Building Word Games Without Frameworks With Cassidy Williams

06/08/2024 47 min Episodio 34
Building Word Games Without Frameworks With Cassidy Williams

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Cassidy Williams is a prolific content creator, developer advocate, and builder. Aaron Kardell and Joseph Rueter discuss Jumblie—a word game inspired by a coding challenge—and Cassidy's previous games. Cassidy shares her journey, the influence of her time in Spain, SEO, her love for board games like Agricola and Civ 6, and her stint as a mascot at Iowa State University. Check out Cassidy's Resources:https://jumblie.comhttps://cassidoo.cohttps://x.com/cassidoohttps://github.com/cassidoohttps://www.patreon.com/cassidoohttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cassidoo/--(00:00) - Introduction and SEO Nerd Talk

(00:29) - Interview with Cassidy Williams

(00:51) - Cassidy's Journey with Jumblie

(03:17) - Cassidy's Favorite Games

(04:41) - General Mills Internship Experience

(06:07) - College Mascot Adventures

(09:33) - Living in Spain

(13:47) - SEO and Scooby Doo

(15:46) - Founding Cosigned

(21:23) - The Birth of Contenda

(21:57) - AI Tools Before the Hype

(22:34) - Challenges and Pivots

(23:11) - The Brain Story Tool

(24:06) - The End of Contenda

(24:57) - Switching to Gaming

(25:21) - Creating 13 Potions

(29:40) - The Jumblie Journey

(40:45) - Challenges of Puzzle Editing

(43:35) - Future of Jumblie and Final Thoughts
--Check out our brainy games:Sumplete - https://sumplete.comSqueezy - https://imsqueezy.com/Kakuro Conquest - https://kakuroconquest.comMathler - https://mathler.comCrosswordle - https://crosswordle.comSudoku Conquest - https://sudokuconquest.comHitori Conquest - https://hitoriconquest.comWordga - https://wordga.com

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