In this episode I talk to Charlie Helman, a game developer currently building a card game on the Defold engine. We discuss his work with Wizards of the Coast, Lua, Unity, Game engines, and a ton of other topics. Have a listen!

Thanks for listening to this episode of Citizen coder podcast. You can find links to anything we covered in the show notes. If you’d like to sponsor the show you can reach out to me at info@citizencodercast.com, or hit me up on twitter. Thanks, and as always, I’ll see you next time.

linkedin.com/in/andevr [http://linkedin.com/in/andevr]

https://twitter.com/Andevrs

Links:

https://playcanvas.com/

https://defold.com/

https://love2d.org/

Charlie's links:

https://twitter.com/charliehelman

https://vibery.gg/

Charlie Helman - Wizards and Game Dev

In this episode I talk to the two brothers from the game studio Monolith of Minds. They have built two games on the Godot engine and have released them on PC and Nintendo Switch, Resolutiion (yes spelled the correct way) and Lila's Sky Ark. We discuss game development, the Godot engine, the Unity fiasco, and much more.

http://monolithofminds.com/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1573390/Lilas_Sky_Ark/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/975150/Resolutiion/

https://twitter.com/monolithofminds

Follow me on twitter/X: https://twitter.com/andevrs

on linkedin: linkedin.com/in/andevr [http://linkedin.com/in/andevr]

Monolith of Minds: Godot, Game Development, Trash Talk

Show notes: 

In this episode I talk to Alfie Whattam, a technologist, entrepreneur,  and podcaster. He is the owner and CEO of Alfa, a recruitment company in the UK that specializes in bringing high quality developers to companies in the UK. In this episode we discuss everything from being parents to building companies.



Links: 

https://twitter.com/AlfieGWhattam

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alfiegeorgewhattam/

https://welovealfa.com/podcast

Thanks for listening to this episode of Citizen coder podcast. You can find links to anything we covered in the show notes. If you’d like to sponsor the show you can reach out to me at info@citizencodercast.com, or hit me up on twitter. Thanks, and as always, I’ll see you next time.

linkedin.com/in/andevr [http://linkedin.com/in/andevr]

https://twitter.com/Andevrs

Alfie Whattam: Ai, building teams, podcasting

In This Episode I talk to Matthew Smith, a developer from Australia. We discuss Game development, the Unity3d shenanigans,  and game development in general. 

If you like what I'm doing and want to sponsor the show you can reach out to me on twitter or email me at info@citizencodercast.com [https://zencastr.com/publish/Citizen-Coder-Podcast/episode/650b250cd3a8d99d08dfbf8f]

https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew1smith/

https://twitter.com/Andevrs

https://godotengine.org/ [https://zencastr.com/publish/Citizen-Coder-Podcast/episode/650b250cd3a8d99d08dfbf8f]

https://gamemaker.io/en [https://zencastr.com/publish/Citizen-Coder-Podcast/episode/650b250cd3a8d99d08dfbf8f]



Matthew Smith - Game Dev, Unity Mess

In this episode I talk to Jon Valdivia, a musician and programmer from Spain. In part 1 of this series We talk about learning to code, building projects, wearing blinders, staying focused, and so much more. Let’s dive in.

This has been an episode of The Citizen Coder Podcast. If you’d like to get in touch with my guests you can find their links in the show notes. If you like what I’m doing and want to sponsor the show you can reach out to me at info@citizencodercast.com, or find me on LinkedIn or twitter. Thanks for listening and as always, I’ll see you next time.



Twitter: https://twitter.com/Andevrs

Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/andevr [http://linkedin.com/in/andevr]

Jon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonvaldivia/

Theme music is by Neffex on youtube. Find it here: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB3EKTbeBeM

Citizen Coder Ep3: Jon Valdivia pt1

this episode I talk to Eric Van Johnson and John Congdon from the PHPugly podcast and PHPArcitect. We talk about starting a company, running multiple podcasts, I school them on Elixir, we have a Doom and Gloom segment, and so much more. Let’s dive in.

https://twitter.com/Citizen_Coder

https://twitter.com/andevrs



Show Notes: 



phparch.com

phpugly.com



Twitter handles

twitter.com/shocm

twitter.com/johncongdon

twitter.com/phparch

twitter.com/phpugly



Mastodon Handles

@eric@phparch.social

@john@phparch.com

@editor@phparch.com

@phpugly@phparch.com

 Eric Van Johnson and John Congdon: Business, Bromance, I channel Tom

In this first season 2 episode of Citizen Coder Podcast I talk to Matthew Baker. Matthew was on the show last season. In this episode we talk about some of my experience with Dockyard Academy, the first Elixir focused coding bootcamp, the job hunt, and his experience with onboarding in his first coding job. Let's dive in.

Matthew's Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/mcbii/

If you’d like what I’m doing and you want to sponsor the show you can reach out to me at info@citizencodercast.com, or message me on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/andevr or twitter: twitter.com/andevrs

Elixirizing My Life, Dockyard Academy, Onboarding 

In this long awaited last episode of season 1 I interview two devs, Zona and Luuh. We talk about their entry into programming, Their plans for the future, and building a discord community.



Show Notes: 

Zona: twitter.com/SupernovaZona [http://twitter.com/SupernovaZona]

Luuh: twitter.com/LuuhTech [http://twitter.com/LuuhTech]

Zona tribe discord:  discord.gg/983FNzky

If you like what I’m doing and want to sponsor the show you can reach out to me at info@citizencodercast.com, or message me on LinkedIn or twitter. Thanks for listening and as always, I’ll see you next time.

twitter.com/andevrs

linkedin.com/in/andevr

Episode 16: Zona and Luuh 

In this first video Episode I talk to Ash, a YouTuber with a channel focused on game development tutorials and playthroughs. We discuss game engines, game development, homeschooling, and so much more. Let’s dive in.

This is my first video upload, I definitely have some work to do on my end to get a better setup, but hopefully you all enjoy this. Thanks!  

Twitter links:  

twitter.com/andevrs twitter.com/Citizen_Coder

 twitter.com/AmalgamAsh  

Ash's YouTube channel:  youtube.com/@AmalgamAsh  [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC_GrMQ74sqwMS8wNS_KWifw]  

 My show on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7g9agBmhO7kRxMKQ5M6ngf?si=bdc3f4630e904670 

Smile Game Builder: https://store.steampowered.com/app/483950/SMILE_GAME_BUILDER/ 

RPG Developer Bakin:  https://store.steampowered.com/app/1036640/RPG_Developer_Bakin/ 

https://store.steampowered.com/app/364210/Sierra_Ops__Space_Strategy_Visual_Novel/

Episode 15 - AmalgamAsh:  RPG Engines, Homeschooling, First Video

In this episode I interview Sabrina Pyles, a musician turned software engineer. We talk about her journey into software development, the 100Devs free coding bootcamp, Elixir, and so much more. Let’s dive in.

You’ve been listening to episode 14 of the Citizen Coder Podcast. If you'd like to connect with sabrina you can find her at twitter.com/eggs_mayhem [http://twitter.com/eggs_mayhem]

If you’d like what I’m doing and you want to sponsor the show you can reach out to me at info@citizencodercast.com, or message me on LinkedIn or twitter. Thanks for listening and as always, I’ll see you next time.

Show notes: 

100Devs free bootcamp: 

https://leonnoel.com/100devs/

https://gleam.io/e6AV3/100devs-signup

https://leonnoel.com/discord

My links: 

twitter.com/Andevrs [http://twitter.com/Andevrs]

linkedin.com/in/andevr [http://linkedin.com/in/andevr]

https://www.youtube.com/@CitizenCoder

Episode 14 - Sabrina: Dreams of Code, 100Devs, Elixir Curiosities

I interview programmers from every language and frame work. We talk about everything from learning to code, what happens on the job, and tech in general.