Knox Game Design

Knox Game Design

Knox Game Design is a monthly discussion by game creators in the Knoxville, Tennessee area. We share our ideas, show off projects, and discuss current topics related to video game development. Our group explores the many facets of the game design process, such as coding, graphics, modeling, animation, story, and promotion. You can find out more information on the group including future meeting dates at knoxgamedesign.org

Episodes

NES Photo Graphics – Knox Game Design, June 2026

June 22, 2026 • 38 mins
How convert a photo image data to be used in an NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) game. Tools used: Gimp, NESASM, YY-CHR, FCEUX. Review of background tile, palette, and attribute data for assembly code. How to prepare the image in Gimp to used indexed palette. Copying image data to YY-CHR. Running the game file with FCEUX. … Continue reading NES Photo Graphics – Knox Game Design, June...
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Game Passwords – Knox Game Design, May 2026

May 24, 2026 • 48 mins
History of game passwords for the 8-bit NES video game system console from the 1980’s. Pros and Cons for password systems. Design considerations for a password system. How passwords are generated in Mega Man 2. Method for generating passwords in Metroid. How powerups, boss status, game time, and starting position is converted from bits and … Continue reading Game Passwords – Knox ...
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Knox Game Jam 2026 – Knox Game Design, April 2026

April 19, 2026 • 16 mins
Check out the great games that were created for Knox Game Jam 2026! Thanks to everyone who came out for the kickoff event and created a game! Finding Dave by Ashton and Robert You must escape the cave! Click in the direction you want to go with left-click and release at the charge amount you’d … Continue reading Knox Game Jam 2026 – Knox Game Design, April 2026
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N64 Development – Knox Game Design, March 2026

March 28, 2026 • 46 mins
Explanation of how to create a game for N64. Overview of the N64 architecture. Development environment with Pyrite64, MSYS2, libdragon, and Tiny3D. How to install and setup development environment. Creating a new project. Navigating the editor. Adding a simple object and creating a build. Building and running a test project. Creating a model in Blender … Continue reading N64 Development &ndas...
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Snake Game – Knox Game Design, February 2026

February 23, 2026 • 36 mins
Explanation of recreating the classic snake game for QBasic called Nibbles in MonoGame.Steps: Moving blocks. Add snake body. Limit snake length. Adding collectibles. Adding levels, Game States. Sound Effects. Title Screen, Options, Pause. Links
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10 Year Podcast – Knox Game Design, January 2026

January 11, 2026 • 29 mins
Commemoration of 10 years of the Knox Game Design podcast, with Jacob, Colin, Levi, and RollyMusic. Jacob talks about the GameMaker game he has been creating called Stormbound. https://scrangican.itch.io/stormbound We also talk about the new chat channel for collaboration. James (Lil Snug/locksmitharmy) has a signup for a community game development project. https://discord.com/channels/596076724068941858/1458951461152231629 Attende...
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Real Estate Game – Knox Game Design, December 2025

December 29, 2025 • 58 mins
Design and implementation of a turn based real estate game in twelve steps using MonoGame and C#.
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Hinge Joints – Knox Game Design, November 2025

November 28, 2025 • 18 mins
Demo of using hinge joints in unity for doors and pinball flippers. Links and Notes Source code – https://github.com/levidsmith/KnoxGameDesign/tree/master/hinge_joint Joints in Unity – https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.2/Documentation/Manual/Joints.html Hinge Joint component in Unity – https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/Manual/class-HingeJoint.html Podcast theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster
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3×3 Puzzle Cube – Knox Game Design, October 2025

October 31, 2025 • 23 mins
Overview and implementation of a 3×3 puzzle cube game using Blender, Unity, and C# code. Links and Notes Source code – https://github.com/levidsmith/KnoxGameDesign/tree/master/3x3_puzzle_cube/3x3PuzzleCube Podcast theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster
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Special Weapons – Knox Game Design, September 2025

September 29, 2025 • 43 mins
Overview of ten special weapons for a 2D platformer game, along with demos in MonoGame with explanation of C# code. The weapons covered are normal (buster), eight way, freeze, wave, boomerang, tornado, charge, orbit shield, roller, exploder. Links and Notes Source code – https://github.com/levidsmith/KnoxGameDesign/tree/master/special_weapons Podcast theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster
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Gating – Knox Game Design, August 2025

August 26, 2025 • 19 mins
Examples of the various types of gates used in the design of games.   Links and Notes The Level Design Book – https://book.leveldesignbook.com/process/layout/typology/gates What Games Are – https://www.whatgamesare.com/gating.html Mapcore – https://www.mapcore.org/topic/20013-player-gating-in-level-design/ Gating in level design – https://shaunspalding.co.uk/gating-in-level-design/ Technical Game Design...
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Pellet Eating Maze Game – Knox Game Design, July 2025

July 28, 2025 • 44 mins
Design and implementation steps for creating a pellet eating maze game in MonoGame with C#. Source code – https://github.com/levidsmith/KnoxGameDesign/tree/master/pellet_eating Links and Notes MonoGame – https://monogame.net/ Visual Studio – https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/ Ghost behaviors – https://pacman.fandom.com/wiki/Maze_Ghost_AI_Behaviors Podcast theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster
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Perspective Tool for Textures – Knox Game Design, June 2025

June 30, 2025 • 29 mins
Two demos for using the Gimp Perspective Tool to create textures from photos. The textures are then applied to a mesh in Blender which is exported into an FBX model. The model is then imported into Unity which can be used in a game. Links and Notes Gimp – https://www.gimp.org/ Blender – https://www.blender.org/ Unity – … Continue reading Perspective Tool for Textures –...
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Screenshots – Knox Game Design, May 2025

May 26, 2025 • 14 mins
Explanation of three methods for capturing screenshots for your game. 1. Print Screen key 2. Snipping tool 3. OBS with VLC (VideoLAN). How to use Gimp to crop and scale a screenshot image to the desired size. Links and Notes Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) – https://obsproject.com/ VideoLAN, VLC media player – https://www.videolan.org/ Gimp (GNU Image … Continue reading Screenshot...
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Knox Game Jam 2025 – Knox Game Design, April 2025

April 28, 2025 • 35 mins
Five great games were created for Knox Game Jam 2025.  Thanks to everyone who attended the kickoff and created a game.  Great job everyone! Reality Breach by Jeffry Reality Breach is a browser-based bullet hell game with an alternate reality theme and cell-shaded graphics. Players take on the role of a “Reality Architect” who must … Continue reading Knox Game Jam 2025 &n...
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Simulations – Knox Game Design, March 2025

March 29, 2025 • 23 mins
What is a simulation? Are simulations games? A look at simulations such as SimCity, Micropolis, and Conway’s Game of Life. Links and Notes Demo source code – https://github.com/levidsmith/KnoxGameDesign/blob/master/simulations/conway/conway.c Micropolis source code – https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis MicropolisJS – https://www.graememcc.co.uk/micropolisJS/ LifeWiki (Conway’s Game of Life) –...
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Sockets – Knox Game Design, February 2025

February 24, 2025 • 18 mins
New Game Releasing this month Check out the new game Shrine of the Forest God by Dustin, which will be released on Steam on February 28, 2025. Monthly Presentation How to create a simple client and server socket connections in Python to send network data. Demo of how to use socket code to implement a … Continue reading Sockets – Knox Game Design, February 2025 Read more
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Drag and Drop – Knox Game Design, January 2025

January 29, 2025 • 30 mins
Explanation of how to implement drag and drop interface for games. Demos with source code include Unity (C#), MonoGame (C#), GameMaker (GML), and SDL (C). Links and Notes Demo source code – https://github.com/levidsmith/KnoxGameDesign/tree/master/draganddrop Unity – https://unity.com/ MonoGame – https://monogame.net/ GameMaker – https://gamemaker.io/en SDL – https://www.libsdl.org/ Podcast theme music ...
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Solitaire – Knox Game Design, December 2024

December 30, 2024 • 38 mins
Overview of steps to create a Solitaire game in Unity. Links and Notes Demo source code – https://github.com/levidsmith/KnoxGameDesign/tree/master/solitaire OpenGameArt card front sprites – https://opengameart.org/content/playing-cards-vector-png OpenGameArt card back sprite – https://opengameart.org/content/colorful-poker-card-back Unity – https://unity.com/ Podcast theme music – Ride by Pocketma...
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Blender Normals – Knox Game Design, November 2024

November 28, 2024 • 8 mins
Explanation of mesh model face normals in Blender, which are imported into Unity. Steps to show normals in Blender and how to flip and recalculate normals. Links and Notes Demo project – https://github.com/levidsmith/KnoxGameDesign/tree/master/blender_normals Blender – https://www.blender.org/ Unity – https://unity.com/ Podcast theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster
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