“I had the good fortune to work with Nick on the teaching team at Treehouse. Nick was there at the beginning of Treehouse (actually before Treehouse was even Treehouse) and was one of the primary architects of Treehouse's approach to video-based education. Time and time again, I saw Nick flex his learning, creative, and teaching skills by quickly spiking on new technologies and topics to create fun, beginner-friendly educational experiences for students. Nick is also a strong listener, allowing others to speak first before helping the team to focus on the essential points. Nick would make an awesome addition to any education or software development team.”
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Hi, I’m Nick Pettit! I'm a game developer with shipped titles on PlayStation, Xbox, and…
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Me: Anthropic's Fable is so powerful, I'm excited to have it back, and I'm glad there are strong safeguards in place. Also me (PhD in songbird…
Me: Anthropic's Fable is so powerful, I'm excited to have it back, and I'm glad there are strong safeguards in place. Also me (PhD in songbird…
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I've been looking forward to saying this for more than a year: Vibralizer is live in Steam Early Access! 🎉 Vibralizer is a real-time music…
I've been looking forward to saying this for more than a year: Vibralizer is live in Steam Early Access! 🎉 Vibralizer is a real-time music…
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Save Async
Save Async is BUCK's Unity package for asynchronously saving and loading data in the background using Unity's Awaitable class. It includes a simple API that makes it easy to capture and restore state without interrupting Unity's main render thread. That means smoother framerates and fewer load screens!
Check it out at https://github.com/buck-co/save-async
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I'm incredibly excited to share what we've building over here at AVALON. As a lifelong game maker and game player I've had a dream to make it…
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BIG NEWS! My partner Kate and I have been working on a music visualizer called Vibralizer and it's making its debut during Steam Next Fest, running…
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Kevin Walker, Chief Creative Officer at BUCK, spoke with Atlassian about how creativity and collaboration evolve in the age of AI. Check it…
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85% of studios have ditched degree requirements. So why is it still so hard to find the right people? Because "no degree" doesn't mean "no standards." It means we're finally prioritizing demonstrable skill and grit over a piece of paper. But without the right lens to evaluate that experience, you're just sifting through more noise. In a skills-based economy, surgical recruitment is the only way to identify who can actually ship a game and who just talks a good game. #HiringTrends #GameDevelopment #SkillsBasedHiring #GameRecruiter
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