Games created by Knox area developers for Spring ’22. Theme was “delay the inevitable”.
Explanation of calculating collision between basic 3D objects (rectangular solids/cubes and spheres). Methods used can be applied to any programming language or game development environment. Review of demo Ruby code to detect collision between rectangular solids and spheres.
Explanation of 2D collisions for points, lines, rectangles, and circles. Overview of each collision type along with examples and code. Explanations are general in nature so that they can be implemented in any game engine or programming language. Demonstration of Javascript web application that calculates collisions between the four types of objects, along with review of code functionality.
Explanation of Dijkstra’s algorithm for finding the shortest path in a graph based on a selected starting node. Walkthrough of an example of the algorithm. Demo of implementation of Dijkstra’s algorithm in Unity and C#.
Dijkstra Demo in Unity (Unity WebGL)
Explanation of particle systems in Unity, along with modifiers such as emission shape, bursts, color over time, custom shapes, and size over lifetime.
Demo project and code – https://github.com/levidsmith/ParticleSystemDemo
Overview of the Stencyl game development environment for making 2D games. Explanation of scenes, actors, behaviors, events, and visual coding. Examples of a number guessing game and simple space shooter.
This month, Knox developers Allen, Jared, and Levi show off their games developed for Fall ’21 and more.
An overview of various ways to distribute your video game. First, a historical look at various physical media that can be used for distributing digital content. Then a look at multiple online sites that provide hosting and marketplaces for video games.
A look back at strategy guides for 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System and 16-bit Super Nintendo games.
Demonstration of how to play a sound effect in various game development environments. This presentation covers Unity, GameMaker, Godot Engine, Unreal Engine (Blueprints), and Pico-8.
Source Code – https://github.com/levidsmith/SoundEffectsDemo
