168: Godot
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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

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