The Toolsmiths

We are an online community of game tools developers born out of GDC Tools Roundtables and Tools Summit. Industry pros and students are welcomed!

[Victor Stepanov @VictorStepanov]

My notes for
Technical Issues in Tools Development Roundtables, hosted by @gorlak
https://t.co/ZyG0Qu0Oi6
https://t.co/e9XRY9svva
https://t.co/LnVdIV5rXP

Tools Design Roundtables, hosted by @davidlightbown
https://t.co/yyqS9nk4VA
https://t.co/xSMhLRKz1s

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https://t.co/zOpYcQHcoW

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GameDev Tools Weekly - Issue 13

https://t.co/URr6PR3RkU

[Geoff Evans @gorlak]

Reminder that Technical Issues in Tools Development is on the docket for GDC 2021, as well as the Tools Summit, which in particular has some fun stuff in store!

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GameDev Tools Weekly - Issue 12 - April 3rd, 2021
https://t.co/MZHZ5z8fbI

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GameDev Tools Weekly - Issue 11 — April 26th, 2021

Nonlinear undo, organizing your code with a canvas, is there a decline of in-house engine development? and more

https://t.co/lH2Pq0QLiH

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We are starting another discussion in our Vault Club! We will watch and discuss @davidlightbown's "What I Learned About Tools Development From Games Industry Legends"
https://t.co/3Z2s07ewIX

Join the discussion in our Discord! (invite link here: https://t.co/4fvSje6tYl)

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GameDev Tools weekly - Issue 10

List of 600+ open-source tools for game dev, C++ tool fair, how you can improve the 3D Manipulator Gizmo and more!
https://t.co/zYoqgp7T9K

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GameDev Tools weekly - Issue 9

Introducing Hot Tools Jobs section for the first time!
Plus a lot of love for C++ ecosystem: AddressSanitizer in VS, ThreadSanitizer How-To, Compiling C++ from CLI, writing C++ plugins for Maya and more!

https://t.co/FO0e08q7cC

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GameDev Tools weekly - Issue 8

@irondavy dives deep into the history of Nintendo authoring tools, @lefticus explains how to setup local Godbolt and @niklasfrykholm makes converting text to C string easy!

https://t.co/bXvaMAlw8S

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New Blog post by Irene Zhu
"Applying Design Thinking Process in Tool Development"

https://t.co/9jtVUzsCB1

Join the discussion in our Discord!
(invite link here: https://t.co/k5fv1Ud8XY)

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GameDev Tools weekly - Issue 7

Where bitmaps get vectorised, humans are generated and the lessons learned from history of tools programming!

https://t.co/CWFRWVt0Tc

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https://t.co/LohsWmn6zc

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GameDev Tools weekly - Issue 6

Episode 6: where ImGUI gets pushed into HTML, darn robots steal playtesting jobs and floating points get their bits hacked! Stay tuned!

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GameDev Tools weekly - Issue 5

https://t.co/yj2Md15UTJ

Episode 5: where we have a sneak pick in Tools Dev interview questions, wondering what to choose "C++ or Blueprints" and contemplating a lifelong question "can you use MIDI controller to change game object variables".

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GameDev Tools weekly - Issue 4 https://t.co/vmINPDO11F

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GameDev Tools weekly - Issue 3 https://t.co/uQ3rWcKvIP made by
@Pie_Daddy
and
@VictorStepanov

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GameDev Tools weekly - Issue 2
https://t.co/UlnOvaCVek

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GameDev Tools weekly - Issue 1 is here!
https://t.co/A88KmAs0wU
made by @Pie_Daddy and @VictorStepanov
We hope you like it!

[Victor Stepanov @VictorStepanov]

We are currently discussing @niklasfrykholm GDC talk "Tools Summit: Writing Tools Faster" https://t.co/gsaPuYza0c in the @thetoolsmiths community slack with Game Tools Devs from around the world.
Join us! :)