March 2019 Online Meeting Announcement

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

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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

January 2019 Online Meeting Announcement

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

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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

Winter ’18 Game Jam Entries and December 2018 Online Meeting Announcement

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

This month we will  show off and discuss the games created by Knoxville developers for Winter ’18.  Knoxville had three great entries!  Let us know if we missed yours and we will add it to the list.

Omnomelettes by Dylan

Welcome to Omnomelettes, the egg-operated cook-to-order omelette restaurant. Our staff give their all to ensure you have a quality breakfast.

The Trenches by Jacob

You are a German Soldier trapped in the eastern front, however all gun fire and artillery fire has ceased. The Trenches have grown immensely quiet.

Your goal is to collect two halves a car key to escape the Trench. W to move forwards A to turn left D to turn right S to move backwards SPACE to attack, uses sanity. Run low on sanity, and you lose your grip on reality. Don’t let the madness catch you. (your max sanity will be drained by 25% when a key piece is collected)

Stratospheric Aerosol Injection by Levi

Reduce the population using the aerosol spray from your plane. Tank refill pickups appear periodically. Avoid the projectiles shot by the radar towers.

Also, Drew has been working on Shump It Up (working title)

Gameplay Videos

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=gI1o-yEmc4M

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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

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.

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

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

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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

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

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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

Summer ’18 Game Jam Kickoff

Come join members of Knoxville Game Design for the Summer ’18 game jam kickoff meeting at Token Game Tavern on Friday August 10, 2018!.

This kickoff will start at 6pm Eastern Time, since the theme announcement has been moved up to 6pm for this game jam.  The start time for the following game jam event in December 2018 will supposedly revert back to 9pm.

We will be meeting at Token Game Tavern (213 N Seven Oaks Dr Knoxville, Tennessee 37922) at the start game jam theme announcement.

We will discuss our thoughts on the theme and attempt to do a short podcast recording.  There will not be an online Google Hangout for August 2018.  We will resume the online meeting in September 2018, which will tentatively be a showoff of the games that we create for Summer ’18.

Meeting location information – https://www.facebook.com/tokengametavern/

Google Calendar Event

Also, come meet members of Knoxville Game Design at the Knoxville Gaming Convention August 24-25, 2018.

Please contact levidsmith@knoxgamedesign.org with any questions.

June 2018 Announcement – Unity UI Text

Knoxville Game Design invites you to attend the online meeting and show recording for Sunday June 10, 2018 at 2pm Eastern Time.

This month, Dylan Wolf will be leading a discussion on Unity UI Text: Four Built-In Options.

This talk will cover the built-in options for Unity UI text, including TextMeshPro’s support for sprite fonts and icons.

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=DzI1jl6uMlM

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Follow the Knoxville Game Design Twitter account for the latest updates:  https://twitter.com/KnoxGameDesign

Please direct any questions to levidsmith@knoxgamedesign.org