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!

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Our Guest

* Eduard But
* Web - https://www.edutastic.de/
* Geotastic - https://geotastic.net/
* Twitch -   / annoyingedu  

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Your Hosts

* Michael Thiessen
* Twitter -   / michaelthiessen  
* Web - https://michaelnthiessen.com/

* Alexander Lichter
* YouTube - ‪@TheAlexLichter‬
* Twitter -   / thealexlichter  
* Web - https://www.lichter.io/

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Chapter marks:

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

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Links and Resources


▶ Edu's first Multiplayer Browser Game - Pictionary https://montagsmaler-online.de/
▶ Edu's first Game played by ‪@ROCKETBEANSTV‬ (Video in German)    • Wie unfair ist das denn? - Montagsmal...  

▶ Geotastic (the Game!) https:/geotastic.net/
▶ Announcement of Geotastic on RocketBeans (in German) https://rocketbeans.tv/blog/403/GeoBa...

▶ Geotastic Discord   / discord  
▶ Geotastic Instagram   / officialgeotastic  

▶ Pinia https://pinia.vuejs.org/
▶ Vuetify https://vuetifyjs.com/en/

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