201 RR Game Development with Andrea Magnorsky

Thank you RailsClips Kickstarter Backers! 02:27 - Andrea Magnorsky Introduction

• Twitter 
• GitHub 
• Blog
• [YouTube] Andrea Magnorsky: The Tools that Shape Us
• BatCat Games
  • @batcatgames
• Blog  
• @roundcrisis (Andrea’s Game-Related Twitter Account)

02:56 - “What Game Developers Know That Business Devs Can Benefit From”

• Going From Enterprise => Professional Game Dev
  • Andrew O’Connor, co-founder of BatCat Games
  • XSplit (Xbox Comparison)

08:28 - Curiosity and Motivation09:10 - Is game development more approachable than in the past?

• Unity Game Engine
• The Unreal Engine
• MonoGame
• Totality Engine

10:12 - Learning New Skills and Coding Practices to Write Games

• Unlearning to Be Clean
• Game Loop
• Levels of Code:
  • Low-Level Code
  • Intermediate Layer
  • Scripts and Game Play

15:45 - Performance and Iterations

• [YouTube] Andrea Magnorsky: The Tools that Shape Us 
• Testing
• Iteration Speed
• “Benevolent Dictator + You”

20:45 - Making Games Inviting

• FUN

23:11 - Techniques to Cope with State24:16 - Releasing and Deadlines (Business Issues Between Developers and Management)28:30 - Testing 

• Property Testing
  • FsCheck

30:45 - Writing Aspects of Games (Stories, Artwork, etc.)32:22 - Why F#?

• Type Providers
  • Tutorial: Creating a Type Provider (F#)
• Xamarin Studio

38:44 - Pair Programming or Agile Techniques in Game Dev?

• “Stupid Courage/Bravery”

42:22 - Teaching Game Development (Game Jams)