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
This month’s Knox Game Design covers the BXFR tool for generating sound effects for games. A look at different sound effect types, modifying sound effect properties, using the mixer to combine effects together, and an analysis for the various types of wave forms.
Knox Game Design had two great entries for Spring ’21. The theme was Deeper and deeper. Let us know if we missed your game entry and we will add it to the list!
You play as a dwarf in a hastily constructed drillship delving deep into an abandoned mining plot to search for much needed metals. However, the new inhabitants of the plot are not to keen on you invading their territory.
Help Mr. Digger dig as far as possible into the earth. Pick up the shovel to start digging. Pick up additional shovels to speed up digging speed. Avoid the enemies as you dig. Get hit three times and the game is over. Enter your name for the online leaderboard.
Comparison of file types for holding image data for textures and sprites in games. File types include BMP, GIF, PNG, JPEG, SVG, TIFF, TGA, PCX, HEIC, and WebP. Properties include transparency, compression, lossy vs lossless, and file size. Demonstration of how to programmatically decode and encode PNG files. Compatibility of image files with four game engines (Unity, Unreal Engine, Godot Engine, GameMaker).
Ruby code for PNG analyzer / generator – https://github.com/levidsmith/ImageAnalyzer
The Spring ’21 game jam is Friday April 23-26, 2021. Meet with us at The Kitchen at Crafter’s Brew in Oak Ridge for a game jam kickoff at 7pm Eastern Time on Friday April 23, 2021. For more information on the game jam see ldjam.com. If you make a game, let us know on our Discord channel and we will add it to the website!
Roguely by Frank – https://github.com/frankhale/Roguely
Gomen-Nasai by Levi – https://levidsmith.com/games/gomen-nasai/
Hosted by Levi D. Smith
Overview of comparison of data types, sorting algorithms, and run times. Demonstration of sorting in Unity with C#, GameMaker with GML, Godot with GDScript, Unreal Engine with C++, and Pico-8 with Lua. For each game development environment, examples are shown for sorting integers, character strings (words), and a custom object type.
Example code – https://github.com/levidsmith/SortingDemos
Hosted by Levi D. Smith
How to generate mazes using Prim’s and Kruskal’s algorithm. Example implementations in Unity with C#. Methods for solving mazes. Demonstration of maze generators available on the web.
Demo project in Unity and C# – https://github.com/levidsmith/MazeDemo
Untitled game by Matthew
BlazorRogueLike by Mythik
Enfield by LocksmithArmy and Kendra
Gomen-nasai by Levi
Hosted by Levi D. Smith
