Victor ThompsonInterview
Programmer (Caper Academy)
Adapted from Victor Thompson's interview on Uses This, published 24 October 2017. The kit is drawn from their answers and each reason is an excerpt, lightly edited. Shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full interview ↗
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I'm currently writing on my main development computer, a 2013 13-inch MacBook Pro.
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At home, I connect the laptop to a 27-inch Apple Thunderbolt Display, full-sized split keyboard, and Microsoft mouse.
Communication
There are very few minutes in the day when I'm not somehow available on Slack.
Coding & Development
I've been using Unity for the last few years, for West of Loathing and for several other projects.
For editing code, I use Microsoft's VS Code almost exclusively.
The integration of Code with the Unity engine really cemented that for me, as I was never comfortable using Unity's included editor, MonoDevelop.
When I can't use VS Code (such as when I need to inspect giant JSON files), I fall back on Sublime Text 2.
Design
I don't generally do physical design in software, but I have used SketchUp for, well, sketching.
Media
When I'm building a physical project (recent ones are an arcade deck for Joggernauts and an outdoor credenza), I use a combination of simple hand tools - hammer and chisel, an inexpensive block plane from Stanley - and electric tools - various corded drills, a portable table saw, a random-orbit sander.
Other
My most recent (and current) work has been engine programming for the recently-released West of Loathing.
It has Windows 7 installed, and I boot into various flavors of Linux using a collection of USB memory sticks.
Almost all of my computing happens under OS X.