168: Godot

Intro topic: What are expectations on developers that have nothing to do with programming

News/Links:

• Pushing for a lower dev estimate is like negotiating weather with a Meteorologist
  • https://smartguess.is/blog/your-estimate-is-less-than-that/
• Announcing python in excel
  • https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/excel-blog/announcing-python-in-excel-combining-the-power-of-python-and-the/ba-p/3893439
• 7 Habits of Highly Effective Software Engineers
  • https://makingsmallercircles.com/articles/7-habits-of-highly-effective-software-engineers/
• Raspberry pi 5 begins shipping
  • https://www.phoronix.com/news/Raspberry-Pi-5-Shipping
    
    

Book of the Show

• Patrick:
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Illustrated Edition
    • https://amzn.to/3St3L35
• Jason: 
  • The Pete and Sebastian Show
    • https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pete-and-sebastian-show/id570256898

Patreon Plug https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h

Tool of the Show

• Patrick: 
  • Obsidian
    • obsidian.md
• Jason:
  • Ink by Inkle
    • https://github.com/inkle/ink
      
      

Topic: Godot

• What is a game engine?
  • Graphics, animation, particle effects
  • Tilemaps
  • Entity component systems
  • Physics
  • Sound
  • I/O
  • Input handling (touchscreen, joystick)
  • GDScript
• Why use a game engine?
  • Portability
  • Allow for testing individual components of the game
  • Libraries for ads, in-app-purchases
• Godot
  • Open source
  • Focused on 2-D but now many 3-D features
  • Great development environment
• AI Hero
  • Started in phaser (development rut)
  • Moved to Godot, rapid prototyping