Steam Deck 1 week update: runs almost any game, some AAA games in max. settings, then battery lasts <1h, for most games battery >4h; ultimate emulation machine (it even runs Switch and Zelda BoTW, to the point that I'll sell my Switch); runs Epic Games and GOG games too.

My current side projects: - Writing the Godot Software Development book - Developing a small Dog Spa game with Unreal Engine - Staring at my backlog of abandoned side projects 🥲

Side projects finished and released this year so far: - Godot's Game User Interfaces Masterclass video course bit.ly/GodotUI - Godot Dynamic Inventory System bit.ly/GodotOpenSourceInvent… - Three episodes of the Indie Gamedev Podcast invidious.fdn.fr/playlist?list=PL…

I’m developing a hyper-casual game with #UnrealEngine, it’s a Spa for Dogs, more specifically, Dachshund (sausage) dogs. It will be my 1st commercial game in a long time (last was in 2011) alfredbaudisch.com/experimen… #UnrealEngine

4. I was treating UE's C++ like doing C# with Unity or Godot's GDScript. Changing stuff every minute, adding/removing components and properties and going back to the editor to see changes instantly. That works only with Blueprints.

5. So from now on I'm changing my mentality on how I approach Unreal Engine - I must resist trying to C++ everything. The thing is that I type C++ code so fast and Blueprint is all about dragging and dropping, but I think I'll get used to it 🥲🥹