GameDev through a Backend Developer's Eyes

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An exploration of Game Development from a backend engineer’s perspective, covering team structure in game studios and why using C++ in Unreal Engine is manageable. It reviews testing game features, Unreal’s Blueprint visual scripting, techniques for debugging game code, and backend tooling such as Perforce, Steam, IDEs and editors, Unreal Game Sync, and Jenkins.

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1. 0:00GameDev intro
2. 5:27Version control
3. 13:38Unreal Engine
4. 27:07Testing and debugging
5. 30:20Q&A

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