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Nathaniel Morihara

Nathaniel Morihara

Impressions of Lambda + DynamoDB for Indie Game Level Storage

A software engineer’s opinions using these technologies for the first time

6 min readFeb 21, 2024

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Impressions of Lambda + DynamoDB for Indie Game Level Storage

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Nathaniel Morihara

How to Overcome to “Curse of Knowledge”

Discrete, actionable tips for explaining things when you know too much

3 min readJun 6, 2023

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How to Overcome to “Curse of Knowledge”

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Nathaniel Morihara

Pixel Art For Beginners

Lessons learned from my first time creating pixel art for a game

8 min readAug 1, 2021

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Pixel Art For Beginners

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Nathaniel Morihara

How To: Fix Gaps Between Tiles in Godot

How to get rid of gaps or seams that can appear between tiles in a Godot Tilemap.

2 min readMay 25, 2021

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How To: Fix Gaps Between Tiles in Godot

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How To: Fix “apksigner error” When Exporting for Android with Godot

How to fix the “‘apksigner’ returned with error #1” error if you come across it when trying to export your Godot project for Android.

2 min readMay 15, 2021

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How To: Fix “apksigner error” When Exporting for Android with Godot

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Nathaniel Morihara

Game Dev Journal Entry 4: Second Game Jam Postmortem

Reflecting on what went well, what could’ve been better, and what I want to do going forward after developing my second game jam game.

4 min readMay 13, 2021

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Game Dev Journal Entry 4: Second Game Jam Postmortem

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Nathaniel Morihara

Game Dev Journal Entry 3: First Game Jam Post-Mortem

Reflection on my first game jam — what went well, what could’ve been better, and going forward

5 min readApr 12, 2021

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Game Dev Journal Entry 3: First Game Jam Post-Mortem

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Game Dev Journal Entry 2: Why This Time Will Be Different — Strategies for Finishing a Project

My new, personal strategies for making time for game development and motivating me to publish games.

4 min readFeb 1, 2021

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Game Dev Journal Entry 2: Why This Time Will Be Different — Strategies for Finishing a Project

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Compass True North

Catching Up with the World — Go Modules in a Monorepo

Compass’s journey migrating our monorepo onto Go Modules

9 min readJan 26, 2021

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Catching Up with the World — Go Modules in a Monorepo

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Game Dev Journal Entry 1: Deciding on a Game Engine

First entry in a series of posts sharing my experience developing games. Here I share my process deciding on a game engine.

4 min readJan 26, 2021

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Game Dev Journal Entry 1: Deciding on a Game Engine

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Nathaniel Morihara

Nathaniel Morihara

Software Engineer @ Compass. nathanielmorihara.com. nathanielmorihara@gmail.com. I've moved my gam dev writing over to https://murphysdad.substack.com/

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