4 ms·

Jon Blow: A game designer and programmer behind the popular titles "Braid" and "The Witness". He's currently working on making a new programming language and ch

Jon Blow: A game designer and programmer behind the popular titles "Braid" and "The Witness". He's currently working on making a new programming language and chronicling it on YouTube. - Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Blow https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Blow - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCuoqzrsHlwv1YyPKLuMDUQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCuoqzrsHlwv1YyPKLuMDUQ

cableshaft 10y ago
He's the main one I follow too, although I haven't kept up on his programming language progress (although I should get on that). He gives very interesting lectures though. I had the good fortune to see him give two in person at the Game Developer's Conference in 2008, and that was actually before I knew who he was and before Braid came out. He actually showed a tiny piece of Braid during the lecture, although it didn't hit me how clever it was until it was released and I got to see the whole thing. Still working through The Witness, but it's amazing. Put about 40 hours into it so far. It's the best video game I played last year.
- jackmott 10y ago
  He did a couple of streams recently using his language to work on a new game. At the very least it will be C/C++ where you don't have to type () around if expressions. So there is that. :D
  - cableshaft 10y ago
    Cool, I'll definitely check those out. I am looking to start making video games again, although it seems like this is probably in too early of a state still, so I was planning on refreshing my knowledge of Unity. But it doesn't hurt to watch those streams, and I look forward to when it makes sense to do serious development in it.
psyc 10y ago
Every time I get stuck on a project, I watch this video. It's about games, but IMO a lot of it applies to software projects in general, especially MVPs. How to ship something that works before it collapses under its own complexity. I think the bit about remembering to optimize for developer effort is gold. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjDsP5n2kSM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjDsP5n2kSM
davidwparker 10y ago
I like Jonathan Blow too. He has a twitch.tv channel https://www.twitch.tv/naysayer88 https://www.twitch.tv/naysayer88 which he livestreams coding from time-to-time as well.
- lj3 10y ago
  In the last week, it's gone from 'time-to-time' to 'multiple times a day'. Great stuff, but it's getting very hard to keep up with.

cableshaft 10y ago

He's the main one I follow too, although I haven't kept up on his programming language progress (although I should get on that). He gives very interesting lectures though. I had the good fortune to see him give two in person at the Game Developer's Conference in 2008, and that was actually before I knew who he was and before Braid came out. He actually showed a tiny piece of Braid during the lecture, although it didn't hit me how clever it was until it was released and I got to see the whole thing. Still working through The Witness, but it's amazing. Put about 40 hours into it so far. It's the best video game I played last year.

jackmott 10y ago
He did a couple of streams recently using his language to work on a new game. At the very least it will be C/C++ where you don't have to type () around if expressions. So there is that. :D
- cableshaft 10y ago
  Cool, I'll definitely check those out. I am looking to start making video games again, although it seems like this is probably in too early of a state still, so I was planning on refreshing my knowledge of Unity. But it doesn't hurt to watch those streams, and I look forward to when it makes sense to do serious development in it.

psyc 10y ago

Every time I get stuck on a project, I watch this video. It's about games, but IMO a lot of it applies to software projects in general, especially MVPs. How to ship something that works before it collapses under its own complexity. I think the bit about remembering to optimize for developer effort is gold. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjDsP5n2kSM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjDsP5n2kSM

davidwparker 10y ago

I like Jonathan Blow too. He has a twitch.tv channel https://www.twitch.tv/naysayer88 https://www.twitch.tv/naysayer88 which he livestreams coding from time-to-time as well.

lj3 10y ago
In the last week, it's gone from 'time-to-time' to 'multiple times a day'. Great stuff, but it's getting very hard to keep up with.