<h1>2020-11-02</h1>
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<li>Talk with <a href="/second-brain/daniel-mullins">Daniel Mullins</a> for <a href="/second-brain/langara">Langara</a> CS Club
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<li>Started getting into games without code
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<li>RPG Maker</li>
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</li>
<li>Worked on his indie game while working at <a href="/second-brain/microsoft">Microsoft</a></li>
<li>Currently working on Inscription</li>
<li>Games
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<li>Pony Island
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<li>Indie, meta game</li>
<li>Pony Island --> appears to be cute/sugary sweet</li>
<li>Game about escaping an arcade machine designed by the devil</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>The Hex
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<li>Play as game characters</li>
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</li>
</ul>
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<li>Day to day
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<li>Working in <a href="/second-brain/unity">Unity</a></li>
<li><a href="/second-brain/c#">C#</a></li>
<li>Making art in <a href="/second-brain/photoshop">Photoshop</a></li>
<li>Works with contractors for 3D art
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<li>3 different contractors</li>
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<li>Works with a musician and sound designer
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<li>More collaboration vs the 3D artists</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Preparing marketing material</li>
<li>Planning/writing scripts</li>
</ul>
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<li>Previous games have been very PC specific so weren't on console</li>
<li><a href="/second-brain/cpp">Cpp</a>
<ul>
<li>Valuable for the gaming industry</li>
<li>Great for developing fundamentals</li>
</ul>
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<li>Books/resources
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<li>The Art of Game Design
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<li>Helpful for thinking about certain design things</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>OOP</li>
<li>Post-mortems from indie games
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<li><a href="https://bossfightbooks.com/products/spelunky-by-derek-yu">Spelunky by Derek Yu</a></li>
<li>Shovel Knight</li>
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<li>Just need to build, learn first hand</li>
<li>Biggest challenges
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<li>Making money++</li>
<li>Making a great game</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Marketing
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<li>A good trailer may be the best thing to do
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<li>Good trailer needs good game footage</li>
</ul>
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</ul>
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<p><a href="/second-brain/astr-1101">astr-1101</a></p>
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<li>Looking at <a href="/second-brain/earth">Earth</a></li>
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