GAME DEV’S QUEST e67: Challenging Challenge

This week, Rett and Taylor dive into everything from offsetting your CO2 emissions, the Cold Civil War that is going on, E3, and more. Remember, OMGJam4 start on Friday, June 29th. Sign up here!

Rett’s Challenge: Schedule 2 times to work on ClickTeam Fusion
Taylor’s Challenge: Forsake news embargo – Follow coverage of Trump and North Korea Summit

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GAME DEV’S QUEST e64 DOT COM

gamedevsquest.com is live for your personal viewing pleasure. Simply a static page, visit it to point you at the sign up page for the upcoming One Mechanic Game Jam, and all the latest episodes of Game Dev’s Quest.

Meawhile, Taylor and Rett discuss the merits of Clickteam Fusion 2.5, the new Star Wars film, Solo, and the new Deadpool 2. Taylor shares a new tool to compare and contrast charities so you can make the best decisions when electing who gets your money.

Rett’s Challenge: Finish Clickteam Fusion physics tutorials.
Tayor’s Challenge: Brainstorm charity/fundraiser ideas.

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GAME DEV’S QUEST e63: NATURE OF THE FORCE

Rett is back from New England. He comes back with interesting stories and now knows the Fallout 4 landscape even better! Taylor gives an update on “Logger’s Road”, his mobile game. Then they dissect The Last Jedi and bring back weekly challenges!

Rett’s Challenge: Do Clickteam Fusion every day
Taylor’s Challenge: Get a gamedevsquest.com website up

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GAME DEV’S QUEST e47: COWABUNGA BOOD

This week, Rett and Taylor pitch the One Mechanic Game Jam 3 to anyone and everyone, and call you, dear listener, to do the same! They talk about the Awesome! Book Club Podcast, Taylor’s progress on One Game a Month, and their hatred of inefficient software. Additionally, they dive into some mobile games they like, and things that game tutorials do wrong.

 

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GAME DEV’S QUEST e36: TRIBAL TRIGGERS

Taylor and Rett dissect their entry for the One Mechanic Game Jam, or OMGJam, and discuss the things they learned about unity. Taylor’s been working on his One Game a Month entry and making some great progress on the Udemy unity course.

Other than game dev, they rip into some DnD, talk about the primal connections to music, horror, and comedy. They talk about drumming. And Rett shares some of his experience playing music in musicals.

Today’s Quick Tip:
https://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/topics/tips/play-mode-editor-tint

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GAME DEV’S QUEST e35: OMGAMESTORM

Taylor and Rett kick off the One-Mechanic-Game Jam number 2! What is the #OMGJam you ask? It is a game jam where you do your best to create a game that is played with only one mechanic in only a single weekend! The guys spend their time brainstorming for their own entry.

Taylor discuses challenging himself to attempt One Game a Month or #1GAM and holding himself accountable by streaming regularly. And Rett whines about the woes of having many bosses.

Today’s Quick Tip
Use the Fixed Update Method when doing physics calculations in the Unity Engine. Follow the link below to learn more!
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.FixedUpdate.html

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GAME DEV’S QUEST e34: POWER BAR PLEASURE CENTER

Taylor and Rett talk about game design, scaling experience points, progressing games, and which design choices are better. And we tie it all in with our favorite games and examples.

We prep for the second One Mechanic Game Jam and have a great time! Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes!

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GAME DEV’S QUEST e21: ENJOY GAME DEV CONFERENCE

Taylor and Rett are back with a packed week! This episode was recorded in 4 separate segments. On August 4th, in preparation for the Enjoy Game Dev Conference, they hosted the One-Mechanic-Game Jam, or OMGJam. They dissect their entry, then play and discuss the other entries.

Enjoy Game Dev was hosted on August 5th and was a fantastic time all around. All speakers were great. It was very motivational, informational, and most of all a fun time! Taylor took detailed notes, so make sure to look at the links below for everything that happened this week.

GAME JAM HOME

ENJOY GAME DEV

ENJOY GAME DEV CONFERENCE NOTES

GAME JAM CODE 

Big shout-outs this week to Twitch users –Elbossmc, Krassenstein, KatalystKreations, MiceSoap, Lovesickdev

Make sure to check out Krassenstein’s twitch stream

 

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