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, hi...
Jul 31, 2017•1 hr 8 min
Taylor and Rett are back to talk about CritJuice, the best DnD play podcast. Then they briefly touch on games, Abzu, Overwatch, and Company of Heroes, the last of which was recently on sale to celebrate opening the game up to mods. Taylor shares his blogging vision, establishing Mentor Mondays as a weekly Twitch stream. And then Rett introduces Taylor to Space Engine. SOME THINGS TO NOTE: Space Engine sub @saint11 Patreon Steam Direct self publishing Join the conversation on twitter @gamedevsque...
Jul 24, 2017•1 hr
This week Rockzom comes in to help the guys hold down the podcast as a special guest host! They share stories about how they all settled on their online handles, and talk about getting into game dev, music, comedy, performing, and challenging yourself to grow and learn. It was an absolute pleasure to have Rockzom on! He’s led an interesting life, lived boldly, and is a very talented game dev. He’s made quite the community over on twitch, so make sure you check him out and tell him you heard him ...
Jul 17, 2017•1 hr 3 min
Rett and Taylor discuss using their raspberry pi’s and old school games using retro pie. They finally completed the Iceberg and it feels great. They also discuss 2D character control in Unity and share some really great resources. Rett challenges Taylor to check out the StarFlight and the Buck Rodgers game he played on Sega Genesis, fantastic in depth sci-fi games. Must sees! THING TO CHECK OUT! The Iceberg Retro Pie Design Patterns Book Unity tutorial character controller WWII Game Player Contr...
Jul 10, 2017•1 hr 10 min
Taylor and Rett record this episode from the field, live from Capital Taproom’s Bar-VR studio! In this rare treat, Taylor and Rett record face to face to play some VR games and talk with special guest host, Jeff Soleim, about VR gaming, the future of VR, and his own VR studio set up. Bar-VR is every Friday night at 6pm in downtown Salem, Oregon, upstairs at Capital Taproom. Give Capital Taproom a like on Facebook to get updates about Bar-VR and special Taproom events. And follow them on Instagra...
Jul 05, 2017•1 hr 1 min
Rett and Taylor talk about retro video games and their favorite recent indies, as well as progress they made on their Japan trip. Rett describes his first experience with Virtual Reality and they discuss some cool possibilities with VR and AR. Rett’s Challenge: Work on Brick Breaker from the Udemy Course Taylor’s Challenge: Play classic games, set up emulator on Raspberry Pi Join the conversation on twitter @gamedevsquest @taylorjbuchheit @rettisawesome email at gdq@airpodcast.com Like us on fac...
Jul 03, 2017•1 hr 12 min
Rett and Taylor talk about their progress on the Iceberg game this week. They discuss some game ideas they came up with after generating 10 ideas per day. They also talk about staying inspired and becoming healthy. Rett’s Challenge: Formally Read RB Whitaker’s book Taylor’s Challenge: Don’t eat cheese. Join the conversation on twitter @gamedevsquest @taylorjbuchheit @rettisawesome email at gdq@airpodcast.com Like us on facebook facebook.com/airpodcast...
Jun 26, 2017•1 hr 1 min
This week Taylor and Rett talk about podcasting, creating a community, and spend some time going over their game jam some more. Then they go over business ownership, and taking courses. Rett challenges them both to note ten game ideas a day. Join the conversation on twitter @gamedevsquest @taylorjbuchheit @rettisawesome email at gdq@airpodcast.com Like us on facebook facebook.com/airpodcast...
Jun 21, 2017•1 hr 10 min
Anyone following on Twitter remembers when Taylor and Rett finished their challenge as part of the Climate Change Game Jam. This episode is the post mortem of their game jam. They discuss their brainstorming, and how the divided the work and tackled their first game jam challenge. The Iceberg is available on itch.io, follow the link below. It’s the only game meant not to be played. Watch what happens when mindless energy consumption runs unchecked. The Iceberg Rett is challenged to do one #pixel...
Jun 13, 2017•1 hr 5 min
In this final part of a three part episode, Taylor and Rett plan for their very first game jam. They touch on inspiring friends to code and learn game dev. They also talk about creating a community and being more active on social media. Rett challenged Taylor to immerse himself in Japanese culture and Taylor challenged Rett to download the Calm app and begin meditating. This week’s resources: Climate Game Jam 200 Word RPG Challenge Join the conversation on twitter @gamedevsquest @taylorjbuchheit...
Jun 05, 2017•41 min
In the second installment of three, Taylor and Rett talk about their last weekend playing games at Taylor’s house and prepping for International Table Top Day when they play, Shogun. Rett gets pulled over for speeding (a lot). Then they get back into gear and talk about progress on their console game and implementing a black jack mini game. From their Rett shows off his Star Wars knowledge and schools Taylor on the difference between Sabacc and Pazaak. Rett doesn’t stop talking about Star Wars. ...
Jun 05, 2017•1 hr 5 min
In this first part of a three part episode, Taylor and Rett analyze a reddit post regarding anxiety in game development. Thanks to /u/braytendo for the great post. Additionally they discuss the benefits of meditation and their progress with the Unity Tutorials. Shoutout to /u/hashtagdubstate for the nice feedback. This week’s resources: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius Headspace Meditation App Calm Meditation App Ryan Holiday Reading List Join the conversation on twitter @gamedevsquest @taylorjbuc...
Jun 05, 2017•1 hr 6 min
Taylor and Rett discuss the free Unity tutorials on Unity3d.com. They also discuss procedural generation, and machine learning. Rett discovers Games by Angelina, an AI who creates it’s own playable games from scratch. Taylor shares some good advice. And the guys discuss the ease of learning for children and adults. This week’s resources: Unity 3d Tutorials The Inquisitor (game) Ultima Ratio Regum (game) Games By Angelina AI Good Advice Goals for next week: Rett- Finish Roll A Ball Taylor – Make ...
May 31, 2017•1 hr 2 min
Taylor and Rett played a lot of Risk of Rain this week, made by a small crew based out of the PNW! They share stories of cat ownership and then jump into to progress they made on their console game! They fleshed out the entire intro, the user interface, the battle screen, and all the bugs they’ve encountered along the way. Rett explores the different methods of procedural generation. He watched the Game Developers Conference where game devs manipulated the rules of the Game of Life to generate o...
May 22, 2017•1 hr 16 min
Rett is back from Reno, and he listened to a lot of Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History podcast. Taylor and Rett share how their passion of history formed and how it informs their drive for more knowledge. Taylor shares more about catlike coding, and art tutorials from @achebit . Pivoting from talking history, they talk about Chris Avellone and his impact on storytelling in the industry. Rett shares his love of writing. And the Oregon Ducks made it to the final four (spoilers: they didn’t get much fur...
May 15, 2017•1 hr 12 min
Spring break was fast upon us when this episode was recorded. Rett is gearing up for vacation and been working on his writing, standup comedy, and his bigfoot musical. And Taylor is hammering away at pixel art, sketching, and coding. They discuss Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, Stephen King’s Dark Tower, building communities, staying productive, and the value of self education, or autodidacticism if you wondered why the hell someone would call an episode that, over a traditional education. Not too ...
May 08, 2017•1 hr 23 min
This was recorded the same week that Game Dev’s Quest launched! (to give a peak behind the curtains.) Taylor and Rett talk about launching the show, and podcasting in general. And they bought tickets to fly to Japan. Rett binged on Writing Excuses, a podcast dedicated to helping people learn the craft of writing. And Taylors spends some time with Monument Valley. As far as coding goes they focus on putting the finishing touches on the intro into their console RPG, and add some color to the recen...
May 01, 2017•46 min
Taylor and Rett celebrate RB Whitaker’s C# tutorial and book, the C# Players Guide . They finished their podcast music! (Which you’ve enjoyed since day one). And they talk about the work they did on their console game, including rehashing their player’s beginning stat allocation, ASCII art, and the creation of their “slow typer” function. Our Resources of the Week: Game Devs Like You/Gamkedo: Interview with CE Hayes and Chris DeLeon live at LA indie dev club RB Whitaker Tutorial Dwarf Fortress H...
Apr 24, 2017•44 min
Taylor and Rett talk about the wedding they went to. Then they jump in and talk about their week’s hurdles and how you can overcome your own and the importance of breaks. Then they delve into this weeks code and the fighting mechanics they designed and fleshed out. Taylor challenges Rett to finish the podcast’s music (which you’ve all been enjoying since day one) and to write some code. And Rett urges Taylor to listen to a great jazz album. Here’s our resources this week: Catlike Coding A Game A...
Apr 18, 2017•1 hr 8 min
Taylor and Rett this week talk about last week’s challenges and get sucked into an episode long tangent about video games, weddings, computers, internet speeds, Morrowind, and how much Taylor hates dancing. Don’t miss their short discussion on the C# console class. Taylor urges Rett to keep coding, and Rett challenges Taylor to dance. Here’s the latest game design document. And here’s our latest code Join the conversation on twitter @gamedevsquest @taylorjbuchheit @rettisawesome email at gdq@air...
Apr 12, 2017•45 min
This week Taylor and Rett hit the ground running and brainstorm on the air! They’ve trashed the console application they started on a few episodes ago and have started planning and coding a brand new console application. They create a brand new game design document and start filling it with ideas. This is how ideas are born! Here’s our Game Design Document Latest Code: Main Application – https://goo.gl/7hwtoA Classes- https://goo.gl/MG9XYp And in case you were interested check out https://www.li...
Apr 03, 2017•1 hr 1 min
This week Taylor and Rett dive in talking about video game art, specifically pixel art and animation. They discuss the different tools available for use and for FREE. And they talk about the new project they started only a few nights before, make sure you check out the link to their code. And don’t miss the new resources they found. Check the links below to the pixel art tutorial that Taylor uses, and the Game Developer’s Conference concerning one of the industry’s leading artists. Resources: Ga...
Mar 27, 2017•1 hr 11 min
Taylor and Rett interrupt their normal recording schedule to do a late night check-in after Rett hits a wall. They talk about getting back to basic C# fundamentals (the basis of Rett’s problem), and discuss a new direction for their project. Taylor invites Rett to work with him on a console application, separate from their unity project, and they waste no time getting to work. Resources: Free Game Dev Course: https://www.udemy.com/code-your-first-game/ Game Club Website: http://gamkedo.com/ Grea...
Mar 17, 2017•47 min
Taylor and Rett are back to discuss their progress on the unity course they are taking. They talk about planning your game and how to derive inspiration from games and art you enjoy. Later they begin brainstorming ideas for their own game which they will create and catalog right before you very ears (and eyes) on this podcast. The Lost Temple of the Jaguar Queen is born (and dies very quickly) Join the conversation on twitter @taylorjbuchheit @rettisawesome @gamedevsquest email at gdq@airpodcast...
Mar 17, 2017•51 min
Taylor and Rett explore the ins-and-outs of game development. This podcast will focus on these two as they learn more coding, art, and what it takes to make their very own video game. Listen in as they shoot the breeze and lay out plans to create their first game, and develop the podcast along the way. Game Dev’s Quest will chronicle their journey, and hopefully attract a few friends along the way who are just as interested as they are. Believe it when we say, if we can do it, you can too. Join ...
Mar 17, 2017•39 min
