Tom Lechner

When plants move around in video games, it adds atmosphere, wether a gentle breeze or gale force winds. We will walk through some methods to create and animate grass and trees, using all open source software such as the Godot game engine, Blender, Gimp, and Krita. In this workshop, there will be a bit of texturing, a bit of simple mesh modeling, and a bit of mostly simple shader coding!

Being able to make video games entirely while in Linux has never been easier. Using the special case of simulating a large rotating space station in VR, Tom will explore how to implement various elements of games with Godot including its new and very experimental VR system, as well as software pipelines to create and import assets. Come to learn about VR controllers, rigid body physics, materials, low poly baking, and more.

Explore what a totally open source workflow for small game development teams might look like. Video game production requires a cross section of just about every technical and artistic discipline that exists. Drawing, painting, modeling, sound design, game engines, photogrammetry, and so much more, all now have open source tools that run natively on Linux. Let's talk about pros and cons, and how all these tools can fit together.

Learn about desktop publishing software Laidout (laidout.org), which contains various unusual tools helpful for vector graphics and page imposition for books. Tools include an interactive folder for book signatures, a clone tile interface, and a vector based engraving style illustration tool. A new feature is a node based editor, which aims to bridge the gap between artist focused WYSIWYG editing and the arcane power of coding, and attempts to provide some interoperability with node setups from other applications.