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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 e59: TIM RUSWICK

Tim Ruswick of Game Dev Underground joins us to share his origin story. Tim shares with us his time in marketing, transitioning into game dev, creating Game Dev Underground, and his work on his upcoming game, Philophobia: The Fear of Love.

Check out Tim’s work on YouTube, gdu.io, and philophobiagame.com

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GAME DEV’S QUEST e58: CRAZY CARBON

Taylor and Rett have been consuming far too many nature shows. They talk about scope of consciousness, evolutionary utility, getting eaten by Komodo Dragons, and working memory of cats.

Rett got injured last week, he shares that story, and they talk about conflict resolution and communication patterns.

And now Taylor is jonesing for new science fiction and games.

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GAME DEV’S QUEST e57: MATTYK1NS

Mattyk1ns dropped by the GDQ studio to talk about his own personal game dev’s quest. He shares about his struggles working on his current game, Grape Escape, maintaining the work/life balance, containing scope on projects, offering patches and updates, and when to put a cap on a project and call it good.

You can follow all his work on mattykins.com and catch his stream at twitch.tv/mattyk1ns

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GAME DEV’S QUEST e56: BALANCING ACT

Taylor has been making headway on his logging game!And Rett is creating his own class in Dungeons and Dragons. Which leads to a conversation about balancing competitive games. They go down the rabbit hole about game design preference and compare Japanese games to American. And Taylor is nearly done with Blood, Sweat, and Pixels and needs some new books to read.

 

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GAME DEV’S QUEST e54: YOGA POSERS

Taylor and Rett are shaking this up with their recording schedule. Rett is giving yoga a shot. Taylor has difficulty finding vegan food substitutes. Fitness, diet, and a healthy lifestyle are an investment in your old age. Planet Earth and Blue Planet are amazing. Rett played more DnD.

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GAME DEV’S QUEST e53: STARTING A BUSINESS

Rett’s been catching up on Supernatural, while Taylor can’t seem to catch a good nights sleep. What are some changes Taylor can possibly make at this point to finally get the rest he needs? And against all odds Rett found a house on his first time out and is moving in the next few weeks.

Finally, Taylor taps into Rett’s experience starting a business in Oregon.

 

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GAME DEV’S QUEST e51: THE FART DIMENSION

This week Rett saw Black Panther and relays his experience to Taylor. They gloss over the political nature of mass shootings. They discuss mass hysteria and history.

Then they dive into pursuing hobbies and subsistence level income generation and the mindset of “successful”people. Then they spend some time going over Taylor’s 1GAM entry, then they re-hash OMGJam3. AND MORE!

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GAME DEV’S QUEST e45: CHEERFUL GOALS

Jon Dodson is back to guest host this show about setting goals and finding the balance to achieve them, what it takes to chase your dreams, which Twilight book is the best, and whether Jacob or Edward is better.

With January almost over, it’s more important than ever to keep your goals at the front of your mind. Now is the time habits are born. Stick with it and tell us how you’re doing!

Check out Jon’s work at cheerfulghost.com

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GAME DEV’S QUEST e22: THEY’VE GONE TO PLAID

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.

 

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