This month, I took my first pottery class making pottery at a wheel. My wife Julie and I were taking our niece out to celebrate her birthday, and she has been wanting to learn to throw pottery on a wheel. During the tutorial where our teacher was explaining how to make a bowl, … Continue reading What Making Pottery Taught Me About Game Development
Author: PrestonGrau
Global Game Jam 2025
As a long time member of the Nashville Game Developers, I look forward to joining a team and working on the Global Game Jam each year. This year, I worked with my usual team. (Update: We are now calling ourselves Mostly Competent Studios and are working on Doom & Bloom together!) The theme … Continue reading Global Game Jam 2025
PAX West 2024
PAX West is a gaming convention held in Seattle every year where you can learn about new games, meet developers, and attend talks where you can learn more about game development. As someone who has followed PAX for years, I was thrilled to finally get to experience it for myself. After years of … Continue reading PAX West 2024
Global Game Jam 2019: My Review
Last weekend I enjoyed participating in the Global Game Jam in Nashville. People all over the world participate in the GGJ, which lasts from Friday night to Sunday. You make a game either by yourself or with a team that focuses on the theme of the year, and at the end of the weekend you … Continue reading Global Game Jam 2019: My Review