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. 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 →

Discussion of games currently being developed by game developers in the Knoxville area, as well as an analysis of current topics in the gaming industry. Host Web Twitter Itch.io Levi D. Smith http://levidsmith.com @GaTechGrad https://gatechgrad.itch.io Joe Miller http://doublesquarellc.com @DoubleSquareJoe https://doublesquare.itch.io Dylan Wolf http://dylanwolf.com @DylanWolf https://dylanwolf.itch.io Ruth Ann Manning https://tranzeve.itch.io Links and Notes GDC Talks Online … Continue reading PAX East Report – Knox Game Design, April 2017 →

Discussion of games currently being developed by game developers in the Knoxville area, as well as an analysis of current topics in the gaming industry. Host Web Twitter Itch.io Levi D. Smith http://levidsmith.com @GaTechGrad https://gatechgrad.itch.io Dylan Wolf http://dylanwolf.com @DylanWolf https://dylanwolf.itch.io Nich Mebane http://nichmebane.com @Sweet_Niche https://sweet-niche.itch.io Links and Notes Dylan Wolf’s article on RPG Maker – … Continue reading Structured Data Tool – Knox Game Design, March 2017 →

The video for the February 2017 online hangout is now available on YouTube. There were audio recording issues for this hangout, but the level was fixed with Audacity’s features.  However, some echo still remains with part of the audio. Links and Notes Khufu’s Delivery Service on iOS – https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/khufus-delivery-service/id1200188868?ls=1&mt=8 Khufu’s Delivery Service on Greenlight – … Continue reading Blender Cell Fracture, 6502 Assembly – Knox Game Design, February 2017 →

Game Design Chat is a monthly podcast by members of the Knoxville Game Design Meetup discussing a single game each episode. Please be aware the full game is discussed and the entire episode should be considered a spoiler for anyone who has not played the game. This month’s game was Dwarf Fortress, however most of … Continue reading Season Finale – Game Design Chat #12 →

Game Design Chat is a monthly podcast by members of the Knoxville Game Design Meetup discussing a single game each episode. Please be aware the full game is discussed and the entire episode should be considered a spoiler for anyone who has not played the game. This month’s game is Inside and January’s game will … Continue reading Inside – Game Design Chat #11 →

Game Design Chat is a monthly podcast by members of the Knoxville Game Design Meetup discussing a single game each episode. Please be aware the full game is discussed and the entire episode should be considered a spoiler for anyone who has not played the game. This month’s game is Amnesia: The Dark Descent and … Continue reading Amnesia: The Dark Descent – Game Design Chat #10 →

Game Design Chat is a monthly podcast by members of the Knoxville Game Design Meetup discussing a single game each episode. Please be aware the full game is discussed and the entire episode should be considered a spoiler for anyone who has not played the game. This month’s game is Barony and next month’s game … Continue reading Barony – Game Design Chat Episode #9 →

Game Design Chat is a monthly podcast by members of the Knoxville Game Design Meetup discussing a single game each episode. Please be aware the full game is discussed and the entire episode should be considered a spoiler for anyone who has not played the game. This month’s game is Anodyne and next month’s game … Continue reading Anodyne – Game Design Chat Episode #8 →

Welcome to the bonus stage! This is the live recording of our panel at CodeStock 2016 discussion game jams and our experiences with them. Recorded on July 15th, 2016. The Panel Speakers are: Jacob Jeffery Dylan Wolf – @dylanwolf – dylanwolf.com Levi Smith – @gatechgrad – levidsmith.com Michael Neel – @ViNull – vinull.com

Game Design Chat is a monthly podcast by members of the Knoxville Game Design Meetup discussing a single game each episode. Please be aware the full game is discussed and the entire episode should be considered a spoiler for anyone who has not played the game. This month’s game is Fran Bow and next month’s … Continue reading Fran Bow – Game Design Chat Episode #7 →

Please note we had some audio issues this month and bits of the podcast had to be replaced with a backup microphone. It’s heavy at the start, but is less of an issue as the show goes on. Game Design Chat is a monthly podcast by members of the Knoxville Game Design Meetup discussing a … Continue reading Shovel Knight – Game Design Chat Episode #6 →

Game Design Chat is a monthly podcast by members of the Knoxville Game Design Meetup discussing a single game each episode. Please be aware the full game is discussed and the entire episode should be considered a spoiler for anyone who has not played the game. This month’s game is Axiom Verge and next month’s … Continue reading Axiom Verge – Game Design Chat Episode #5 →