I improved the hologram, updated material a bit + add second state, text can be any, it generate to texture. After a while, I'll ask myself: what, did I do that? I continue to watch the series Mr. Robot, again remembered my past before gamedev. But it's all in the past, I forgot #gamedev #indiedev

For those who haven't seen my night Unreal Engine material yet, here it is for you. Don't forget to do intellectual exercises. Once upon a time, these were 4 separate materials, and they were waiting for me to merge it into one old TV counter #gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #indiedev

I was sad and decided to tinker a bit with some Unreal Engine material, so I made a draft of an old tv number counter. It doesn't look perfect, especially texture of the numbers, but this is a draft, my dear #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ7k...

I returned to the hologram object. I decided that I needed to upgrade it, generating textures for any text in 2 states, when something is broken and when everything is OK. I'll show you how it was before, changes color and has one texture... but even so it's cool, yeah

I believe that the term code or program bug is being misinterpreted. This is a programmer mistake in logic or incomplete code, unwritten conditions that can cause uncontrolled actions. If this object stopped responding in the game, then I forgot to add the code. This is not a bug, this is a feature!

indie game dev this is when you finally washed your hair... I Want to Believe

I'm a big fan of every action having an impact on the environment. For the player to see it. In reality, these are obvious things, we feel smells, vibrations, the complexity of light, heat on the skin, the molecular level... don't listen to me. For example, action and light in my game

Hello, sci-fi and puzzle lover 😘 Here's a small gameplay example of the upcoming game CHARGE.R. There will be many scenes of different sizes, but each one has a lot of interaction. Your wishlist action on Steam, this is our dev mood #WishlistWednesday #scifi #indiegame #gaming

Wednesday, coffee, game dev and intellectual exercises for your brain with Unreal Engine. I call this material - POWER SINE. Easy way to create texture vfx, for example, the eyes of the Hypnofrog from Futurama #gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #indiedev www.youtube.com/@alienmax-re...

Today I did my first game build in Unreal Engine 5. Give me the correct version of Windows SDK. Now give me VS C++ build tool (this version). Hm, its preferred version but I try. Oh no, the material instance is missing. I remembered how I screamed at Unity the first few times

I think there is a big emotional loop in the life of an #indiedev What exactly? The idea, this is where the emotional wave, the uplift begins. Then the long process of creating the game. And then the storm, which either creates depression or something else

Tuesday, coffee, a minute of intellectual exercises with Unreal Engine. This time an example "custom rotation" from my 12 year old son, who loves math and has come to understand the UE materials better than me. #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #indiedev

Simple words, brevity, it's always brilliant. I love this song. I'm an atheist, but this song creates strong emotions for faith, at least for a moment. Dear Jamie N. Commons, thank you for Lead Me Home www.youtube.com/watch?v=K53L...

At first you don't understand how it works, it's some kind of magic for you. The motivation is to learn these spells and learn how to use them. Time passes, and you show it as your usual job. Last year for me it was magic in Unreal Engine materials. No opacity, Mask optimization #gamedev

Intellectual exercises with Unreal Engine for your brain. Let's complicate the topic a little, UE materials for HUD. How to bend and curve an interface element? www.youtube.com/@alienmax-re... #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #indiedev

I read different people, and I almost never write criticism. Why? I believe that I can criticize the work of only those people who are behind me. If people are far ahead, then my criticism is stupidity. If it's about creativity, then criticism is demotivating, so I never do this

Sunday game dev with Unreal Engine. At first we do small things, practice and gain experience. With each step of experience, we do more and complex. My level design started with small locations. The further I go, the bigger they become #gamedev #indiedev #leveldesign #UnrealEngine

Sunday. Morning, coffee. Exercise your brain, do intellectual exercises with Unreal Engine. Inhale and exhale, inhale and exhale. And then back to work. You'll rest when it's all over #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #indiedev

I feel like I've become a guru of puzzle level design. I've done a lot of locations in the last few months, but they're all drafts. I think you understand this approach. LD initiates new tasks for programming and 3D, expands gameplay and provokes new ideas for LD #gamedev

I decided that I needed to make at least one scene where there would be a classic puzzle of 36 elements, or more. Just don't tell me it's boring gameplay 🤪 #gamedev #indiedev You can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes, well, you just might find You get what you need

As always, my Saturday game dev is Unreal Engine day, just like any other day for 2 years. I'll show you my level design. I decided that I needed to create several locations where the gameplay involved moving through space through other objects #gamedev #indiedev #leveldesign #UnrealEngine

I will often remind you that I am inspired by the work of Kate Bush. Mystical music and words that penetrate the game like sparks. I will tell you a secret. Tears for Fears was in my life before, and I listen to their work every day, these are intellectual sparks

Your mind is capable of this. But you need to focus a little. Don't be afraid, this is a place of peace, your life will not be interrupted. Outside the puzzle space there is a plot part, it is also mysterious

I don't like tricksters, especially if I've known the person. For example, if a person wants something, and emphasizes some facts to hide other, obvious ones. Hide reality by what seems critical to you. And then I remember that humans are primitive creatures, so I calm down

My wife's cucumber. It sounds strange, a bit adult, or is it cockroaches in my head? I didn't plant it, but I have to water it

Follow Friday. Coffee, brain exercise, Unreal Engine. How to quickly warp a texture, for example, like old TV screens from the 20th century #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev

Yesterday I was left alone at home for a whole month, my wife and son went on vacation to another country. My #indiedev is now in complete isolation. I hope I will create even more 💩 I'll start preparing a demo soon. And this means that I have to choose 2-3 scenes from 1100100

The sphere is inside out, I'm thinking, level design in this place, as always - puzzles, not simple, but mysteriously energetic... #gamedev #indiedev And if I only could I'd make a deal with God And I'd get Him to swap our places I'd be runnin' up that road Be runnin' up that hill Kate Bush ❤️

What sci-fi movie can I watch to get inspired? I decided that after many years, I need to re-watch Sphere (1998) with Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson, Liev Schreiber. Incredible film. After 15 minutes I realize how old I am

I ate and dirty the screen, of course working on the game in Unreal Engine. So, I wipe the screen with a rag, and realize that I wiped the stain a long time ago, and I'm trying to erase the dirt from the texture. This is a game dev, baby! #gamedev

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At first glance, it's a simple puzzle. Yes, but that's because when the player first sees an interactive puzzle element in the game, I want to give them a simple demonstration. And the subsequent scenes with it will be more and more complicated. This is my rule of smart gameplay

Wednesday, wishlist game day. So, time to show a prototype scene where something strange happens. This is a scene where you have to feed the energy anomaly and direct it to the electric current receivers. #WishlistWednesday #gaming #videogames #steam #scifi

In my secret place of examples and game dev experiments, there is a playlist dedicated to Unreal Engine Materials. This is the 100th video. Anniversary #gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpcU...

Do not leave organic materials 🦠👽

This is my prototype binary code lock. You have to press the button and depending on how long you hold it down, it will be 0 or 1. I decided that such locks will open doors in optional rooms where there will be some stuff, I won't say yet what

Plans for the first month of summer. A few days (week) to do level design of puzzle scenes, then choose what will be in the demo and move on to effects and image enhancement (light, particles, textures, new 3d objects). Then finalizing the sound and finally make a video for Steam

My 12 year old son, after hours of playing Control, decided to take a break, launched Unreal Engine and did this in 15 minutes 🔊🎮

The last day of spring, we have rain all day, I really like this weather. So here are some brain exercises with Unreal Engine for you, rainbow noise #gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #indiedev

I played a little Control with my son. Young reaction is better, especially with bosses. But the purpose of this post is different #gamedev, I want to make similar scenes in my game. Gameplay that will take place somewhere in infinite space + minimalism + different setting

Saturday #gamedev, a prototype day. Tlachtli (Maya) was a ritual team sport and ball court used throughout pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. So, in my game there are 2 types of balls (rolling and levitating), this draft will be the key to open the door 🔮 or achievement

Sometimes you will encounter this 🔮 .. ball has different behaviors, but the main function is to transmit an electric arc, sometimes changing color. One model wants to be spun and then levitation is activated, while the other one will push you away and chase you #ScreenshotSaturday #indiegame #scifi

How to make a PVC curtain using Cable Component in Unreal Engine? This time, I improved the prototype and showed different material and component settings. Details in my secret place of game dev examples: youtube.com/watch?v=uSWb... #gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #indiedev

That was a year ago, after a year with Unreal Engine. A blueprint takes any texture, creates a render texture based on it, and uses it as a decal. Another blueprint moves the object along a spline, and passes information to the Blueprint with render texture. Moon dust cleaner ;) #gamedev

Valve show everyone vulva? I love both

Intellectual exercises for our brain using Unreal Engine. I needed to quickly make a cage in a sphere with a part from which this cage grows. Don't ask. So, let's play with the function MF_Grid and BoundingBoxBased node www.youtube.com/@alienmax-re... #gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #indiedev

I once made a prototype of PVC curtain. Several times I planned to remake this into a static mesh parts with skeleton and physics, I don't know which will require more calculations, but I think this version (Cable Component, Unreal Engine) is simpler. Did you do it? #gamedev

Intellectual exercises for our brain using Unreal Engine. They're coming for you, but listen, your life could depend on this. Don't even blink. They are fast, faster than you can believe. Don't turn your back, don't look away, and don't blink (Dr Who) #gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5

Calm and mysteriously fantastic gameplay, full of puzzles. All this on the Moon in a ring that protects the Earth from space threats. You are the one who must awaken the energy and start the system again. This place needs your support on Steam 😘 #WishlistWednesday #gaming #scifi #indiegame #gamedev

Hard Rain (1998) with Christian Slater, Morgan Freeman, Minnie Driver. An incredible film that I have seen many times, even wanted to start working on a video game in this setting and plot, but decided that I needed something simpler first (sci-fi puzzle). I hope that will happen