including how to mint tokens, specify trait values, and using OpenSea API to read NFT data into a game. Demo of Unity RPG game using NFTs for equippable weapons.

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Blockchain for Game Development – Knox Game Design, August 2024

Proof of concept demonstration on how to implement a blockchain to track game currency and purchase of game items.  In this demonstration, the blockchain is created in PHP on a Fedora Linux virtual machine running in Virtual Box.  The block chain is pulled into Unity through C# networking code.  Regular expressions are used to parse the blockchain to return the user’s game currency and items purchased.

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Exploring NES Memory – Knox Game Design, July 2024

Demonstration of how to use the FCEUX emulator memory tools to determine the memory location of in-game variables, such as number of coins. How to set a breakpoint with the Hex Editor to find the 6502 assembly code that is executed when a memory location is changed. Analysis of assembly code for awarding an extra life when 100 coins are collected. Verification of OpCodes used. RAM Search for alternate searching of NES memory for specified values.

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Jumping – Knox Game Design, June 2024

Comparison of jumping statistics from various characters in classic platformer games. Analysis of states in jump cycles. Demo of implementation of jump for a 2D platformer game.

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Flood Fill Recursion – Knox Game Design, May 2024

Overview of recursion and an explanation of a simple flood fill algorithm. Example demo in MonoGame with C# code.

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UML with Dia – Knox Game Design, March 2024

Overview of using the Dia tool for creating UML diagrams. UML is a standard for creating various types of diagrams, such as class diagrams, state diagrams, and use case diagrams.

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Texture Mapping – Knox Game Design, February 2024

Explanation of how to create a texture mapped box by reading a BMP image file and displaying with OpenGL.  Then how to create that same texture mapped the box in Blender to export into FBX format.  The model is then imported and displayed multiple different game development environments, such as Unity, MonoGame, Godot, and Unreal Engine.

Texture mapping code examples  – https://github.com/levidsmith/KnoxGameDesign/tree/master/texturemap

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OpenGL – Knox Game Design, January 2024

Introduction to OpenGL and how to setup development environment using MSYS2. Code examples in C for displaying polygons, keyboard input with GLUT, and a simple game demo.

OpenGL code examples in C – https://github.com/levidsmith/KnoxGameDesign/tree/master/opengl

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