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201 RR Game Development with Andrea Magnorsky
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201 RR Game Development with Andrea Magnorsky

Published: April 01, 2015

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Created by: Charles Max Wood • Coraline Ada Ehmke • Jessica Kerr • Avdi Grimm • Andrea Magnorsky

Show Notes

Thank you RailsClips Kickstarter Backers!
 
02:27 - Andrea Magnorsky Introduction
02:56 - “What Game Developers Know That Business Devs Can Benefit From”
  • Going From Enterprise => Professional Game Dev
08:28 - Curiosity and Motivation
09:10 - Is game development more approachable than in the past?
10:12 - Learning New Skills and Coding Practices to Write Games
  • Unlearning to Be Clean
  • Game Loop
  • Levels of Code:
    • Low-Level Code
    • Intermediate Layer
    • Scripts and Game Play
15:45 - Performance and Iterations
20:45 - Making Games Inviting
  • FUN
23:11 - Techniques to Cope with State
24:16 - Releasing and Deadlines (Business Issues Between Developers and Management)
28:30 - Testing 
30:45 - Writing Aspects of Games (Stories, Artwork, etc.)
32:22 - Why F#?
38:44 - Pair Programming or Agile Techniques in Game Dev?
  • “Stupid Courage/Bravery”
42:22 - Teaching Game Development (Game Jams)
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Special Guest: Andrea Magnorsky.