I blogged again. 🫣 "Every step filled with dread" – The Hidden Costs of Convenience: Choosing Between Control and SaaS in Game Dev. #gamedev #saas
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"The Legend of Zelda" was inspired by Shigeru Miyamoto’s childhood adventures exploring caves near his home in Kyoto. So many video game devs seem to be inspired by childhood experiences. #Zelda #GamingHistory
I added a public property "debugLog" to all of my ScriptableObject events, to see when listeners are registered and the event is fired. Great for insights. #unity #gamedev
I finished the GameOver UI – it now show the leaderboard instantly. Learned a lot about Unitys UI system and Layout Groups, it's not that bad once you figure out the basics.
There is a slight pixel scale issue at 1280×800 (Steam Deck resolution) because I need to scale it by 0.75 – probably nobody will ever notice, but it burns a hole in my eyes right now nevertheless. #gamedev #pixelperfect
Ok, I feel a little hurt. #gamedev
Bodybuilders have "leg day", game developers have "UI day".
Shoot me in the face. #gamedev
Hadouken! 🔥 Street Fighter II revolutionized gaming with combo attacks, but they were actually a programming glitch that became a core feature. Accidental genius! #StreetFighter #RetroGaming
You can use ScriptableObjects as an event system. Define event assets (GameEvent) and listeners (GameEventListener) to decouple systems. This modular approach keeps dependencies low and scales beautifully. #Unity #UnityTips #GameDev
Little known fact: In Super Mario Bros., the clouds and bushes are actually the same sprite—just colored differently. Saving memory, one pixel at a time. 🌥️🌳 #RetroGaming #MarioFacts