A* Interview #7: Tim Ambrogi, creator of the “Jamestown” indie game
This one ran a little long, but we get into the serious programming talk at around 19:00.
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Links from the conversation
Gertrude’s Secrets, the game that originally hooked Tim on programming.
Tim’s excellent game Jamestown.
Tim’s favorite bands Storyville and Protomen.
Tim recommends that you try out Codecademy if you want to learn to code.
And you should try Tim’s audio library.
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A* Interview #5: Jim Crawford, creator of Frog Fractions and Twinbeard Studios
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Here’s Twinbeard Studios, and their great games Desert Hike, Futilitris and of course Frog Fractions.
Here’s some info about Jim’s favorite band “Ween”.
And here’s the Hacker’s Dictionary.
You can follow Jim on Twitter and you should do as he says and support the Windforge Kickstarter project.
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