Overview of OpCodes and how those relate to video game consoles.

Links and Notes

• 6502 OpCodes at Ultimate Commodore 64 Reference – https://www.pagetable.com/c64ref/6502/
• GameBoy OpCodes – https://www.pastraiser.com/cpu/gameboy/gameboy_opcodes.html
• x86 OpCodes – https://net.cs.uni-bonn.de/fileadmin/user_upload/plohmann/x86_opcode_structure_and_instruction_overview.pdf
• 6502 and other retro console processors – https://www.arcadecomponents.com/cpusupport.html
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OpCodes - Knox Game Design, September 2023

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Overview of encoding characters and letters into their numerical and binary values. Explanation of how to use bitwise operators to change case of characters.

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• Podcast theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster

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Character Encoding - Knox Game Design, August 2023

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Overview of how parallax is used and implemented in 2D video games.

Links and Notes

• Demo code – https://github.com/levidsmith/KnoxGameDesign/tree/master/parallax
• Podcast theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster

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Parallax - Knox Game Design, July 2023

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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

Links and Notes

• Visual Studio Community – visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/community
• MonoGame – www.monogame.net
• Podcast theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster

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Falling Blocks - Knox Game Design, April 2023

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Overview of game engines and development libraries.

Links and Notes

• Godot Engine – godotengine.org
• Unity – unity.com
• Unreal Engine – www.unrealengine.com
• GameMaker – gamemaker.io
• Stencyl – stencyl.com
• Scratch – scratch.mit.edu
• SDL – www.libsdl.org
• Allegro – liballeg.org
• MonoGame – www.monogame.net
• Pygame – pygame.org
• Pico-8 – www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php
• OpenGL – www.opengl.org
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Game Engines - Knox Game Design, March 2023

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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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• Podcast theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster

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SVG Scalable Vector Graphics - Knox Game Design, February 2023

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