This is a personal interest too, both with using modern tools for machines like the C-64 of my youth, to things like the Agon Lite 2. Looking forward to seeing your journey!
I think your style is great and wouldn't try to polish it up too much (as some comments here suggest). I think that's exactly what is often missing these days - relaxed and authentic. Don't change this style.
OK, here's some feedback from me. So you've made this channel to a) bring greater visibility to the retro development community, b) discuss code development, c) discuss how you went from modern indie games to retro games, and d) discuss your project ideas. Having a really basic summary or breakdown like this in the video description may be helpful to your viewers. Possibly even add section breaks in your videos. I know you said you want these videos to be unscripted, but you may at least want to write an outline on what you want to cover. That may help you stay more focused. This video did suffer from you rambling some and saying "Ummm..." a lot. I am curious to see what future developments happen on this channel.
Yeah, I can see how including an outline would be better from a viewer standpoint. I'll try to incorporate something like that in the future. Also, I completely agree with you on the bit about rambling. When I originally recorded it, I thought it sounded good enough in that I made all of the points I wanted to make. That said, when I was feeding the video into YT and looked at the auto-generated subtitles I was aghast at how many "um's", "uh's" and other repeated words were in there. I must admit that it was a very humbling experience. This is yet another thing I'll try to improve on going forward, but even being conscious of it will still take time and practice. Admittedly, part of me didn't even feel like I should post the video yet on the grounds that maybe it wasn't good enough. That said, I feel like this is probably the sort of thing that people only get better at from doing it, so I felt it was best to just put it out there. Here's to hoping that this is the worst video I ever publish and that they will only get better going forward. Thanks a bunch for your feedback!
I just found this channel today, and I'm very much looking forward to what you are going to do. About the production: I personally don't mind the off script nature of the video. You will get better over time, it just takes some practice and getting used to. Myself, I got into the whole retrobrew scene a bit over 2 years ago and got my start on the Z80 Retro board from the John's Basement channel. Fell in love with Z80 assembly and CP/M as an OS, and been working on that ever since. As for a compiler: Why not go for C? Not the modern C++ or anything, just good old C. That is platform independent, and there are already C compilers for CP/M on the Z80. Having a C compiler on the 6502 kind of CPUs would open them up to a whole new world of code that is already written out there.
Sorry for being so slow to respond! but I did finally get around to posting up a video about my compiler project. Also, just as you were saying, I do think you are right that people do just get better at this sort of thing over time. I already feel like I am able to produce way better videos than I was just one month ago. Regarding C... I love writing code in C and I do it all the time. That said, if you are writing it to target a 6502 machine, you have to write in a very deliberate way to get the best performance out of your code (for example: github.com/ilmenit/CC65-Advanced-Optimizations ). There are other reasons as well, but you can see the whole explanation for this within my latest video.
I'm into the subject. No heavy edits makes sense. I'm a conference speaker and I've produced some videos. Just write a tight outline of bullet points, then go from topic to topic at a reasonable pace. This can help you keep the pace / energy up. Pace is critical, so consider short videos at first that express energy, then expand the length as you gain experience. We want to experience the passion that you experience, it can be infectious. So make sure to record at times when you can summon the passion that you feel in your heart. Looking forward to more videos.
The two discord servers that I am most active on, are the ones for the Foenix Retro Systsms (c256foenix.com/) and the one for the Commander X16 (www.commanderx16.com/). Both of these webpages have a links to their respective discord servers near the bottom of the page. If these modern retro systems seem interesting to you, then please drop by and join the servers. Both of these communities are super awesome, and there are tons of people working on all sorts of things. Not to mention, working on these systems is a blast. Thanks for watching!
Sounds fantastic my friend! Can't wait!🍀
This is a personal interest too, both with using modern tools for machines like the C-64 of my youth, to things like the Agon Lite 2. Looking forward to seeing your journey!
I’m pumped to see more from you and learn some cool stuff. I’m a very beginner/amateur programmer trying to learn c/c++ on my free time.
I'm excited to see where this leads. Love the claimed squirrel affinity!
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If you ever want guests on your show, I'd be happy to talk about things like SCUMM or adventure game design in general.
I think your style is great and wouldn't try to polish it up too much (as some comments here suggest).
I think that's exactly what is often missing these days - relaxed and authentic.
Don't change this style.
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OK, here's some feedback from me.
So you've made this channel to a) bring greater visibility to the retro development community, b) discuss code development, c) discuss how you went from modern indie games to retro games, and d) discuss your project ideas. Having a really basic summary or breakdown like this in the video description may be helpful to your viewers. Possibly even add section breaks in your videos.
I know you said you want these videos to be unscripted, but you may at least want to write an outline on what you want to cover. That may help you stay more focused. This video did suffer from you rambling some and saying "Ummm..." a lot.
I am curious to see what future developments happen on this channel.
Yeah, I can see how including an outline would be better from a viewer standpoint. I'll try to incorporate something like that in the future. Also, I completely agree with you on the bit about rambling. When I originally recorded it, I thought it sounded good enough in that I made all of the points I wanted to make. That said, when I was feeding the video into YT and looked at the auto-generated subtitles I was aghast at how many "um's", "uh's" and other repeated words were in there. I must admit that it was a very humbling experience. This is yet another thing I'll try to improve on going forward, but even being conscious of it will still take time and practice.
Admittedly, part of me didn't even feel like I should post the video yet on the grounds that maybe it wasn't good enough. That said, I feel like this is probably the sort of thing that people only get better at from doing it, so I felt it was best to just put it out there. Here's to hoping that this is the worst video I ever publish and that they will only get better going forward.
Thanks a bunch for your feedback!
I just found this channel today, and I'm very much looking forward to what you are going to do.
About the production:
I personally don't mind the off script nature of the video. You will get better over time, it just takes some practice and getting used to.
Myself, I got into the whole retrobrew scene a bit over 2 years ago and got my start on the Z80 Retro board from the John's Basement channel. Fell in love with Z80 assembly and CP/M as an OS, and been working on that ever since.
As for a compiler: Why not go for C? Not the modern C++ or anything, just good old C. That is platform independent, and there are already C compilers for CP/M on the Z80. Having a C compiler on the 6502 kind of CPUs would open them up to a whole new world of code that is already written out there.
Sorry for being so slow to respond! but I did finally get around to posting up a video about my compiler project. Also, just as you were saying, I do think you are right that people do just get better at this sort of thing over time. I already feel like I am able to produce way better videos than I was just one month ago.
Regarding C... I love writing code in C and I do it all the time. That said, if you are writing it to target a 6502 machine, you have to write in a very deliberate way to get the best performance out of your code (for example: github.com/ilmenit/CC65-Advanced-Optimizations ). There are other reasons as well, but you can see the whole explanation for this within my latest video.
I'm into the subject. No heavy edits makes sense. I'm a conference speaker and I've produced some videos. Just write a tight outline of bullet points, then go from topic to topic at a reasonable pace. This can help you keep the pace / energy up. Pace is critical, so consider short videos at first that express energy, then expand the length as you gain experience. We want to experience the passion that you experience, it can be infectious. So make sure to record at times when you can summon the passion that you feel in your heart. Looking forward to more videos.
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Looking forward for more content!
Hey, what's the discord you're talking about? whats the name of this 'community'? Cheers! :-)
The two discord servers that I am most active on, are the ones for the Foenix Retro Systsms (c256foenix.com/) and the one for the Commander X16 (www.commanderx16.com/). Both of these webpages have a links to their respective discord servers near the bottom of the page.
If these modern retro systems seem interesting to you, then please drop by and join the servers. Both of these communities are super awesome, and there are tons of people working on all sorts of things. Not to mention, working on these systems is a blast.
Thanks for watching!
Is this the guy who reviews retro keyboards?
I'm afraid I'm not. This was my first video. That said, thanks for watching!
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