Jacob Poulette

Farmer, Game Developer, Educator

[Jacob Poulette @Game_Smith_SFS]

@yum_dm I started diving into a new game, In the Light of a Setting Sun, but I didn't make it very far past character creation before life interrupted.

[West Plains Vanguard @WPVanguardGG]

🚨FIGHT FOR WEST PLAINS🚨
First official WPV LAN... ever!

18+ year old participants (due to game ESRB rating)
Arcade-style games are available for casual play.

Bracket setup will depend on the number of entries. Let’s revive the West Plains gaming scene.

#YourGameOurMission

[West Plains Vanguard @WPVanguardGG]

Our #esports jersey has been revealed.

We’re about 30% to our goal! Thank you to everyone who continues to provide support for the mission! 🫡🔥

[Jacob Poulette @Game_Smith_SFS]

Congrats to Viv Pixel Studios!

[Missouri State University - West Plains CGP @MSUWPCGP]

Congratulations to Viv Pixel Studios for placing 2nd in the Ozark Small Business Incubator’s EPIC Business Pitch competition! It is always great to get paid for all the hard work on your class final!
https://t.co/l3z3XkMjad
#gamedev #studentgamedev #Entrepreneur #unlockyourfuture

[Kenney @KenneyNL]

You can't imagine how much I hate asking for donations because it just feels weird and wrong to me. But it's pretty much what makes all these free #gameassets possible, so if you can and are willing I'd really appreciate any donation!

https://t.co/BaqaakRh4m

[Jacob Poulette @Game_Smith_SFS]

@reduzio To give you another datapoint, for the past 2 years at Missouri State University - West Plains my game dev students have voted 100% to use Godot for their projects. All of last year's Capstone projects were made in Godot. We've been teaching Unity since the 2.x days back in 2010.

[Jacob Poulette @Game_Smith_SFS]

@pigdev The only issue I've run into so far was trying to create scene tiles in the TileSet tab. I had to kick the FileSystem back to the default layout until I was done loading in the scenes I needed.

[Jacob Poulette @Game_Smith_SFS]

@piefayth @reduzio I would take Godot's 2D over Unity's any day of the week. 3D was a different story, but I will be the first to admit Godot 4.x has made some impressive strides in that area over the last year. Really curious to see what happens over the next year.

[Jacob Poulette @Game_Smith_SFS]

@reduzio I can't wait to see in 10 years what new engine everyone is dogging on going "Why not use Godot?". An anecdotal change I've seen, more of my college students are picking Godot as their engine of choice for their class projects. And they could pick Unity and Unreal if they wanted.

[Jacob Poulette @Game_Smith_SFS]

@reduzio It's the same old song and dance. I remember people making the same comments on Unity back in the day, especially after it made the jump over to Windows (originally it was Mac only). Everyone would whine "why not use Unreal!". The wheel turns, but people stay the same.

[Jacob Poulette @Game_Smith_SFS]

This hits even harder for mobile game dev on Android, depending on the engine you are using many of the newer versions of Java just simple don't exist. 🤣

[Programmer Humor @PR0GRAMMERHUM0R]

doNewerVersionsExist https://t.co/HuzzBJ41a4

[Jacob Poulette @Game_Smith_SFS]

I just backed d12 Monthly Annual (Year One) on @Kickstarter
https://t.co/J3UdA5Qz9u
Finally a way to get all the zines together without having to drop ship them all from Australia. 🤣The content is great and makes a great addition to any #DnD campaign, not just #osr/#ose games.

[Missouri State University - West Plains CGP @MSUWPCGP]

If you are in the area, stop by the Ozarks Game Convention (OzCon) to try out the student games made for the Digital Student Showcase and Table Top Student Showcase!

https://t.co/MCg7CmCdQv

#gamedev #studentgamedev #IndieGameDev #indiedev #tabletopgames #MSUWP #GrizzliesForever

[Dungeon Minister @MinisterDungeon]

I spent a lot of my childhood wondering why the Galactic Empire was trying to destroy Purina.

[Jacob Poulette @Game_Smith_SFS]

@yum_dm For me it depends on what I'm doing. If I am the DM, I want my black, bone, and blood colored dice. But, if I am a player I have a hard time picking a favorite one. Probably my gray and white d20.

[Jacob Poulette @Game_Smith_SFS]

@yum_dm Any chance of doing a deal for the whole set? 😆

[Jacob Poulette @Game_Smith_SFS]

Finally managed to get animals in and moving around in my frontier trapping game, The Frontiersmen, while working on it for the Improve My Game Jam 31.

Available at: https://t.co/RNoqylCc4W

#madewithgodot #imgj31 #JamJanuary #gamejam #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #IndieGameDev

[Missouri State University - West Plains CGP @MSUWPCGP]

Starting on the home stretch. Just under 12 hours to go for the #globalgamejam2024 site at @missouristatewp! Watch the games come in on our jam site page at: https://t.co/KKFYvzqnAV.

And if you are in West Plains, stop by our closing ceremony at 4:30 PM.

#GLOBALGAMEJAM #ggj24

[Jacob Poulette @Game_Smith_SFS]

If you're looking for some awesome #osr content, check out @yum_dm's amazing #DnD zine d12 Monthly!

[YUM DM - Publishing a D&D Zine @yum_dm]

This year I've had just over 8,200 zine downloads.

I'm aiming for 10,000 by the end of the year!

But I will need your help to achieve this - so if you know of anyone who may like my #DnD zine, #d12Monthly, then let them know about it. TIA! #DungeonsAndDragons #TTRPG