Winter ’18 Game Jam Kickoff

Come join members of Knoxville Game Design for the Winter ’18 kickoff meeting at Panera Bread (205 North Peters Road Knoxville, Tennessee) on Friday November 30, 2018!

This kickoff will start at 7pm Eastern Time, and the theme announcement will be at 9pm.  Feel free to show up at anytime before 9pm.  Many members will be creating a game over the weekend in 48 hours for the game jam competition, but everyone is welcome to attend.

We will discuss our thoughts on the prospective themes and other game development topics.  We will show off the games that we create for Winter ’18 on the next online group meeting scheduled for Sunday December 9, 2018.

Meeting location information – https://locations.panerabread.com/tn/knoxville/205-north-peters-road.html

Google Calendar link

Please contact levidsmith@knoxgamedesign.org with any questions.

GameMaker Tips – Knox Game Design November 2018

This month’s topic is GameMaker Tips. This is an open discussion on everything GameMaker related. We also show off the two games made in Knoxville for GM48.

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

Macey Pierce
Joe Miller
http://doublesquarellc.com/ @DoubleSquareJoe https://doublesquare.itch.io/
Levi D. Smith https://levidsmith.com @GaTechGrad https://gatechgrad.itch.io

Links and Notes

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GameMaker Tips - Knox Game Design November 2018
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November 2018 Online Meeting Announcement

Knoxville Game Design invites you to attend the online meeting and show recording for Sunday November 11, 2018 at 2pm Eastern Time.

This month’s topic is GameMaker Tips.  This will be an open discussion on everything GameMaker related.  We will also show off the two games made in Knoxville for GM48.

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 show – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI3otBjmxrM

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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

Artificial Intelligence – Knox Game Design October 2018

This month’s topic is Artificial Intelligence (AI). Levi D. Smith covers various topics in the AI field such as identifying and evaluating alternatives, data structures and algorithms for decision making, computation time, conditioning, and expert systems. These topics are presented with a focus on how they can be applied to game design.

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

Links and Notes

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Artificial Intelligence - Knox Game Design October 2018
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October 2018 – Online Meeting Announcement

Knoxville Game Design invites you to attend the online meeting and show recording for Sunday October 14, 2018 at 2pm Eastern Time.

This month’s topic is Artificial Intelligence (AI).  Levi D. Smith will cover various topics in the AI field such as identifying and evaluating alternatives, data structures and algorithms for decision making, computation time, conditioning, and expert systems.  These topics will be presented with a focus on how they can be applied to game design.

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

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

Knoxville Gaming Convention Recap and Summer ’18 Game Jam Entries – Knox Game Design September 2018

We take a look back at our booth at the Knoxville gaming convention. We also go over our Summer ’18 game jam entries.

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

Jacob https://ldjam.com/users/jacobturn/games
Dylan Wolf
https://www.dylanwolf.com/ @DylanWolf https://dylanwolf.itch.io
Levi D. Smith https://levidsmith.com @GaTechGrad https://gatechgrad.itch.io
Joe Miller
http://doublesquarellc.com/ @DoubleSquareJoe https://doublesquare.itch.io/

Links and Notes

Knox Game Design
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Knoxville Gaming Convention Recap and Summer '18 Game Jam Entries - Knox Game Design September 2018
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Summer ’18 Game Jam Entries

Knoxville Game Design had three great entries for Summer ’18!  The theme for this game jam was “Running out of Space”.

Put What Where? by Joe

Your goal is to receive and sort mixed pallets of different colored boxes to match the outgoing orders. You have a limited amount of space to organize, and the only way to make more space is to finish the pallet configurations and get them out the door. The faster you can finish each one the more points you get. If there is no space to receive the next incoming shipment when it arrives you get a strike – 3 strikes and it’s game over.

FIRE by Jacob

In FIRE, you must escape a burning Forrest by collecting three parts of a broken key.  You must piece them together and escape through the front gate. WASD to move, touch keys to collect.

Crazy Delivery by Levi

Choose your truck and deliver the packages to the buildings. Each truck has different speed, turning, and package capacity. Can you deliver all of the packages before time runs out?

Time Lapse Development Videos

September 2018 – Online meeting announcement

Knoxville Game Design invites you to attend the online meeting and show recording for Sunday September 9, 2018 at 2pm Eastern Time.

This month will be a recap and lessons learned from running the booth at the Knoxville Gaming Convention at CreepyCon last month.  We will also cover the games that were created by East Tennessee developers for Summer ’18.

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 show – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsNhW7mJop4

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

Summer ’18 Game Jam Kickoff – Knox Game Design, August 2018

The monthly meeting for August 2018 was held at Token Game Tavern in Knoxville, Tennessee. We give our thoughts on the game jam theme announcement. Also highlights from Retro Game Night at McKay Books was included.

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

Host Web Handle Games
Levi D. Smith https://levidsmith.com @GaTechGrad https://gatechgrad.itch.io
Dylan Wolf
https://www.dylanwolf.com/ @DylanWolf https://dylanwolf.itch.io
Joe Miller
http://doublesquarellc.com/ @DoubleSquareJoe https://doublesquare.itch.io/
Jacob https://ldjam.com/users/jacobturn/games

Links and Notes

Knox Game Design
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Summer '18 Game Jam Kickoff - Knox Game Design, August 2018
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