[Ep222] Chaos Positive Shrubbery

[Ep222] Chaos Positive Shrubbery

Author: Butterscotch Shenanigans September 11, 2019 Duration: 1:20:44

Greetings, Shenanites! In this episode, we discuss giant piles of yogurt, wiggle room, and the difficulty of fonts. What you think is going to be the problem is never the actual problem. And there’s always more stuff to consider than you initially predicted. It’s all about those pipelines!

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Questions answered (abbreviated):

  • challosis: What game studios are you fans of?
  • giantmuskrat: What advice would you give to a new developer who 'makes it big' and has a substantial windfall of money?
  • Retro Banana Man NL: In Crashlands you added ludicrous mode. Did you even test if it was possible to best it? Or did you add it and hoped it wouldn't be impossible?
  • ANGRY MUFFIN: How does localization work for a game?

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