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.

This month we talk about the closing of XBLIG as well as having a demo of Unity’s cloth component using a custom shader.

Links and Notes

• Dylan’s Talks at DevSpace – http://www.dylanwolf.com/2017/09/12/upcoming-panels-september-2017/
• DevSpace conference – https://www.devspaceconf.com
• GM48 – https://gm48.net/
• Unity 2017.2 – https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/307050/Unity_20172_brings_Autodesk_integration_into_the_fold.php
• IndieCade Festival 2017 –  http://www.indiecade.com/2017
• LexPlay 2017 – https://www.facebook.com/events/1391199567624661
• Thanks for Everything XBLIG by Tim Hurley – https://thexblig.com/2017/09/29/thanks-for-everything-xblig/
• KnoxDevs Quartery gathering announcement – https://twitter.com/knoxdevs/status/914891382854242304
• Theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster

Here is the corrected code for the flag custom shader, which was missing the “alpha” keyword on line 16. (click to enlarge)

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Farewell XBLIG - Knox Game Design, October 2017

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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.

Links and Notes

• Glowing Gourds by Amos – https://agamerstudios.itch.io/glowing-gourds
• Dylan’s games – http://games.dylanwolf.com/
• Kitty’s Adventure by Levi on XBox One – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/kittys-adventure-for-xbox-one/9pcp6pvdf7qn
• Dual Eagles – https://gatechgrad.itch.io/dual-eagles
• Inkscape – https://inkscape.org/en/
• Spriter – https://brashmonkey.com/
• Dream Build Play 2017 dev log contest – https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2017/09/01/dream-build-play-2017-challenge-updates/#aIRYYhGuW9Y01It2.97
• Bosca Ceoil – http://www.boscaceoil.net/
• Bfxr – http://www.bfxr.net/
• Theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster

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Inkscape and Spriter - Knox Game Design, September 2017

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Discussion of games currently being developed by game developers in the Knoxville and East Tennessee area, as well as an analysis of current topics in the gaming industry.

Godot Engine for Unity Developers Notes:

Links and Notes

• Stremx (Twitch streaming overlay) – https://strexm.tv/
• Dylan’s upcoming talks at Devspace in Huntsville, Alabama – https://www.devspaceconf.com/
• Dream.Build.Play 2017 – https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/projects/campaigns/dream-build-play-rules
• GM48 23rd, starts July 14, 2017 10pm Eastern Time – https://gm48.net
• MiniLD #74 – http://ludumdare.com/compo/2017/06/26/minild-74-coopjam/
• Indie Game Jams – http://www.indiegamejams.com/
• KnoxDevs quarterly event at SunSphere on August 10th – https://knoxdevs.slack.com/archives/C07FHHY4A/p1499277154751536
• Recursor’s Love2D tutorials – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykBdCwKu8Yw
• Godot Engine website –  https://godotengine.org/
• Godot API documentation – http://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/index.html
• Theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster

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Godot Engine - Knox Game Design, July 2017

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Discussion of games currently being developed by game developers in the Knoxville and East Tennessee area, as well as an analysis of current topics in the gaming industry.

RPG Maker presentation slides by Dylan Wolf:

Links and Notes

• RPG Maker – http://www.rpgmakerweb.com/
• Joe’s Momocon Booth Budget – http://doublesquarellc.com/momocon-2017-budget-breakdown/
• Pico-8 – http://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php
• Indie Cluster in Atlanta – http://indiecluster.com/
• SiegeCon in Atlanta – http://siegecon.net/
• Southern-Fried Gameroom Expo – http://southernfriedgameroomexpo.com/
• Dreamhack – https://atlanta.dreamhack.com/17/
• Steam Direct – http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/299262/Valve_will_charge_devs_100_to_publish_games_through_Steam_Direct.php
• Patreon
  • DoubleSquare – https://www.patreon.com/doublesquare
  • Levi D. Smith Games – https://www.patreon.com/levidsmith
• Theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster

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RPG Maker - Knox Game Design, June 2017

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Discussion of games currently being developed by game developers in the Knoxville area, as well as an analysis of current topics in the gaming industry.

Links and Notes

• GDC Talks Online – http://gdcvault.com/browse/gdc-17/
• GDC YouTube channel – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0JB7TSe49lg56u6qH8y_MQ
• Vector Conference, Richmond Kentucky – http://vectorconf.com/
• GameJolt – http://gamejolt.com
• Itch.io Butler – https://itch.io/docs/butler/
• Cup Code Gamers – http://cupcodegamers.com/
• DoubleSquare updates – http://doublesquarellc.com/doublesquare-april-updates/
• Dylan Wolf’s game development panels – http://www.dylanwolf.com/2017/04/03/upcoming-panels-april-2017/
• GM48 – https://gm48.net/
• April Fools – http://gamejolt.com/redlight

• Theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster

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PAX East Report - Knox Game Design, April 2017

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Discussion of games currently being developed by game developers in the Knoxville area, as well as an analysis of current topics in the gaming industry.

Links and Notes

• Dylan Wolf’s article on RPG Maker – http://www.dylanwolf.com/2017/01/09/rpg-maker-vx-ace-ruby-scripting-crash-course/#more-602 Featured on Gamasutra – http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/DylanWolf/20170307/293065/RPG_Maker_VX_Ace_Ruby_scripting_crash_course.php
• Paul Green latest game development – http://pjg-developments.com/some-more-wip-brought-over-the-questions-into-the-game-few-bugs-fixed-tweaks-done-moved-to-gms2-gamedev-indiegame-indiedev/
• Recursor / Pixelbyte Studios LUA posts – https://pixelbytestudios.com/lua-based-game-engines/ LUA video tutorial –  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O15GoH7SDn0
• 7drl – http://7drl.org/
• Indie Dev Map – http://www.indiedevmap.com/north-america/a/knoxville/#res
• Levi D. Smith’s Sandwich Maker Pro – http://levidsmith.com/sandwich-maker-pro
• Text Mesh Pro free on Unity Asset Store – https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/84126
• New XBox indie program – http://news.xbox.com/2017/03/01/xbox-gdc-2017/ More –
• https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/games/xbox/xboxlive/creator
• Switch Indies – http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/292788/Becoming_a_Nintendo_Switch_indie_dev_will_be_tough_early_on.php
• Momocon Indie Showcase – http://www.momocon.com/indies/
• IndieCade Submission – http://www.indiecade.com/index.php/submissions?mc_cid=de83c8f230&mc_eid=18a636b6b8
• Greenlight shutting down – http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/KevinMurphy/20170302/292771/Greenlight_turning_red_on_us.php
• Project Spark shut down – http://gameranx.com/updates/id/53292/article/microsoft-ends-project-spark/
• Itch.io Payout Information – https://itch.io/docs/creators/payments#how-itchio-handle-payments/paypal
• Add game metadata markup to your pages – https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6150676?hl=en
• Google’s Structured Data Testing Tool – https://search.google.com/structured-data/testing-tool
• Theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster

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Structured Data Tool - Knox Game Design, March 2017

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The video for the February 2017 online hangout is now available on YouTube.

There were audio recording issues for this hangout, but the level was fixed with Audacity’s features.  However, some echo still remains with part of the audio.

Links and Notes
Khufu’s Delivery Service on iOS – https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/khufus-delivery-service/id1200188868?ls=1&mt=8
Khufu’s Delivery Service on Greenlight – http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=821814030
Frog model on Sketchfab – https://sketchfab.com/models/a1f3de599bb447efa31de73d8536268f
Prez NES – http://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=15507
PAX East – http://east.paxsite.com/
GDC – http://www.gdconf.com/
GDC State of Game Industry 2017 – http://reg.techweb.com/GDCSF17-StateOfGame
Theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster

Host Info:
Levi D. Smith – Web – http://levidsmith.com Twitter – @GaTechGrad
Joe Miller – Web – http://doublesquarellc.com/ Twitter – @DoublesquareJoe

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Blender Cell Fracture, 6502 Assembly - Knox Game Design, February 2017

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