Intro topic: What are expectations on developers that have nothing to do with programming News/Links: <ul><li>Pushing for a lower dev estimate is like negotiating weather with a Meteorologist<ul><li><a href="https://smartguess.is/blog/your-estimate-is-less-than-that/">https://smartguess.is/blog/your-estimate-is-less-than-that/</a></li></ul></li><li>Announcing python in excel<ul><li><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/excel-blog/announcing-python-in-excel-combining-the-power-of-python-and-the/ba-p/3893439">https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/excel-blog/announcing-python-in-excel-combining-the-power-of-python-and-the/ba-p/3893439</a></li></ul></li><li>7 Habits of Highly Effective Software Engineers<ul><li><a href="https://makingsmallercircles.com/articles/7-habits-of-highly-effective-software-engineers/">https://makingsmallercircles.com/articles/7-habits-of-highly-effective-software-engineers/</a></li></ul></li><li>Raspberry pi 5 begins shipping<ul><li><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Raspberry-Pi-5-Shipping">https://www.phoronix.com/news/Raspberry-Pi-5-Shipping </a> </li></ul></li></ul>Book of the Show<ul><li>Patrick:<ul><li>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Illustrated Edition<ul><li><a href="https://amzn.to/3St3L35">https://amzn.to/3St3L35</a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li>Jason: <ul><li>The Pete and Sebastian Show<ul><li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pete-and-sebastian-show/id570256898">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pete-and-sebastian-show/id570256898</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul>Patreon Plug <a href="https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h">https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h</a> Tool of the Show<ul><li>Patrick: <ul><li>Obsidian<ul><li><a href="https://obsidian.md/">obsidian.md</a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li>Jason:<ul><li>Ink by Inkle<ul><li><a href="https://github.com/inkle/ink">https://github.com/inkle/ink </a> </li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> Topic: Godot <ul><li>What is a game engine?<ul><li>Graphics, animation, particle effects</li><li>Tilemaps</li><li>Entity component systems</li><li>Physics</li><li>Sound</li><li>I/O</li><li>Input handling (touchscreen, joystick)</li><li>GDScript</li></ul></li><li>Why use a game engine?<ul><li>Portability</li><li>Allow for testing individual components of the game</li><li>Libraries for ads, in-app-purchases</li></ul></li><li>Godot<ul><li>Open source</li><li>Focused on 2-D but now many 3-D features</li><li>Great development environment</li></ul></li><li>AI Hero<ul><li>Started in phaser (development rut)</li><li>Moved to Godot, rapid prototyping</li></ul></li></ul> 

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 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Intro topic: What are expectations on developers that have nothing to do with programming&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;News/Links:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Pushing for a lower dev estimate is like negotiating weather with a Meteorologist&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://smartguess.is/blog/your-estimate-is-less-than-that/"&gt;https://smartguess.is/blog/your-estimate-is-less-than-that/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Announcing python in excel&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/excel-blog/announcing-python-in-excel-combining-the-power-of-python-and-the/ba-p/3893439"&gt;https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/excel-blog/announcing-python-in-excel-combining-the-power-of-python-and-the/ba-p/3893439&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;7 Habits of Highly Effective Software Engineers&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://makingsmallercircles.com/articles/7-habits-of-highly-effective-software-engineers/"&gt;https://makingsmallercircles.com/articles/7-habits-of-highly-effective-software-engineers/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Raspberry pi 5 begins shipping&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Raspberry-Pi-5-Shipping"&gt;https://www.phoronix.com/news/Raspberry-Pi-5-Shipping&lt;br&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Book of the Show&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Patrick:&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Illustrated Edition&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/3St3L35"&gt;https://amzn.to/3St3L35&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jason: &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Pete and Sebastian Show&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pete-and-sebastian-show/id570256898"&gt;https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pete-and-sebastian-show/id570256898&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Patreon Plug &lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h"&gt;https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tool of the Show&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Patrick: &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Obsidian&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://obsidian.md/"&gt;obsidian.md&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jason:&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ink by Inkle&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/inkle/ink"&gt;https://github.com/inkle/ink&lt;br&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic: Godot&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;What is a game engine?&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Graphics, animation, particle effects&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tilemaps&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Entity component systems&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Physics&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sound&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;I/O&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Input handling (touchscreen, joystick)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;GDScript&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Why use a game engine?&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Portability&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Allow for testing individual components of the game&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Libraries for ads, in-app-purchases&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Godot&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Open source&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Focused on 2-D but now many 3-D features&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Great development environment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;AI Hero&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Started in phaser (development rut)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Moved to Godot, rapid prototyping&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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