Professional Solution Architecture from an Amateur Game Developer | Out the Door Devlog
A pinch of planning is worth a pound of effort! DW uses his day job skills as a solution architect to diagram not one, not two, but THREE WHOLE system controllers! These diagrams are more than just pretty pictures, but are also plans on how the in-game systems will record the player’s action to power the game rules and build the game state for Out the Door.
Day 0. Took me three hours to announce my participation in the Game Off game jam.
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I wanted to make a little announcement vlog post about my participation in the Game Off Game Jam hosted by GitHub on Itch.io...but instead I fell into my old habits and started making a polished up video. After three hours and _still_ not being done, I decided to call it quits.
Then I got frustrated. Then I got angry. Then I got out of bed and made this video. It's not my best work, but more (and importantly) -- IT'S DONE!
More to talk about next time. Stay strong, stay focused, and mind the door.
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Music Credit
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Track: Memories — INOSSI [Audio Library Release]
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In the pilot episode of GTTP, we learn how to upgrade our Ghost blog that has been forked from the original source code.
Host your Ghost - http://d.wes.st/1yroBzI
Music - http://d.wes.st/pixelrecall
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5OQchl9bQA
With Ludum Dare 47 and the GitHub GameOff around the corner, DW takes some time to share how he intends to get himself prepped to succeed when returning to the gamejam scene.
00:00 Start
00:03 Intro
00:50 Step 1 - Self Evaluation
01:28 Step 2 - Player Feedback Review
02:29 Step 3 - Setting Goals
03:22 Recap
04:53 Imaginary Cats?
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Music Credit
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Track: Hidden Trails — Broke In Summer [Audio Library Release]
Music provided by Audio Library Plus
Watch: https://youtu.be/uE0x36kGX5s
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Image Credit
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New Ludum Dare Logo by Ajayajayaj / Public domain (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Ludum_Dare_Logo.png)
Octocat Logo provided by GitHub (https://github.com/logos)
Windows 10 Emoji provided by https://emojipedia.org/
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#ldjam #devlog #gamedev #ldjam47 #davidwesst #gamedevelopment #gamejam #gameoff #githubgameoff #vlog #davidwesst #videogamedevelopment
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Sharing my lessons learned from my GameOff game jam experience and how they will be applied to my game development practice moving forward!
DW kicks off the decade by sharing the lessons learned from participating in the GameOff Gamejam in 2019. Now that DW is moving forward with the Car Scientist game project, it's clear that these four key points will have an impact on how his game development and design process moving forward.
#CarScientist #GitHubGameOff #GameDevelopment #GameDev #GameDesign #VagabondGame #MyFirstGameJam #LessonsLearned #VideoGameDevelopment #VideoGameDesign #Devlog
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Music Credit
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Track: Affect — Vishmak [Audio Library Release]
Music provided by Audio Library Plus
Watch: https://youtu.be/5uh7qw3NPWA
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The results are in ladies and gentlemen, and Little Shop of Wall Street ranked and got some comments! Time to dive into the feedback, reflect on it, and decide how this project, if at all, will move forward!
00:13 Intro
01:14 Gamejam Rank
04:25 The Comments
04:50 Funny Writing
06:00 Lack of Sound
07:54 More Gameplay Required
09:25 Gamejam Retrospective
09:59 The Good
12:15 The Less Good
17:11 What I'll Take Forward
20:00 Conclusion
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Links and Resources
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LD46 Devlog
https://youtu.be/RgGDL60rlQ8
Post-Jam Check In (Livestream)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA1TO-Y9S8U&t=1228s
Winnipeg Game Collective
http://www.pegjam.com/
Ludum Dare 46 Entry
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/little-shop-of-wall-street
Play Little Shop of Wall Street
https://davidwesst.itch.io/little-shop-of-wall-street
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Music Credit
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Track: Floral Nights — Artificial.Music [Audio Library Release]
Music provided by Audio Library Plus
Watch: https://youtu.be/i1lXEIDTaH4
Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/Floral-Nights
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#devlog #ld46 #gamedev #gamedevelopment #gamedeveloper #indiegamedev #sologamedev #gamejam #ludumdare #ludumdare46 #littleshopofwallstreet #wallstreetkid #retrospective #gamedesign #gamedesigner #devblog #gamedevblog #godot #davidwesst #wessty #darcylussier
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP96b5axv7Q
My effort continues on Out the Door with some new artwork, a rewrite (of sorts) to fix the build process, which has led to something of a self-driven code review.
Play OUT-THE-DOOR Today! (Web & Windows)
|- https://davidwesst.itch.io/out-the-door
|- https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/out-the-door
00:00 Start
00:03 Intro
00:22 Art Practice
02:05 Fixing the Build
03:36 "Self Code Review" / Rewrite
05:29 Feedback & Thanks!
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Music Credit
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Track: Welcome, Traveler — Artificial.Music [Audio Library Release]
Music provided by Audio Library Plus
Watch: https://youtu.be/HMyOPVGUgRY
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I received an invitation to attempt to make time to participate in a couple of game jams over the next couple of weeks. My thought is to use a full-fledged non-coding tool that publishes to the web natively for some lightweight prototypes.
Going to take a look and compare them to Unity and Godot (which I consider much heavier).
With Ludum Dare 46 complete, DW debriefs with his collaborator, D'Arcy Lussier, to talk about their experience with the jam, the tools, the process, and what is next for the Little Shop of Wall Street.
03:09 - First Time Gamejam Thoughts from D'Arcy
07:30 - Tooling
09:06 - Waiting for Go-Dot?
10:56 - Line of Business Devs as Gamedevs
15:36 - Streamers Troll the Chat
16:56 - Godot as a first-timer gamedev
19:22 - Transferable LOB Skills for Gamedevs
24:14 - Value of Constraints
27:51 - Importance of a Web-Based Version
30:46 - Next Steps for Little Shop of Wall Street
40:41 - Chat Tells Pirate Jokes
41:15 - Ludum Dare 47 & Team Dads + RCI (Non-Dev Team Member)
44:38 - Closing Thoughts & Takeaways from LD46
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Links & Resources
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Greg Moss Game Development Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLzCsPvhLpWxLX2SUNIWDmyqUKCHKu_bI
Little Shop of Wall Street
https://davidwesst.itch.io/little-shop-of-wall-street
Ludum Dare 46 Submission
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/little-shop-of-wall-street
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Music Credit
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Music provided by https://alplus.io/spotify
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In the inaugural episode of Dev Thoughts, David discusses his thoughts on Epic Online Services, the new "free", cross-platform, game services backend being offered by Epic Games.
#gamedev #gamedevelopment #gamedeveloper #devthoughts #epic #epicgames #epiconlineservices
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Today I talk to D'Arcy Lussier, Partner Technology Strategist at Microsoft and good friend of mine about how Microsoft now claims it is an AI company. We have a great chat about the relationship between OpenAI and Microsoft, the difference between the hype around AI versus that of the metaverse, all in the search to answer: Is Microsoft an "AI" Company Now?
Learn more at ➡️ http://www.rememberthehuman.ai
#ai #microsoft #artificialintelligence #podcast #technology #human #humanity #change #changeishard
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Show Notes
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Media Valet with Jane Goodall Foundation
? https://customers.microsoft.com/en-us/story/1417832543689271020-jane-goodall-institute-nonprofit-azure
Gartner Hype Cycle
? https://www.gartner.com/en/information-technology/glossary/hype-cycle
Satya Nadella Interview (YouTube Video)
? https://youtu.be/6ydFDwv-n8w?si=dHMK0mbBx5a9vhJK&t=322
Microsoft OpenAI Investment Summary
? https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/23/23567448/microsoft-openai-partnership-extension-ai
? https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/01/23/microsoftandopenaiextendpartnership/
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Track: Machine Guy — gbry.svg [Audio Library Release]
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