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