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Game Programming Patterns by Robert Nystrom – my thoughts

Paul Sokk
November 13, 2017
2 min read

Game Programming Patterns by Robert Nystrom was the first book of the 15 I’m planning to read while building a prototype of my FPS game in Unity. Fun fact: Since one of the most painful classes I took at the university, I thought I would never learn, nor need, Finite State Machines again. This book proved me wrong. Turns out state machines […]

The Game Idea (Project number 2)

Paul Sokk
November 4, 2017
4 min read

Note from the future: I will go more in-depth into the game idea in a future blog post here. This is a post, that should clear some things up. I have yet to post specific information about my game idea and that is NOT because I don’t have a clear vision about the finished game. […]

15 Books for a Successful Game Development Start-up

Paul Sokk
October 29, 2017
4 min read

I acknowledge I don’t have the necessary know-how to launch a successful start-up yet, it would be ignorant to think that I do. That is why, from the beginning, I knew I had to learn a lot in order to make this project work. So in my head, I thought of three big categories that […]

My Backstory

Paul Sokk
October 26, 2017
3 min read

I always loved video games, many of us do. My best memories are from playing Gothic, Sims, GTA: San Andreas, TES: Oblivion and Minecraft on the PC and from playing COD: Black Ops on Xbox 360. I love those memories – those adventures, open worlds, excitement, and competition. Video games often give us comfort and […]

Diving into the unknown

Paul Sokk
October 20, 2017
2 min read

Riding in the bus that so many times took me to the office before. This time I have cake with me to celebrate, with my colleagues, the start of the next chapter in my life. Today it’s different of course because it’s my last day there. And I realize I’m starting something that I have […]

How this begins…

Paul Sokk
October 15, 2017
4 min read

I’m a 22-year-old guy and I just recently moved back in with my parents. As I was previously living by myself, working as a software developer, this decision might sound like a step backwards, but for me, it actually isn’t. To explain this further I have to backtrack a few months. I’m pretty much straight […]