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Geotastic, a Vue-based Browser Game (with Creator Eduard But)

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Today on DejaVue, Alex and Michael are joined by Game and Web Developer Eduard But, who created Geotastic - a Vue-based browser game revolving around geographical knowledge and uses Googles Maps and Streetview API! Starting with Edu's background in programming and web development and initial experiences with Vue.js, we dive deep into how it happened he got into Game Development, which multiplayer game he built first and *why* and eventually talk about Geotastic
With more than 1.5 Million registered users, Edu reveals details about the financial model, how he keeps things up and running, challenges while maintaining and which new game mode will come to Geotastic soon! 
Tune in to hear all of the above and more.

Enjoy the episode! 

Chapters

  • (00:00) - Intro and Guest Introduction
  • (01:31) - How did you got into Programming and Web Development?
  • (03:55) - Did you like being responsible for the "Full Stack"?
  • (05:46) - After working at a Media Agency
  • (07:55) - First Experience with Vue.js
  • (11:55) - Creating the first browser-based Game
  • (16:54) - Learnings from building a Multiplayer Game
  • (19:20) - Starting Geotastic
  • (21:20) - What type of Game is Geotastic?
  • (24:22) - Deciding against a Subscription Model
  • (28:03) - Differences between Geotastic and GeoGuessr
  • (30:53) - Embracing the Community
  • (32:49) - How did you use Vue.js to build the Game?
  • (35:45) - Technical Challenges while maintaining Geotastic
  • (41:36) - Taking a look at the back-end
  • (43:38) - Daily Players and Expenses
  • (48:36) - "Just do it" mentality
  • (51:27) - People asked for Ads 😲
  • (53:39) - When will Geotastic Ranked come?
  • (57:21) - *SPOILER* - A new game mode
  • (59:28) - Wrapping up


    • Links and Resources

    • Edu's first Multiplayer Browser Game
    • Edu's first Game played by the RocketBeans (Video in German)
    • Geotastic (the Game!)
    • Announcement of Geotastic on RocketBeans (in German)
    • Geotastic Discord
    • Geotastic Instagram 
    • Pinia
    • Vuetify
    ...more
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