Yeah I mean, emotionally heathy people don't typically want to provide quote material for the engagement engine of a medium that's in perpetual culture wars full of children with too much time on their hands, the mentally ill, and grifters. What's the benefit? It's just stress Russian Roulette.

Because itch.io is by far the best store out there for game developers, and also players imo, and has been given a hard time lately, I just put my game InFlux Redux on there, and upped itch's rev share to 30%. I want 'em to have a little walkin' around money impromptu-games.itch.io/influx-redux

And the last post in this big friggin thread is some actual footage in-engine of the previously shown Phone Light, next to the Cricket bat. It's still a work in progress, hopefully the next time I do a Saturday post, It'll be working as intended :D

"...a certain microwave casserole" @dzhukov.bsky.social is hard at work on the interaction system and how it integrates with AI reactions. Sound on for this one: #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #stealthgame #indiegame

10 handy quality of life tips for working in Unreal Engine. No weird, edge case stuff here, I use this stuff almost every time I open the editor.

the sale is ending... buy my game... repost my game... positively review my game... bully your friends into buying my game... bother strangers with my game... doorknock your neighbourhood selling my game... cry out the name of my game during sex... mention the discount when asked to explain yourself

Big day today. Reached the final stage of production. New project reveal... TOMORROW!

Standard insertion for a non-standard specimen.

did you know: the major character in this game besides the ball is a whale animated by Jay Benson, who you might know from the first and last pages of The Final Hours Of Half-Life Alyx! if YOU found this piece of trivia sort of weird and left field, consider buying InFlux Redux

First human character model is going pretty well, I'd say! Spending some time goofing around with it.

Needs some last minute tweaks but almost done w high poly

I will learn character art if it kills me

The foray into organic art continues

Thought Experiment A company comes out with a 'Human Respawn' product via some crazy scifi quantum bullshit. They are doing a free promo, where you get a week of daily respawns. With each you remember every moment up to your death, but wake up fine the next day. What do you 'spend' the 7 days on?

Trying to expand away from hard-surface

classic splinter cell was equipped with vibes. stealth action? redefined

Man, regardless of how the game was received, I'm damn happy with the work I put into Phantom Fury. Are there things I would do differently now? Absolutely! I got a better understanding of Unreal's workflow over time but even my earliest work was dressed up and lit by some CRAZY talented folks. <3

for some reason my video game influx redux is mentioned in today's AMD driver notes... you can't buy marketing like this

this mf has been using it bsky.app/profile/lite...

I just released a new tool: a "texture browser" for UE5.5 that presents materials as square thumbnails instead of spheres. Like a 90s texture browser. Much better for level designin'. Has favourite searches, quick access to recently-used materials, etc. www.joewintergreen.com/new-tool-imp...

New video & article: The Dangerous Watermelons 🍉 in your Software Watermelons🍉are the kind of workflows that technically work, but are frustrating, difficult, and hard for users to perform. Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQGO... Article: rystorm.com/blog/waterme...

@kronok.bsky.social's Scythe level tools and @joewintergreen.com's Texture Browser are pretty baller! Whipped this up in a couple hours entirely in Unreal

i hope it’s clear that big tech is not an ally. it only was as much as it was profitable. textboon rainbow capitalism, and now when they saw the writing on the wall, they flopped back into fascisms arms

if you make games or art with UE5 you might be interested in my Auto Material Instance Maker, which automagically makes instanced materials for you from a pile of textures (even if some of them are normals/roughness/whatever with your own weird naming scheme) www.joewintergreen.com/auto-materia...

What's New in Scythe Pre-alpha v0.1.0: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzrW...

it's recently come to my attention that i have a patreon. if ever it pleases you that i do my discord/forum/blog posts/unrealscoops dot com/my "unity to unreal" website/the youtube videos/video game projects/whatever else i do, you might consider supportin' me on it www.patreon.com/c/joewinterg...

here's a blog post i did about gta4 and "playing the minimap", and how you should turn off the minimap in gta4 because it annihilates the entire experience and imo that's 90% of the time what a minimap does is make you have a shit time instead of a good time. www.joewintergreen.com/gta4-minimap...

When you ask a tech artist how they made something in Houdini

This 'skateboard to car' image really grinds my gears. To explain why, here is a short video: youtu.be/-HMoOa1kkBc And if you prefer reading, you can find a text version of my explanation here: rystorm.com/blog/skatebo...

I'm reaching the "Hacky Solutions Need Refactoring for a Proper Implementation" phase and I don't like it, it's scary

Dipping my toes into organic art. Will be starting on proper materials soon (these are just the bakes)

Me: Okay, today I should implement the important stuff instead of the fun 5 minute stuff. Me 5 Minutes later: HUP. HUP. HUP. HUP. HUP.

I really wish the EGS had better UX. I think many more people would use it if it did. For example, what basic feature is missing in this login window? "☑️ Remember me" I haven't had to 'log in' to steam for years, apart from on someone else's machine. For EGS, I have to actively log in every time.

"Do you know who ate all the donuts?" Please welcome - the Mall Guard model by @braingraft Stay tuned for more baddies coming soon #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev

hl1 skull remake for anatomy and zbrush practice

Airports upset me on a weird level because in theory they are EXACTLY what I need in a building; Everything is clearly marked, predictable, & designed to get you through as quickly & smoothly as possible while also giving you plenty of time leeway. It's a great system. But then other people exist.

pimk gun pimk gun This model was for a Half-Life 2 mod, I just flipped the receiver mat to 4k

I'm still having a fun time doing close up renders and I'm kind of shocked I haven't done many in the past.

Got this banger the other day and just immediately closed the page

When you first start 3D art you're told and convinced that UV mapping is a hellish, unenjoyable necessary evil, but as you progress, you eventually realize that everything you love about the modeling process applies to it just as much, and it's just fun.

Coworker wants me fuckign dead

My girlfriend wanted to get me a birthday dinner from Cheddar's, asked what I wanted, and I said "Surprise me" so she bought me country fried chicken and like 8 different sides.

You could open so many boxes with this thing

New render of some older assets

this is genuinely the only effective moderation strategy hard and fast rules mean that the worst actors will quickly test exactly what the lines are and live right on them, and they are very good at this "nah, man, you're bad news, goodbye" is the only way to deal with them

It's the only right way to do it. Many games still make the same avoidable mistake with their saving & quitting UX: rystorm.com/blog/save-ga...

Testing out my trimsheet