Spring ’20 Game Jam Kickoff – Knox Game Design, April 2020

April 29, 2020Meetings, PodcastKnox Game Design

Jacob, Dylan, and Levi get together before the Spring ’20 theme announcement to talk about their thoughts on the possible themes.

0:52 – Possible game jam night in Tennessee
7:10 – Dylan’s water color work
19:08 – Game jam theme discussion
59:05 – Tools we are planning to use for the game jam
1:15:30 – Jacob’s thoughts on the game jam themes
1:21:00 – Hanafuda Koi Koi in Python / Preview of upcoming PyGame talk

Hosts

Dylan Wolf	www.dylanwolf.com	@DylanWolf	dylanwolf.itch.io
Jacob	ldjam.com/users/jacobturn/games		gamejolt.com/@Big_Ol_Tom
Levi D. Smith	levidsmith.com	@GaTechGrad	gatechgrad.itch.io

Links and Notes

Kuretake Water Color set – https://www.jetpens.com/Kuretake-Gansai-Tambi-Watercolor-Palette-48-Color-Set/pd/27159
Dylan’s RedBubble site – https://www.redbubble.com/people/dylanwolf/shop
Nashville Game Developers – https://nashgame.dev/
Game jam Final Round themes – https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/theme/4
Theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster

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Spring ’20 Game Jam Entries

April 25, 2020Game Competition Entries, Links & NotesKnox Game Design

Knox Game Design had four great entries for the Spring ’20 game jam! The theme was “Keep it Alive”. Let us know if we missed your game and we will add it to the list.

Machina by Jacob

You play as robot making it’s way through a impossible facility filled with mechanical ghosts. You must keep your batteries filled by standing under strange floating light sources, and avoid the ghosts by not staying in their detection for too long.

Potted Plant Simulator by Dylan

Click “Watering Can” and “Plant Food” to apply water or plant food to the plant.

Raising Cerberus by James

Young Cerberus is just 30 days away from being old enough to guard the gates of hell. Keep him alive and entertained long enough, and Hades best friend will serve you well for years to come.

Chicken Little by Levi

Keep the chickens alive by clicking on the falling apples to prevent them from falling on the chicken’s head. If an apple hits a chicken, then it is knocked out. Additional chickens are awarded after clicking a number of apples. Once all of the chickens are knocked out, the game is over.

Time Lapse Videos

Spring ’20 Game Jam Kickoff

April 8, 2020Links & NotesKnox Game Design

There will not be a regular “second Sunday of the month” meeting this month due to Easter Sunday.

However, we will do an online Spring ’20 kickoff on Friday April 17, 2020 at 7:00pm Eastern Time. This will take the place of the regularly scheduled April meeting, and it will be recorded and posted as the monthly podcast.

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

Video for last month’s meeting on Promotion and Feedback – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u47qo5EhNNI

Subscribe to the audio podcast

iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/game-design-chat/id1084873107
Stitcher – https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=142087&refid=stpr
Google Play – https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iho5dczcqxuiwgfzcbu7mv6wq54

Chat with us on Discord – https://discord.gg/XxEPVYx

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

Please direct any questions to levidsmith@knoxgamedesign.org

Promotion and Feedback – Knox Game Design, March 2020

March 14, 2020Meetings, Podcast, PresentationsKnox Game Design

This month we talk about ways to promote your game and how to handle feedback on your game.

Hosts

Dylan Wolf	www.dylanwolf.com/	@DylanWolf	dylanwolf.itch.io
Levi D. Smith	levidsmith.com	@GaTechGrad	gatechgrad.itch.io
Ruth Ann	http://meemawsurrendered.com/		https://tranzeve.itch.io/
Jared	github.com/BlackJar72		jaredbgreat.itch.io

Links and Notes

East Tennessee Content Creator event at Token Game Tavern (March 15, 2020) – https://www.facebook.com/events/664493714306082
Spring ’20 game jam event at Panera (April 17, 2020 at 7pm Eastern Time) – https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46
Makefile syntax reference – https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html
Levi’s Taylor Series spreadsheet for calculating sine – https://levidsmith.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/taylor_series_sine.xlsx
Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) – https://obsproject.com/
VLC Media Player – https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Wizard of Oz prototyping – https://uxpajournal.org/wizard-oz-woz/
Resistor feedback from GameMarx – https://web.archive.org/web/20121017013427/http://www.gamemarx.com/news/2012/09/16/words-of-wisdom-for-new-indie-game-developers.aspx
Wipeout – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XASEBvDri4U
Blue Ocean Strategy (Red Oceans vs Blue Oceans) – https://www.blueoceanstrategy.com/what-are-red-blue-oceans/
Flutter – https://flutter.dev/
Flutter 101: How to make health apps in Android/iOS – https://www.amia.org/flutter-101-how-make-health-apps-androidios
Vector Conference at EKU Richmond, Kentucky (April 24-25, 2020) – http://vectorconf.com/
- Update – Vector Conference is Online only this year
Godot Communities – https://godotengine.org/article/call-volunteers-organizing-regional-communities
Graphics Gale – https://graphicsgale.com/us/
Middle Tennessee Game Developers Directory – https://nashgame.dev/developers/

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Knoxville Game Design Brochure

March 13, 2020Links & NotesKnox Game Design

The new Knoxville Game Design brochures arrived today.

March 2020 Online Meeting Announcement

March 7, 2020Links & NotesKnox Game Design

Knoxville Game Design invites you to attend the online meeting and podcast recording for Sunday March 8, 2020 at 2pm Eastern Time.

This month’s topic is Promotion and Feedback.

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

Video for last month’s meeting on Java Game Development – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwEX6ikcEao

Subscribe to the audio podcast

iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/game-design-chat/id1084873107
Stitcher – https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=142087&refid=stpr
Google Play – https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iho5dczcqxuiwgfzcbu7mv6wq54

Chat with us on Discord – https://discord.gg/XxEPVYx

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

Please direct any questions to levidsmith@knoxgamedesign.org

Java Game Development – Knox Game Design, February 2020

February 12, 2020Meetings, Podcast, PresentationsGameDev, JavaKnox Game Design

This month’s topic is Creating Games with Java. We discuss the basics of Java and how to create simple games with the language.

Source Code for Java Examples

Hosts

Jared	github.com/BlackJar72		jaredbgreat.itch.io
Jacob	ldjam.com/users/jacobturn/games		gamejolt.com/@Big_Ol_Tom
Jeffry	www.thingiverse.com/insane66
Dylan Wolf	www.dylanwolf.com/	@DylanWolf	dylanwolf.itch.io
Levi D. Smith	levidsmith.com	@GaTechGrad	gatechgrad.itch.io

Links and Notes

JDK (Java Development Kit) download – https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
OpenJDK source code – https://hg.openjdk.java.net/
Levi’s Java projects – https://github.com/gatechgrad/GeorgiaTechProjects/tree/master/java
Discord Game Store – https://discordapp.com/sell-your-game
Mike Garcia’s blog – http://mgarcia.org/Blog/2019-12-31-The-social-media-feedback-loop
Mister Adventure – https://levidsmith.com/games/mister-adventure/
Hero Power, Knoxville Hearthstone podcast –
https://www.youtube.com/user/ecmmogamers
KnoxDevs Web – https://knoxdevs.com/ Slack – https://knoxdevs.slack.com
Theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster

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February 2020 Online Meeting Announcement

February 8, 2020Links & NotesKnox Game Design

Knoxville Game Design invites you to attend the online meeting and podcast recording for Sunday February 9, 2020 at 2pm Eastern Time.

This month’s topic is Creating Games with Java. We will discuss the basics of Java and how to create simple games with the language.

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

Video for last month’s meeting on Blender with Unity – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyeEsCCyTMA

Subscribe to the audio podcast

iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/game-design-chat/id1084873107
Stitcher – https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=142087&refid=stpr
Google Play – https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iho5dczcqxuiwgfzcbu7mv6wq54

Chat with us on Discord – https://discord.gg/XxEPVYx

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

Please direct any questions to levidsmith@knoxgamedesign.org

Blender for Unity – Knox Game Design, January 2020

January 14, 2020Meetings, Podcast, PresentationsKnox Game Design

This month’s topic is Blender for Unity. We will go over the basics of modeling and texturing an object in Blender. Then we will import that model into Unity and add behaviors through C# code.

Hosts

Ruth Ann	http://meemawsurrendered.com/		https://tranzeve.itch.io/
Jeffry	http://www.thingiverse.com/insane66
Jacob	http://ldjam.com/users/jacobturn/games		https://gamejolt.com/@Big_Ol_Tom
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

Blender 2.80 – https://www.blender.org/
Gimp – https://www.gimp.org/
Unity – https://unity.com/
BlackJar72’s projects, Knight Ferret Engine for creating 2D games in Java – https://github.com/BlackJar72?tab=repositories
Oculus Link for Oculus Quest – https://support.oculus.com/444256562873335/
More GameMaker tutorials from Drew – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07AXuEpYTno&list=PLjoLbN1uRJGx5FgCUhYjh5R4lj7gEUtPJ
Theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster

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January 2020 Online Meeting Announcement

January 11, 2020Links & NotesKnox Game Design

Knoxville Game Design invites you to attend the online meeting and podcast recording for Sunday January 12, 2020 at 2pm Eastern Time.

This month’s topic is Blender for Unity. We will go over the basics of modeling and texturing an object in Blender. Then we will import that model into Unity and add behaviors through C# code.

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

Video for last month’s meeting on SDL with C – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ7BdGeo10s

Subscribe to the audio podcast

iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/game-design-chat/id1084873107
Stitcher – https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=142087&refid=stpr
Google Play – https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iho5dczcqxuiwgfzcbu7mv6wq54

Chat with us on Discord – https://discord.gg/XxEPVYx

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

Please direct any questions to levidsmith@knoxgamedesign.org