Michael and Chris discuss the state of XNA, different options when entering the game market, the basics you need to think about, and a bit of a reality check.

Plus – Should everyone start with C? And much more of your feedback!

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Show Notes:

Feedback

• Tzvi heard that new coders should start with C. Also, wants to know what a Javascript framework is
• Niklas’ email: Money from OSS
• Simon shares an open-source German project management tool
• George reminds me of my favorite type of debugging — Rubber Duck BABY!
• Alex writes in to share OpenHatch
• Mike N has a question for Chris
• Voytek wants to know what I think of RubyMotion for iOS
• Brandon reminds us that sometimes changing a project’s stack makes sense.
• Derrik would like my thoughts on Lua.

Why Games Why Today?

• Spelunky
• Fez
• XBLA allows first F2P game!!! Happy Wars

What doth make a game dev?

• It has never been easier / cheaper to get started.
• Platforms.
• Required knowledge.
• Budget??? or you can’t afford to make WOW 2

Platform platform, my kingdom for a platform!

• Console?
• Mobile?
• Desktop?
• Web?
• Is one better than the others? How do you choose?

Tools for every wallet size!

• Native or web?
• 2D or 3D?
• Unity 3d
• Monogame
• Cocos2D
• OpenGL / Direct2D?

Monetization

• Free to play == fad? or here to stay?
• When free to play goes bad…. the Gaskteball story

Tool of the week

• Tiled

Book of the week

• Think Like a Programmer

Plugs

• Code Journal Direct
• Code Journal App Store
• Consulting?

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Angela and Chris share their tips, tricks, and thoughts on blogging. Plus WordPres vs. SquareSpace and other services. And a few great blogs to check out!

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Show Links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog

A blog is a personal journal published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete entries (\”posts\”) typically displayed in reverse chronological order so the most recent post appears first.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlog

Video blogging, sometimes shortened to vlogging is a form of blogging for which the medium is video,[7] and is a form of Web television. Entries often combine embedded video or a video link with supporting text, images, and other metadata. Entries can be recorded in one take or cut into multiple parts.

filterfree.me

www.watchthefishers.com

www.momvault.com

5 Best iPhone Apps for Bloggers:https://www.callingallgeeks.org/5-best-iphone-apps-bloggers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CallingAllGeeks+%28CallingAllGeeks%3A+iPhone+|+Gadgets+|+Technology%29

Best blog Sites:
https://lifehacker.com/5568092/five-best-blogging-platforms

21 Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic: https://www.seomoz.org/blog/21-tactics-to-increase-blog-traffic-2012

Every Star Trek Ever: https://everystartrekever.com/2012/05/13/to-boldly-go/

Livejournal https://scalingdynasty.livejournal.com/

VeryShortStory: https://www.facebook.com/veryshortstory or https://twitter.com/veryshortstory

Single Topic Blogs: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/single-topic-blogs

Photo Blogs: https://dailybooth.com/thefauxshow

https://penelopeloveslists.com/
https://www.starfishenvy.typepad.com/

Mail Sack:
Chantal & Mischa write:
We want to thank you for the great entertainment you provide us every week.
Everyday we check the site to see if there are new things or things we missed.
Thank you for all the fun we have and keep up the good work.
We cant wait to see the first real episode of unfilter me.

Art writes:
Hey just wanted to let you know that iTunes stopped updating your videos on April 25th. Did you guys stop uploading to iTunes? I am subscribed to JB podcast and up until then it was working great.
Thanks.

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