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2020-11-02
- Talk with Daniel Mullins for Langara CS Club
- Started getting into games without code
- RPG Maker
- Worked on his indie game while working at Microsoft
- Currently working on Inscription
- Games
- Pony Island
- Indie, meta game
- Pony Island --> appears to be cute/sugary sweet
- Game about escaping an arcade machine designed by the devil
- The Hex
- Play as game characters
- Pony Island
- Day to day
- Previous games have been very PC specific so weren't on console
- Cpp
- Valuable for the gaming industry
- Great for developing fundamentals
- Books/resources
- The Art of Game Design
- Helpful for thinking about certain design things
- OOP
- Post-mortems from indie games
- Spelunky by Derek Yu
- Shovel Knight
- The Art of Game Design
- Just need to build, learn first hand
- Biggest challenges
- Making money++
- Making a great game
- Marketing
- A good trailer may be the best thing to do
- Good trailer needs good game footage
- A good trailer may be the best thing to do
- Started getting into games without code
- Looking at Earth