WeAreDevelopers LIVE • Sep 10, 2025

WeAreDevelopers LIVE - "Fun and games - and all that comes with it", Back to BASIC & more

Chris Heilmann , Daniel Cranney , Johanna Pirker

Game development is a stealth incubator driving today's biggest software engineering shifts. Explore how Commodore 64 hacks and StarCraft AI laid the rigorous foundation for modern computing.

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Learning modern programming techniques through hackable web games

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The democratization of independent video game development

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