Spring ’19 Game Jam Entries and May 2019 Online Meeting Announcement

Game Competition Entries

Knoxville Game Design invites you to attend the online meeting and show recording for Sunday May 12, 2019 at 2pm Eastern Time.

This month we will show off and discuss the games created by Knoxville developers for Spring ’19.  Let us know if we missed yours and we will add it to the list.

Primordial by Jacob

An army of pre-human dwarves must survive an oncoming of fallen dwarves, dwarves revived by a vengeful Necromancer. You must build up your defenses and survive both his scouter fallen, and the villain himself. Build defenses , mine minerals, and survive against packs of vengeful cadavers.

Yen Master by Levi

Vanquish the demons to become the one true Yen Master! Collect yen to buy powerups, but be careful because the game is over once your yen goes down to zero. Enemy demons and their projectiles will drain your yen.

Time lapse Videos

Any game development questions are welcome.  We will have “show and tell” time for any other game projects.

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

Video for last month’s meeting (Music for Game Developers) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTtiV9dxD88

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

Please direct any questions to levidsmith@knoxgamedesign.org

Spring ’19 Game Jam Kickoff

Links & Notes

This is just a reminder that the Knoxville Game Design kickoff meeting for Spring ’19 is Friday April 26, 2019 at Panera Bread on North Peters Rd.  We will be there starting around 7:00pm, but feel free to join us at any time.  The theme announcement is at 9:00pm, and we will end after discussing the theme.  Participation in the game jam is not necessary to attend our kickoff, if you just want to come out and meet us and talk about game design.

The following game jam is currently scheduled for October 2019, so we probably won’t have another in-person meeting for about six months.  We will continue to have the online hangouts every second Sunday of the month at 2pm Eastern Time.  The topic for the May 2019 meeting will be showing off our Spring ’19 games (and any other recently developed games).

Music for Game Developers – Knox Game Design, April 2019

Meetings, Podcast, Presentations

This month will be a discussion on music for game developers. Learn the math and science behind music theory. We will cover tools that can be used for music composition, and how to apply the music resources in game engines.

Hosts

Dylan Wolf
 https://www.dylanwolf.com/ @DylanWolf https://dylanwolf.itch.io
Levi D. Smith https://levidsmith.com @GaTechGrad https://gatechgrad.itch.io

Links and Notes

Knox Game Design
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April 2019 Online Meeting Announcement

Links & Notes

Knoxville Game Design invites you to attend the online meeting and podcast recording for Sunday April 14, 2019 at 2pm Eastern Time.

This month will be a discussion on music for game developers.  Learn the math and science behind music theory.  We will cover tools that can be used for music composition, and how to apply the music resources in game engines.

The game jam is April 26-29, which means we will have a kickoff at Panera Bread on North Peters Road at 7pm on Friday April 26, 2019.  The objective is to create a game from scratch in 48 hours.  Participation in the game jam is not required to join our kickoff meeting.   You can sign up on the event page and let us know if you are coming – https://www.facebook.com/groups/251913638211178

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 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z13AOvfRSNg

Subscribe to the audio podcast

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

Please direct any questions to levidsmith@knoxgamedesign.org

Math for Game Developers – Knox Game Design, March 2019

Podcast, Presentations

This month Levi D. Smith covers math for game developers. He explains how algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and calculus apply to game development with Unity and GameMaker examples.

Minor corrections

  • 24:42 The hypotenuse is the distance (not angle) from the starting point to the ending point. I was trying to refer to the angled (diagonal) line, but it sounds confusing when I listened to it again.
  • 34:12 16^0 is 1 (not 16), which divides into 10, 10 times which is represented as “A”
  • 1:01:29 Total distance from the source to the destination (not origin)
  • 1:29:38 Imaginary number is the square root of -1 (not square root of 1). Later I said it correctly, but left out negative/minus the first time I said it.

Hosts

Levi D. Smith https://levidsmith.com @GaTechGrad https://gatechgrad.itch.io

Unity and GameMaker examples – https://github.com/gatechgrad/SineAndCircleExamples

Links and Notes

Knox Game Design
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March 2019 Online Meeting Announcement

Links & Notes

Knoxville Game Design invites you to attend the online meeting and podcast recording for Sunday March 10, 2019 at 2pm Eastern Time.  Remember that time jumps forward one hour on Sunday!

This month Levi D. Smith will cover math for game developers.  He will explain how algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and calculus apply to game development with examples.

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 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcdA_uz_GEQ

Subscribe to the audio podcast

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

Please direct any questions to levidsmith@knoxgamedesign.org

QBasic – Knox Game Design, February 2019

Meetings, Podcast, Presentations

This month’s topic is game development history featuring QBasic.  We discuss how we got started with game development and the first tools and languages that we used.  Levi D. Smith shows how to setup QBasic using DOSBox and a brief overview of the language.  We also show the Knoxville GameMaker games created for GM48 last month.

Knoxville Game Design is a discussion of games currently being created by game developers in the Knoxville and East Tennessee area, as well as an analysis of current topics in the gaming industry.

Hosts

Joe Miller http://doublesquarellc.com/ @DoubleSquareJoe https://doublesquare.itch.io/
Ruth Ann Manning http://meemawsurrendered.com https://tranzeve.itch.io/
Levi D. Smith https://levidsmith.com @GaTechGrad https://gatechgrad.itch.io
Jacob https://gamejolt.com/@Big_Ol_Tom
Drew

Links and Notes

Knox Game Design
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February 2019 Online Meeting Announcement

Game Competition Entries

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

This month’s topic will be game development history featuring QBasic.  We will discuss how we got started with game development and the first tools and languages that we used.  Levi D. Smith will show how to setup QBasic using DOSBox and a brief overview of the language.

We will also show the Knoxville GameMaker games created for GM48 last month.

3Tris by Joe

3Tris is a mashup of Tetris and Match-3 rules, where the pieces come down from the top and can be rotated and positioned by using WASD (and spacebar to speed up). The twist that makes the colors important is that the mouse is a 2-block cursor that swaps block positions. The only way to clear blocks is to make match-3 combos by moving the blocks around after they touchdown.

Iro no Hoiiru by Levi

The wheel of color is composed of six colors (aka, orenji, ki, midori, ao, and murasaki). Hold the spin button to adjust the spin power. When the wheel stops, your marker is moved to the next color on the board matching the color where the arrow is pointing. Your marker moves left to right and bottom to top of the board.

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 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qupXUJwGkpI

Subscribe to the audio podcast

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

Please direct any questions to levidsmith@knoxgamedesign.org

Unity for Beginners – Knox Game Design, January 2019

Meetings, Podcast, Presentations

This month Dylan presents an intro to Unity demo (space shooter), which can be beneficial for those new to Unity and want to know more about the Unity game engine.

Knoxville Game Design is a discussion of games currently being created by game developers in the Knoxville and East Tennessee area, as well as an analysis of current topics in the gaming industry.

Hosts

Dylan Wolf
 https://www.dylanwolf.com/ @DylanWolf https://dylanwolf.itch.io
Drew Ragsdale
 https://retrocemetery.com/
William Mayfield
Levi D. Smith https://levidsmith.com @GaTechGrad https://gatechgrad.itch.io

Links and Notes

Knox Game Design
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January 2019 Online Meeting Announcement

Links & Notes

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

This month Dylan will be doing a Unity demo, which should be beneficial for those new to Unity and want to know more about the Unity game engine.

Any questions on Unity 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 show – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUM-dGgUL14

Subscribe to the audio podcast

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

Please direct any questions to levidsmith@knoxgamedesign.org