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Side Quest Completed

A podcast about game development as a hobby.

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Episode Twenty-One: Game Updates for February 2020

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2020/02/12

The 21st episode of the Side Quest Completed podcast, a podcast about game development hobbies. Jaycie and Calvin give updates on their main game projects, Anthrotari and Necromancer's Escape. Length: 23 minutes Listen Now MP3 OGG

Episode Twenty: First Year Look Back

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2020/02/05

The 20th episode of the Side Quest Completed podcast, a podcast about game development hobbies. Jaycie and Calvin talk about the first episode of Side Quest Completed and what's changed since then. Length: 32 minutes Listen Now MP3 OGG

Episode Nineteen: Global Game Jam

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2020/01/29

The 19th episode of the Side Quest Completed podcast, a podcast about game development hobbies. Jaycie gives you a pep talk about Global Game Jam! Length: 8 minutes Listen Now MP3 OGG Links Global Game Jam

Episode Eighteen: New Year, Who Dis?

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2020/01/22

The 18th episode of the Side Quest Completed podcast, a podcast about game development hobbies. Jaycie and Calvin talk about welcoming the new year with big plans and small steps. Length: 45 minutes Listen Now MP3 OGG

Episode Seventeen: Sharing is Caring

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2019/09/25

The 17th episode of the Side Quest Completed podcast, a podcast about game development hobbies. Jaycie and Calvin share resources and inspirations. Length: 33 minutes Links Lost Decade Podcast Ask Gamedev YouTube Channel Gamasutra Blogs TIGSource DevLogs Story Studio Podcast Writing Excuses We Know The Devil Analogue: A Hate Story …

Episode Sixteen: Slither Into Gamedev with Python

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2019/09/18

The 16th episode of the Side Quest Completed podcast, a podcast about game development hobbies. Jaycie and Calvin talk about the Python programming language, a language both have worked with for many years and enjoy quite a lot. Also, a language with a long and complicated relationship with making games …

Episode Fifteen: Hurt Me Plenty

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2019/09/11

The 15th episode of the Side Quest Completed podcast, a podcast about game development hobbies. Jaycie and Calvin talk about difficulty levels in games. What changes in gameplay make compelling knobs to adjust the challenge? How do we balance our games not just once, but across many difficulty levels? Length …

Episode Fourteen: Interview: Henry Keiser

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2019/08/21

The 14th episode of the Side Quest Completed podcast, a podcast about game development hobbies. Jaycie interviews Henry Keiser about his work in VR. Length: 55 minutes Listen Now MP3 OGG

Episode Thirteen: Gamdev Daily Grind

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2019/08/14

The 13th episode of the Side Quest Completed podcast, a podcast about game development hobbies. Jaycie and Calvin talk about the difficulty working on your game every day, and weigh the benefits of working a little every day vs a whole lot on just a couple days each week. Length …

Episode Twelve: Jammin' 'Bout Game Jams

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2019/08/07

The 12th episode of the Side Quest Completed podcast, a podcast about game development hobbies. Jaycie and Calvin talk about game jam events. Ludam Dare Itch.io Game Jame Listings Length: 32 minutes Listen Now MP3 OGG

Episode Eleven: Initial Project Management

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2019/07/31

The 11th episode of the Side Quest Completed podcast, a podcast about game development hobbies. Calvin and Jaycie talk about the initial efforts to organize a new project and get your planning and tracking off to a good start. Initial project setup with timelines and outlines FogBugz Trello OneNote Remember …

Episode Ten: The One About Dev Updates

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2019/07/24

The 10th episode of the Side Quest Completed podcast, a podcast about game development hobbies. Jaycie and Calvin talk about dev updates, screenshot Saturdays, and all the ways gamedevs share their work and progress. Talked about tools we make and if they are worth the time, mentioned XKCD chart Calvin …

Episode Nine: Castle in the Sky

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2019/07/17

The 9th episode of the Side Quest Completed podcast, a podcast about game development hobbies. Jaycie and Calvin interview Ayla Myers, part of the team behind Castle.games, the web-based community for building and sharing games online. They've built a platform where their users can build LÖVE 2D games and …

Episode Eight: Niche or Itch

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2019/07/03

The 8th episode of the Side Quest Completed podcast, a podcast about game development hobbies. Jaycie and Calvin talk about choosing between building games in the same genre or style, or exploring many different ideas, especially with the limited time hobbyists have to spend on making their games. We also …

Episode Seven: Marie Kondo and the Life Changing...

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2019/06/26

Welcome to Side Quest Completed, the gamedev hobby podcast! Jaycie and Calvin talk about Marie Kondo’s and the Life Changing Magic of Reducing Scope, I mean, of Tidying Up. Same thing, right? We take a bunch of select quotes and lessons from the popular book and see how we …

Episode Six: Failure to Launch

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2019/06/19

Welcome to Side Quest Completed, the gamedev hobby podcast! In this episode Calvin and Jaycie recount a dozen games between the two of them which they've never finished, their feelings on not finishing games, and intents to revisist past projects or to set them aside forever to focus on better …

Episode Five: Willpower Doesn't Work

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2019/06/12

Welcome to Side Quest Completed, the gamedev hobby podcast! Listen Now MP3 OGG Topics Work is going great for both of us The book, Willpower Doesn't Work, is reviewed Making pubic commitments to keep honest Choice Quotes "Frustrating is not the same as challenging" "If you want to write, you've …

Episode Four: Foolishness

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2019/06/05

Welcome to Side Quest Completed, the gamedev hobby podcast! Listen Now MP3 OGG Topics We talk about way too many TV shows Jerry Seinfield's "don't break the chain" calendar The pomodoro technique Putting personal stories into your games Practicing marketing by failing repeatedly The Storyshot Podcast PICO8 RenPy Unity Test …

Episode Three: What a Tool

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2019/03/25

Episode Two: Burnout

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2019/03/19

Welcome to Side Quest Completed, the gamedev hobby podcast! Listen Now MP3 OGG Topics Recent project updates Burnout over the years Combatting burnout The cycle of lack-of-energy and building habits back

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