Absolute Beginners

John and Finn chat about things that they’re learning, specifically game development. Join us if you’re interested in building games yourself or even if you’re just vaguely interested in games.<br /> <br /> John holds a PhD in Philosophy from Stanford University. He is particularly interested in philosophy of mind and comes to game development with an interest in design.<br /> <br /> Finn is a product manager in San Francisco. He’s been a huge fan of the game dev community for years and is very curious to learn about how all the pieces come together to create an engaging experience.<br /> <br /> Editing is done by John, web notes are by Finn, and our music is by Libby Roach of Portland, Oregon.

AB 3 of X — Unity vs. Unreal

Updates: Switching to Unreal! Finn has started a new job! He’s now product manager of Data Services at Candid. John, in the meantime, has been watching videos by Unreal Sensei and decided to switch from Unity to Unreal. He’s grateful for everything he learned with Unity, but it seems like Unreal is a bit better … Continue reading AB 3 of X — Unity vs. Unreal The post AB 3 of X — Unity vs. Unreal appeared first on Absolute Beginners.

07-09
41:27

AB 2 of X — John’s new games

Recap and updates Finn and John have been learning Unity and C#. John has made a lot of progress with online tutorials and the book, but Finn has been a bit busy with professional networking. John has been developing an intuition of how different things interact in C#, such as the relationship between variables and … Continue reading AB 2 of X — John’s new games The post AB 2 of X — John’s new games appeared first on Absolute Beginners.

06-29
58:58

AB 1 of X — Learning what we want to learn

The inaugural episode of Absolute Beginners. Join Finn and John as they learn game development. The post AB 1 of X — Learning what we want to learn appeared first on Absolute Beginners.

02-21
58:55

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