If you won't be at Unreal Fest Chicago in person, you can catch the State of Unreal livestream on June 17th at 10 ET: tinyurl.com/SOU26 Note: This will be the only livestreamed session at Fest this time around; the other sessions will be recorded and posted online later, though!

📆 The Unreal Fest Chicago agenda is live, and I'm on the schedule! ✨ I'll be presenting "Project Health in Unreal Engine: The Technical Indicators That Matter" at 10:45am CT on June 18th. For more info: tinyurl.com/UF26-Agenda-...

📆Wanna hang out and talk shop? Epic's Technical Developer Relations team will be at the Unreal Los Angeles Meet-n-Greet event on Monday 4/6! Please register using this link if you're interested, as venue space is limited: communities.unrealengine.com/events/detai...

From the Artemis II launch today! Sparkles IRL ✨What an achievement. Things are chaotic on this pale blue dot, but every now and then we do something really cool together. Here's hoping for the best with this mission.

🆕New EDC article by Adrien Logut, all about how to create PCG blueprint elements and manipulate new point array data in 5.7! Check it out: dev.epicgames.com/community/le...

Well, I hadn't been super public about where I worked because I wanted to keep my social media presence separate from my job, but I can finally reveal... I have been working for Epic for the past year and change! Unfortunately, I was laid off today.

I have been impacted by the layoffs. After dodging 4 in my career it was bound to happen. The feelings haven't hit yet. Still processing honestly. I have a lot of thoughts and tea that I cannot say of course. If you need a 12 year QA Veteran or a junior designer, let me know I guess.

If anyone is hiring for a game designer with 23 years of experience, hit me up.

Bringing this list over to Bsky for those affected by the Epic layoffs, and those hiring. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

It's a rough work day. Epic laid off 1000 employees this morning, including some colleagues I've worked with closely. Really great folks got caught up in this wave, and pretty much any team would be lucky to have them. If you're hiring, please keep them in mind!

Saaaaaaame 🪫💅

Do folks here have any suggestions on where I should publish a written version of my GDC talk (Soft Skills for Devs of All Disciplines)? Would something like Substack be a good fit? Or should I just keep this on a personal site? Or is there another platform that you'd recommend? Thanks all ❤️

What a great week! So glad to have had the chance to meet with devs, reconnect with friends, make new connections, talk shop, and learn new things at GDC this year!

The Tech Art Panel is starting in just a few minutes! West Hall 2014

🌉 Today's the day! I'll be presenting "Soft Skills for Devs of All Disciplines" at 4:30pm in the West Hall, Room 2018. Looking forward to delving into this topic at GDC, and talking shop afterwards!

I made it into the 2026 GDC card deck! ✨🃏♥️

GDC is providing an attendee Safety Hotline through March 27. Hotlines are staffed 24/7. Call +1 (925) 852-4361 to report an issue. #GDC2026

🆕Epic's Automotive Materials pack is available for free on Fab! "Built entirely on Substrate, Unreal Engine’s next-generation material system, this pack provides a physically accurate, production-ready material foundation for automotive visualization"~ 🚗💖🎀 www.fab.com/listings/127...

🆕 The shiny new Automotive Substrate Material pack is now available on Fab for free! The folks on this team have put a lot of thought and effort into developing these resources, and we hope you enjoy using them in your projects! youtu.be/2tOP2r_DYRA?...

Read it! Another great resource from Ari on the TDR team!

That's how you get zero stutters in your game. You're welcome, game industry. #uetips

There's only one week left before the Early Rate deadline don't miss your chance to save $250 on the Festival Pass or $500 on the Game Changer pass! https://bit.ly/48w1DxK #GDC2026

There are so many things to discover in the agenda track Visual Development! What session are you most excited about? #GDC2026 https://bit.ly/4bSSpz4

🆕 Epic-made Niagara Example Pack available on FAB! ✨ This pack has 50+ systems made with best practices in mind - including NDCs, lightweight emitters, and more! www.fab.com/listings/0e1... #ue5 #niagara #vfx #gamefx #visualeffects

📺 A collection of Material talks from Unreal Fest Stockholm has been edited into a single video for easy viewing! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUpp... 1) Substrate - by Nathaniel Morgan 2) Material Updates - by me 3) Shaders - by Dan Elksnitis #ue5 #unrealfest #stockholm #techart #materials

UE 5.7.2 is now available! #unrealengine #unreal #release #update #version #ue5

🐣 Unreal Fest Chicago (June 16-18) Super-Early Bird tickets are now on sale! www.unrealengine.com/en-US/events... * Super-Early Bird (until Feb 16 or sold out): $549 * Early Bird (until March 31 or sold out): $649 * Regular: $749 * Student: $499 #unreal #unrealfest #chicago #ue5 #tickets

🆕 New articles! These cover the latest recommendations for how to set up Nanite Assemblies using USD, written by Jamie (Principal Rendering Programmer at Epic). Part 1: Scene Structure dev.epicgames.com/community/le... Part 2: Houdini Tutorials dev.epicgames.com/community/le...

If you work with #materials in Unreal, this new EDC course from my colleague at Epic is for you! dev.epicgames.com/community/le... These 11 courses are a must-read for those wanting an in-depth understanding of how #Substrate works and how it can be best leveraged ✨ #unrealengine #ue5 #techart

🆕 Zhi Kang's "Level Streaming Hitching Guide" is the latest resource in TDR's Unreal Performance Optimization Learning Path on EDC! ✨ If you're working on realtime content in UE, this should definitely go on your reading list! dev.epicgames.com/community/le...

#UnrealFest Chicago is happening June 16-18 and the call for proposals is open between now and January 22nd! www.unrealengine.com/en-US/news/a...

It's BACK! Everything You Wanted to Know About Substrate (but Were Too Afraid To Ask), Nathaniel goes deep on the new default shading system in #UnrealEngine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqPa...

🆕📚 I've co-authored a new article on EDC with my colleague Simon Tovey about the latest update to Niagara Data Channels in 5.7: Access Contexts have replaced Search Parameters! dev.epicgames.com/community/le... #ue5 #unrealengine #vfx #visualeffects #NDC #niagara #release5.7 #realtimevfx

I need y'all to understand that I was well and truly excited for @codyjero.me's talk about SlateIM. Really empowering stuff for building your own debugging tools in #UnrealEngine. I file this under "Cool things in Unreal You should probably know about" www.youtube.com/watch?v=zilY...

Excited to share that I'll be speaking at GDC 2026! 🎉 The talk is all about collaborative skills for devs. Exact time/date TBD. Looking forward to March!! ✨ schedule.gdconf.com/session/soft...

When an Unreal 5.3+ game runs, it will immediately kick off precompilation of global shaders. You should wait for that to complete before starting the game, otherwise you'll likely get hitches. You do that with the NumPrecompilingPSOsRemaining node. #uetips

Another really important #UnrealEngine talk just went live, this one is about GPU Profiler 2.0 and the engine's RHI submission pipeline. Absolutely vital for anyone profiling their title, especially those who've relied heavily on the old GPU Visualizer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnbA...

Oh and also my accidental #UnrealEngine #PCG manifesto/introduction youtu.be/TbNZ4GKaTow?...

A new look for my Linktree, plus some new 5.7 materials and accessibility links! My little Sine node icon is now at home in a graph :> linktr.ee/shedoesartst...

A bounty of talks hitting the @unrealengine.bsky.social YouTube today. This one from Quentin at #UnrealFest Stockholm about interactive vines using Niagara is a great watch! www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fmG...

If you're a tech artist or dev that works with Materials in Unreal, I'd highly recommend watching this new talk all about Substrate by Nathaniel Morgan! www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0h-... #unreal #ue5 #techart #materials #substrate #unrealengine #BSDF #slab #layers #new #unrealfest

Heads-up: In 5.7, the Package Project and Cook Content options are unselectable by default. You'll need to manually assign a platform for these before Packaging or Cooking. #unreal #ue5

🆕Today's a double-feature! I've also published a written version of the 5.7 content in my "Unreal Materials: New Features & Updates" on the Epic Developer Community: dev.epicgames.com/community/le... #unreal #ue5 #materials #techart

🆕 My presentation "Unreal Materials: New Features & Productivity Enhancements" from Unreal Fest Stockholm is live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYmd... It covers improvements in 5.6 and 5.7, plus a sneak peek into the future of materials ✨ #unreal #ue5 #materials #techart #unrealfest

📚 I've updated my 5.6 Materials EDC article to include a NEW extra feature that didn't make it into the first version, and added some implementation details to a few of the other entries~ dev.epicgames.com/community/le... An article for Materials in 5.7 is in the works! #unreal #ue5 #materials

I think Nori might have put together the definitive guide on the Shader Complexity View Mode in #UnrealEngine in his talk at #UnrealFest Bali (spoilers: optimizing for that view mode doesn't necessarily result in performance gains) youtu.be/EjxK16koNfQ?...

Here we go!! Unreal Materials: New Features & Productivity Enhancements @ 10:30am, Room 4

This is perhaps the most under viewed Unreal Engine video. If you use UMG in Unreal you should really give it a view, Adrienne killed it with this! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NHI...

Oh, right. I can just scale up the interface when I need to take screenshots for presentations (or when my eyes get tired). Neat. Edit > Editor Preferences > General > User Interface > Application Scale.

Just a few days left in the Mega Stack 'O' Jam! Submissions close on August 21st: itch.io/jam/mega-sta...