Rett is solo this week while Taylor is away on vacation. He recalls his desire to say “no” more often than he says “yes” and how the stress of over-commitment has impacted GDQ and his pursuit of game dev.
Then Rett fields some questions from listeners just like you!
This week, we discuss some new VR Tech, specifically the Pimax 5k (reviewed on Craft Computing here), and computer hardware because Rett is going to CES next week! Then we deep dive into things to consider when developing a game character. We read this article which inspired us to think about what makes a character stand out. Let us know your approach when designing a character!
This week, we talk about some games, Taylor played Hammerwatch and Rett played Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. We also discuss several horror films, and The Disaster Artist. Then it’s all about OMGJam4! Hope you participated and enjoyed the jam!
Rett’s Challenge: Finish OMGJam4 Taylor’s Challenge: Explore Art in another medium
Taylor has been vetting more charities and wants to live a low waste life. Rett go back from camping. They talk about pixel art, Clickteam Fusion, and the movie Annihilation, and when you see your ideas come to life in the wild.
Taylor still hasn’t seen True Detective.
Rett’s Challenge: Complete the physics tutorial with clickteam fusion Taylor’s Challenge: Annihilation
Don’t forget to sign up for OMGJam4! You can sign up by visiting gamedevsquest.com and following the links to the itch.io sign up page.
This week Taylor has been consuming a ton of media. He saw Wonder Woman, and reflected on the nuance of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. He’s also been playing Anodyne, and reading Masters of Doom, gaining some serious inspiration points.
Rett takes us dome some conspiracy theory rabbit holes. Stormy Daniels and DeepFakes, Michael Jordan’s gambling problem and the strange death of his father, and a few more.
In this episode, we welcome Krassenstein, a talented Twitch streamer with several published games on Steam. We dive into his back story, learning how got started with Game Development and look ahead to where he is going next. It was a blast having him on and we really hope you enjoy the episode and help support him and his endeavors!
Rett and Taylor discuss motivation and a break through they made this week. They worked on a World War II sidescroller game together and Taylor crushed some bricks making his very own brick breaker game. They talk about his experience streaming and bug hunting, as well as Rett’s love of Shadow of The Colossus and The Last Guardian, and Taylor’s love of Age of Empires.
Shoutout to rockzom, manbeardgames, and AuroraCaelestis for hanging out on stream!
Taylor challenged Rett to do an hour of Gamedev twice this week and Rett challenged Taylor to think of ways to use his pixel art in games.
Rett saw Wonder Woman, so naturally Taylor and him talk about Hand Maid’s Tale…. and movies. The DC film universe is discussed. Which leads to story and narrative driven art. They share their favorite Pixar shorts. And their favorite story driven video games.
Another shout out to Rockzom for chilling (this episode was recorded way before he was on our show!) and to PixelPileDriver for giving some great pixel art tips on our live stream.
Major shout out to Coffee with Butterscotch a fantastic, hilarious, all around great game dev podcast on youtube AND itunes. go check it out!
URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT!
This week on Friday, August 4th, we are going to be doing a one day game jam and invite and challenge everyone to participate and create their own games! It’s called the One Mechanic Game Jam. Read all about it on the link below. But the idea is to create a game using one playing mechanic. When you are done post it on itch.io and tweet us using the hashtag #OMGJam.
This week Jon and Rett start the cult classic film, Highlander, continuing this examination, into the introspective, unabridged, thoughtful, artistic expression of one Sir Thomas Sean Connery. Rett asks Jon if he saw that a lot. And they play their favorite web based game, GeoGuessr.
The League is back! And it’s still bad! Jon and Rett pass the time by talking about the acidity of beverages, Interstellar, then they briefly watch all 6 Star Wars movies simultaneously.
