Knoxville Game Design

This month Jacob and Levi cover the three games that were created by Knoxville game developers for Winter ’18. Knoxville Game Design is a 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. Hosts Jacob https://gamejolt.com/@Big_Ol_Tom … Continue reading Winter ’18 Game Jam Entries – Knox Game Design, December 2018 →

This month’s topic is GameMaker Tips. This is an open discussion on everything GameMaker related. We also show off the two games made in Knoxville for GM48. Knoxville Game Design is a discussion of games currently being created by game developers in the Knoxville and East Tennessee area, as well as an analysis of current … Continue reading GameMaker Tips – Knox Game Design November 2018 →

This month’s topic is Artificial Intelligence (AI). Levi D. Smith covers 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 are presented with a focus on how they can be applied to game design. Knoxville Game Design … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence – Knox Game Design October 2018 →

We take a look back at our booth at the Knoxville gaming convention. We also go over our Summer ’18 game jam entries. Knoxville Game Design is a 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 … Continue reading Knoxville Gaming Convention Recap and Summer ’18 Game Jam Entries – Knox Game Design September 2018 →

The monthly meeting for August 2018 was held at Token Game Tavern in Knoxville, Tennessee. We give our thoughts on the game jam theme announcement. Also highlights from Retro Game Night at McKay Books was included. Knoxville Game Design is a discussion of games currently being created by game developers in the Knoxville and East … Continue reading Summer ’18 Game Jam Kickoff – Knox Game Design, August 2018 →

This month’s topic is Unreal Engine. This discussion is for those who are already familiar with game development, but new to making games with Unreal Engine. Levi D. Smith covers the things that he “wish he had known” before starting with the Unreal Editor. Knoxville Game Design is a discussion of games currently being created … Continue reading Unreal Engine Tips – Knox Game Design, July 2018 →

This month Dylan Wolf tells us about the built-in options for Unity UI text, including TextMeshPro’s support for sprite fonts and icons. Knoxville Game Design is a 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. … Continue reading Unity UI Text – Knox Game Design, June 2018 →

Jacob and Levi show off the games created by Knoxville developers for Spring ’18. Knoxville Game Design is a 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. Host Web Social Games Jacob https://ldjam.com/users/jacobturn/games Levi D. … Continue reading Spring ’18 Game Jam Showoff – Knox Game Design, May 2018 →

An overview of Human Computer Interaction topics and how those concepts can be applied to games.  Topics include short term memory, long term memory, reaction times, input methods, and feedback methods.  Comparison of human languages and computer langues, along with lexical scanning and grammars. Knoxville Game Design is a discussion of games currently being created … Continue reading Human Computer Interaction – Knox Game Design, April 2018 →

Dylan Wolf (www.dylanwolf.com) presents “Saving and Loading Game Data in Unity” This month we discuss two cross-platform methods for saving and loading game data (such as preferences, high scores, progress, etc.) in Unity. Knoxville Game Design is a discussion of games currently being created by game developers in the Knoxville and East Tennessee area, as … Continue reading Saving and Loading Game Data in Unity – Knox Game Design, March 2018 →

This month we have show and tell from Jacob and Joe.  For the two year anniversary of the podcast, we recap the history of Knoxville Game Design. 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. … Continue reading Two Year Recap Spectacular – Knox Game Design, February 2018 →

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 various tools used for version control and sites which host source code repositories.  We also have a demonstration of scripting Itch.io … Continue reading Version Control Software and Repositories – Knox Game Design, January 2018 →

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. We talk about the games that were developed by Knoxville Game Design for Winter ’17. Host Web Twitter Itch.io Dylan Wolf http://www.dylanwolf.com/ @DylanWolf https://dylanwolf.itch.io Levi D. Smith … Continue reading Winter ’17 Game Jam Entries – Knox Game Design, December 2017 →

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 show off games developed in Knoxville for GM48. We also talk about Pyxel Edit, Affinity Designer, and MakeHuman. Host Web Twitter Itch.io Amos Garner … Continue reading Pyxel Edit, Affinity Designer, and Make Human – Knox Game Design, November 2017 →

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. Host Web Twitter Itch.io … Continue reading Farewell XBLIG – Knox Game Design, October 2017 →

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. Host Web Twitter Itch.io Dylan Wolf  http://www.dylanwolf.com  @DylanWolf https://dylanwolf.itch.io Levi D. Smith http://levidsmith.com @GaTechGrad https://gatechgrad.itch.io Amos Garner  http://agamerstudios.com  @BitFiendCoder https://agamerstudios.itch.io Ruth Ann Manning https://tranzeve.itch.io Links and Notes … Continue reading Inkscape and Spriter – Knox Game Design, September 2017 →

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. Host Web Twitter Itch.io Ruth Ann Manning https://tranzeve.itch.io/ Joe Miller http://doublesquarellc.com @DoubleSquareJoe https://doublesquare.itch.io Jake Gillenwater  http://jakegillenwater.me/ Levi D. Smith http://levidsmith.com @GaTechGrad https://gatechgrad.itch.io Links and Notes 8-bit music … Continue reading Summer ’17 Game Jam Showoff – Knox Game Design, August 2017 →

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. Host Web Twitter Itch.io Joe Miller http://doublesquarellc.com @DoubleSquareJoe https://doublesquare.itch.io Dylan Wolf http://dylanwolf.com @DylanWolf https://dylanwolf.itch.io Levi D. Smith http://levidsmith.com @GaTechGrad https://gatechgrad.itch.io Jacob Godot Engine for Unity Developers Notes: … Continue reading Godot Engine – Knox Game Design, July 2017 →

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. Host Web Twitter Itch.io Dylan Wolf http://dylanwolf.com @DylanWolf https://dylanwolf.itch.io Levi D. Smith http://levidsmith.com @GaTechGrad https://gatechgrad.itch.io Joe Miller http://doublesquarellc.com @DoubleSquareJoe https://doublesquare.itch.io Jake Gillenwater  http://jakegillenwater.me/ RPG Maker presentation slides … Continue reading RPG Maker – Knox Game Design, June 2017 →

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. Host Web Twitter Itch.io Dylan Wolf http://dylanwolf.com @DylanWolf https://dylanwolf.itch.io Ruth Ann Manning https://tranzeve.itch.io Levi D. Smith http://levidsmith.com @GaTechGrad https://gatechgrad.itch.io Joe Miller http://doublesquarellc.com @DoubleSquareJoe https://doublesquare.itch.io Links and Notes … Continue reading Spring ’17 Game Jam Entries – Knox Game Design, May 2017 →