RoundUp № 25
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The St Louis Game Developer RoundUp is the official monthly digest of the St Louis Game Developer community. Curated by STLGameDev and built through community contributions, it aggregates news, project updates, resources, and upcoming events from our local game development scene.
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📚 Resources
- The Ren’Py Phone System by zoey formats Ren’Py like a text conversation on a smart phone
- Build your first game in HaxeFlixel with a tutorial that shows you the process of making a dungeon crawler from start to finish
- Godot Pixel Studio – 3D To Sprite Tool takes animated 3D models and renders them to a sequence of sprite animations, with a ton of control over graphical effects, lighting, palettes and more
- 8-bit Music Theory is a Youtube channel that analyzes music from popular games
- Cadence Hira is a Youtube channel that teaches music theory/composition lessons
- Sideways is another channel that critiques pop culture music
🕹️ Game Jam Releases
- Carrington Smith made a Tiny Bulbs Survival in 10 days for the Gamedev.tv TV Game Jam! Defend your home and protect the town’s food from being stolen!
- Razri voiced Ashen Covenant, a game where a demon walks into the realm of death, carrying his lover’s swords and a letter stained with her blood
- Forge_builder, neitherworld, Demetré Bailey, Lazarus Richardson, Tyler Reinhardt, and Kyle Casey created MALLevolence in 27 hours for The St. Louis Public Library Summer Game Jam! Point and click to disturb the peace at a local mall.
- chbandy, carson, Lazarus Richardson, and Timconcieveable created Grave Danger in 27 hours for The St. Louis Public Library Summer Game Jam! Inspired by Vampire Survivors, survive waves of enemies in the graveyard!
- IncaWawita and crew made Spooky Ghosty in 27 hours for The St. Louis Public Library Summer Game Jam! Create afterimages of your ghostly physique to scare ghost hunters!
🧑💻 Dev Updates
- Cheezy-Z has been hard at work prototyping a visual novel style dialog system in Unreal Engine 5, with working advancing auto-text and transitions
- Isabelle has been working on her Puppy Tools for Godot 4.4, with a documentation website for easy instructions
- Xain Russell has been creating up a storm for this month’s Artfight - check out all of their posts!
🎮 Releases
- Leaflup’s Candy Hunt was released by Wonderpond! Help find candy to save two lost villagers!
- ludicrousda3ve’s official Doom mod Operation: Reaper v1.0 released, and has a 32 level campaign for 1-4 players, deathmatch support, and a separate pack for tournament-level competition.
🎶 Music
- Sxtempu put together a free PSX horror music pack!
- Lazarus D. Richardson created two original compositions in less than 24 hours for the SLPL Game Jam - Panic! at the Graveyard and Smooth & Sinister!
📢 News
- itch.io and steam have started to deindex NSFW games because of scrutiny from their payment processors
📆 Upcoming Events
Participate in these events from our community!
Game Club: A Short Hike
Game Audio Club: Music Show & Tell!
SciFest: Play and Creativity Expo
(View Full Event Description Here: https://www.slsc.org/event/scifest-play-and-creativity-expo/)
GameDev Social!
Come chat with fellow creators about making, playing, and admiring games! Talk about your game ideas and get inspired! Make friends and find collaborators. Our monthly hangout is open to EVERYONE. This is an all ages event, but minors must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Alcoholic drinks are 100% optional. Dirty 20 has plenty of non-alcoholic drink options, yummy mac n' cheeses, and other munchies if you get hungry.
Dev Day Out @ Paint Louis!
Join us as we admire the world's largest graffiti festival! WE WILL *NOT* BE PAINTING, just looking at masterpieces created in 48 hours. In true game developer fashion, you will be asked to think critically about the pieces and how you might incorporate styles like this into your games.
This event is over a mile of walking outside with no shade! Wear good shoes, sunglasses, and stay hydrated!
Parking might be chaos. Ride with a buddy if you can.
- 1:00-1:15: Group up in front of the Mill Creek Pumping Station
- 1:15-2:30: Walk and talk about the art!
- 2:30-3:00: Brainstorming exercise in the shade
To RSVP, go to: https://www.meetup.com/st-louis-game-developers/events/310235870