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Nerd Show and Tell: Meet Sr. Developer Ed Emanuel

Nerd Show and Tell: Meet Sr. Developer Ed Emanuel

FromPodcast Awesome


Nerd Show and Tell: Meet Sr. Developer Ed Emanuel

FromPodcast Awesome

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Length:
25 minutes
Released:
May 2, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this edition of the Nerd Show and Tell we chat with Ed Emanuel, Senior Developer at Font Awesome. Ed started programming at the age of 12 years old with a TSR 80, and hasn't looked back since. As part of Ed's  ongoing learning, he has been working on a new text-based game based on the Oregon Trail known as Space Awesome since last year. As Ed created Space Awesome, he also used it to learn Vue.JS, and the graphics are Font Awesome space-themed icons. The discussion also includes a look at the recent work that Ed and Mike Wilkerson have been doing on the Icon Wizard project. He also shares his love of 3D printers and Dungeons and Dragons.------------------TIMESTAMPS0:02:27 Working with Dave and Travis at Font Awesome0:04:07 Creating Custom Icons with Font Awesome Pro0:06:34 3D Printing and D&D Miniatures0:10:31 Exploring Icon Themes and Favorite Font Awesome Icons0:12:11 Space Awesome  Game Launch0:14:02 Text-Based Games and Working at Blockbuster Video Warehouse0:16:20 Discussing Ed's Interest in Dungeons and Dragons 0:19:21 Conversation on the Popularity of Dungeons & Dragons and Role-Playing Games0:21:51 The Role of a Dungeon Master in Dungeons and Dragons--------------------HighlightsWell, I think I can thank my brother in law for that one as well. When he started dating my sister, my older sister, they played DND and kind of introduced me and my other siblings to it. So I played Advanced Dungeons and Dragons back in the late eighty s a little bit. And then we didn't have any of the books. So we kind of homebrewed our own game for a while, just like everyone else. We kind of stepped away from it for a while and then, let's see, it's been five or six years ago actually.It went well. We had lots of traffic the first couple of weeks. Not as much since then, but when I designed the game, I wanted to kind of respect people's time. It does not require a huge investment in your time. You can sit down and play it for five to ten minutes, and while there are a lot of secrets to discover and things that you probably won't encounter your first time through. There's no timers. There's no anything that requires that you come back and play it every day.Well, I think we have a 20 sided dice that belongs in there. We have some swords, axe, the wizards hats. We have a bunch of icons, the cloak, the skull, stuff like that. I think there's probably definitely a few icons we could add along those lines. Some more DnD themed things. Oh, we have a dragon icon already, but I think there's some other monsters that would be cool to add some kind of slime or gelatinous cube or a beholder, but I suppose we couldn't call it a beholder.---------------------NOTESThe Icon WizardSpaceawesome.ioThe Font Awesome theme song was composed by Ronnie MartinAudio mastering by Chris Enns at Lemon ProductionsStay up to date on all the Font Awesomeness!
Released:
May 2, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (30)

On Podcast Awesome we talk to members of the Font Awesome team about icons, design, tech, business, and of course, nerdery.