Why Good Tooling is Always Worth It

Why Good Tooling is Always Worth It

Tom Knowles

I’m Tom. I spend my days looking at screens full of code, and sometimes writing it. I’m a software engineer at PlaySide. If I was in Avatar, I’d want to be a water bender, but probably be a non-bending earth kingdom cabbage farmer.

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Why Good Tooling is Always Worth It

TG Lightning Talks @ Queensland Games Festival 2025

The journey we took on the game Shattered to build high quality level tooling, and why it helped us.

Why Good Tooling is Always Worth It

Tom Knowles

I’m Tom. I spend my days looking at screens full of code, and sometimes writing it. I’m a software engineer at PlaySide. If I was in Avatar, I’d want to be a water bender, but probably be a non-bending earth kingdom cabbage farmer.