{"id":2193,"date":"2022-03-03T13:33:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T17:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wholetomato.com\/?p=2193"},"modified":"2023-11-21T05:45:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T09:45:21","slug":"recap-improving-your-game-development-experience-with-vax-lead-dev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/recap-improving-your-game-development-experience-with-vax-lead-dev\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Improving your game development experience (with VAX lead dev)"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Whole Tomato recently held a webinar for Visual Assist, and it\u2019s about game development! If you\u2019re thinking of doing this as a hobby or as a potential career path, this may serve as a great introduction.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In the presentation, VAX lead developer, Chris Gardner, takes you through the steps of coding a modified powerup into a shooter game using Visual Studio and the Unreal Editor.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Chris gives you a concrete idea of what games look like under the hood and how to set expectations before you get into actual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/19\/the-most-pervasive-problems-in-game-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game development<\/a>. He also demonstrates in detail an important concept in Unreal coding\u2014referencing blueprints in C++ code.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>We\u2019ve summarized the most important takeaways from Chris\u2019s presentation below.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/caLVz6sWx-qSI9ZtLDB1wTZWcAGA9jJnInGwfUzIVgQ6cFQ4xY9jfepLvxGG2pkhB0VS4A2IKlYJ9q1lan45p6qQiEusyCmVrBEyq5Iq1oH18c70KS7XOvwEt9xNG37Ys7JIYRXi\" alt=\"\" width=\"447\" height=\"251\" \/>\r\n<figcaption><em>Adding a powerup to Unreal&#8217;s shooter game.<\/em><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Important Takeaways\u00a0<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prepping yourself<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Game development is complex, and there are many possible ways to be involved. For example, you can be a programmer, a designer, or an artist, among other roles.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>Learn how to find, understand, and apply new information to your code. Great Googling skills are vital soft skills to have as a developer.<\/li>\r\n<li>Learn from mistakes. Having an \u201cI want to learn how to fix this\u201d mindset when dealing with frustrating errors is the best way to learn new things.<\/li>\r\n<li>Similarly, having an \u201cI just want to learn more\u201d mindset is just as useful.<\/li>\r\n<li>If you want to finish creating a game, use a game engine; if you want to learn more about game development, make your own game engine.<\/li>\r\n<li>More code inspection and Unreal features are coming for Visual Assist.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chris\u2019s tools and Unreal Engine setup<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Visual Studio 2022<\/li>\r\n<li>Unreal Engine and Unreal Editor 4.27<\/li>\r\n<li>Visual Assist 2022.1 plugin (highly recommended)\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Handy Visual Assist shortcuts for game development<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Open file in Solution (Shift + Alt + O)\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>GoTo Implementation (Alt + G)<\/li>\r\n<li>GoTo Related (Shift + Alt + G)<\/li>\r\n<li>Open Quick Action and Refactoring menu (Shift + Alt + Q)<\/li>\r\n<li>Add includes (hover or select unknown symbol)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Check out the list of Visual Assist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wholetomato.com\/learn\/keyboardShortcuts\">keyboard shortcuts<\/a>. These are the default installation settings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Important time stamps<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Here are the time stamps for <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/k44zJh0XdH8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chris\u2019s webinar presentation<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Main body of webinar (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/k44zJh0XdH8?t=542\" rel=\"nofollow\">9:02<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n<li>Concept to playtesting (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/k44zJh0XdH8?t=835\" rel=\"nofollow\">13:55<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n<li>Initializing projects: Setup and tools (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/k44zJh0XdH8?t=1000\" rel=\"nofollow\">16:40<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n<li>Setting up Visual Assist for the first time (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/k44zJh0XdH8?t=1363\" rel=\"nofollow\">22:43<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n<li>Base classes, methods, and referencing blueprints using C++ (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/k44zJh0XdH8?t=1410\" 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