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HandmadeCon 2015 - Mike Acton

Molly Rocket · 102.2K views · 2016-05-16 · 1:11:48

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Mike Acton, in a HandmadeCon 2015 interview with Casey Muratori, discusses game engine development, hiring and learning on your own.

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HN cites it for Acton's common-sense views on building engines, valuing curiosity and self-driven learning.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2017–2024

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petermcneeley · 2019-02 · Recommendation

Mike Acton has some pretty common sense views on this: [VIDEO] Basically if your making your own game engine then use the context in which you are working. If you are going to end up with something generic like Unity maybe you should just use something like Unity from the start.

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iamcreasy · 2024-10 · Reference

Mike Acton said the same thing in an interview. He said curiosity is the best indicator if a candidate will be a good hire. Casey Muratori was interviewing him at HandmadeHero Con back in 2016. Here is the snippet: [VIDEO]

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drainyard · 2023-02 · Reference

You could spend 2 minutes looking up who you are talking about. This video from 2015 where Casey is interviewing Mike Acton: [VIDEO] Also this course where he specifically talks about Numpy and pure Python: [LINK]

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