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

News/Links:

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

Tool of the Show

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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