So, shortly after I posted this, I got my Fedora partition set up for Vulkan development, which was a LOT easier than I thought! Picked CLion for my IDE. I’ve never done any development under Linux before and I’ve never used CLion, so this’ll be a lot of firsts I think. Looking forward to it. :)

As much as I enjoy Unreal Engine, I’m getting annoyed enough lately with performance that I find myself once again looking at Vulkan tutorials… >_>;;

Velky is one of my favourite streamers and has hit a real shitty run at life lately. Consider watching his streams. He’s super funny and streaming right meow. :3

All I can think about with the spacex ipo vastly being valued by grok - how appropriate a rocket company valuation is only ~5% actual payload.

Friends!! I fixed my first car thing!!!! I fixed the glove box light in my Polestar 2!

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happy pride month everyone. *hits you with the giant magic beam that turns you gay*

And I often think about how nice it would be to crawl back into the 90s again, like into a warm, narrow, wood-colored cave. Researchers say we romanticize the time when we were young. But honestly, I feel like that time was OBJECTIVELY better. Where did our freedom go? I don’t feel free anymore.

I’m looking for commissions and work! Gamedev and tech art stuff - I like pushing boundaries and would love to extend that with the polish of team. Let me know if you know something specifically tailored to me! 🥰😇✌️Unreal Engine Ue5 UEFN

I’ve just recently tested a revival of ye olde RTXGI plugin for modern Unreal Engine (5.7 in my case), and I’m delighted to say it works! Lumen has a lot of advantages over it for sure, but more competition in this space is desperately needed, so I welcome it! Would love to see a VXGI plugin too!

Totally heartbroken to hear about Bungie totally canning the Destiny franchise. That story and world has been a second home for me and many others for well over a decade. And so I’m happy to see this petition gain so much traction. It’s not likely to change anything but still wonderful to see.

It's not a secret - im looking for a new job. I have good leads and things are going to be ok. I will be working on games, or game related technology, but almost certainly won't be in research anymore. All research looks to be ML focused, seemingly with the belief that will solve everything else.

To quote a great philosopher, "Live long, and May the Fourth be with you, Harry." -Gandalf

Art censorship is a big problem and if you don't think it is, you aren't paying attention

In case anyone needs an uplifting pet pic today, here's a photo of my special guy at the cat groomer's. 😹

Quote with your vibe if you were a Vampire… I’ll just link back to one of @merryweatherey.bsky.social’s posts. Because femboy and pretty. XD bsky.app/profile/merr...

Hell yeah this slaps!

Man I went to the wrong school, this stuff is amazing!

I’m unsure if this is intended, but like… the detail in that AO is bonkers! :O

Has anyone ever implemented "Projective Displacement Mapping for Ray Traced Editable Surfaces"? If so, can I get some help? I cant solve these offsets between triangle boundaries for the life of me and I am totally stuck again(this is exactly what stopped me last time),any tips?

Most of my projects end up like…

Holy crap I’m so happy. Got my main desktop and my laptop both switched over to Linux and - though it took a while - I’ve managed to get all my tools working: Blender, RizomUV, Substance Painter, Unreal Engine… even did a test build with UE and it worked with ZERO fuss! SO STOKED: NO MORE WINDOWS!

Nanite Niagara Rendering/renderer was added in Unreal Engine 5.7, my plugin on FAB for 5.3-5.5 is now FREE for all to play with! Good luck have fun Epic Games Nanite Particle runtime rendering indiegamedev

I need a writer's group so I can start bouncing around the story elements of my sci-fi and urban fantasy settings. Feels like it's been stuck in my head for far too long.

This contains evergreens like that one... XD

I keep meaning to look into this for loot drops… so things feel really good and fair.

So true. The first half of this video talks about this issue, and a way to address it. The second half of the video applies it to rendering. There is an interesting link between loot tables and rendering noise. Both can be made more fair over small numbers of dice rolls. youtu.be/tethAU66xaA?...

I'll be releasing the current prototype as a public playtest soon 👀

Mmmm... what is this mysterious new channel on our Discord? 👀 discord.gg/qDKJVMx4mQ #indiegame #gamedev #darkrooms

To all the game devs I hope to work with and now might never. I hope everyone finds the stability they deserve. You all have put so much into this industry only to be constantly disrespected. We all deserve better

So Fortnite is coming to Android, but isn’t ever going to come to Linux. The irony… dat thicc, chewable irony.

Thirteen.h, the C++ header only library to init a window in 1 line, access pixels and get mouse/keyboard state, now has controller support! github.com/Atrix256/Thi... Controller support is Windows only, but if anyone wants to implement it for Mac, Linux, or WASM, that'd be very welcome!

Cakez got the good ending. Check out his game. #indiegame store.steampowered.com/app/2245620/...

www.gofundme.com/f/support-ai... can y'all retweet this best friend of mine just got stabbed in the hands and legs protecting by the bus passengers from a lunatic with a knife on a bus so any help on the recovery funds would be appreciated #mutualaid #helpsky #FundSky

Area lights can be expensive to render, but they sure do add a lot to a scene

Gig v1.01.9 Released! Big items: * GLTF loading * Lights/materials loading from scenes * Drag/Drop models onto viewer to view PBR IBL raster or path traced. * /*$(Embed:filename)*/ tag allows shared shader headers that use gigi tags to read variables, read textures, etc. github.com/electronicar...

Words I never thought I’d hear myself say out loud: “You know why I really like helldivers…? Because it doesn’t use Unreal Engine.” (I love Unreal, but variety is the spice of life, as they say)

Got back into 3D modelling the past couple days with a new project. Excited to share more once I’ve nailed some more of the blocking…

Can’t believe how long I’ve been without my car (a Polestar), all because a goddamn mouse ate through the forward wiring harness back on the 8th of DECEMBER! Last update I got from the repair shop was that there was no update or timeline for the part to arrive! Wtfffff T__T

Hey everyone, I'm open to a Senior Technical Artist role - and looking somewhat urgently, consultation, freelance, or full-time. I'm Shader Witch, with 16 years Unreal Engine experience and a deep understanding of shading models, engine customization. Please let me know <3 #unrealengine #gamedev

Hi! I have 25 years experience in game dev and I agree 100%. Don't let anyone convince you otherwise. Dont crunch without a well defined goal and timeline. Better yet, dont crunch - management has already failed you by not planning well. You working longer isnt going to fix that problem.

there are still plenty of people in games who believe this idea that you're not really committed unless you're spending 80 hour weeks making games. it's a lie, and we shouldn't support people's unhealthy and unsustainable attitudes towards how they approach work and live their lives.

Aerodisc shared a fast reflection method for URP 🚀 It raymarches baked cubemaps for VR/mobile-friendly reflections without raytracing hardware. See more: www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/co... #unity3d #gamedev #indiedev

Hey All, I made a header only C++ library (MIT) where line of code inits, then you can start writing to pixels on the screen. I call it thirteen.h, inspired by the simplicity of the 13h days. Examples include a mandelbrot viewer and a playable mine sweeper game. github.com/Atrix256/Thi...

I’d love to know the magic behind how one knows what shapes to place in a scene and how to distribute them. Often when I’ve tried to expand from single-assets to larger pieces like a multi-deck ship, I give up because my shapes and distribution of them look “off” somehow.

Hello all! First posts here. Might as well flesh it out a bit with some of the characters I worked on from Jedi Survivor. #jedisurvivor #gameart #gamedev #3dmodeling #characterart #characterdesign #3dart #starwars