A veteran Unreal Engine developer and evangelist has left Epic Games, saying the industry is "at a pivotal point". "As much as I love the old way of working, I think it would be strategic to come to terms with where this is heading," Sjoerd De Jong said. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/this-er...

If you see this post an anime you love

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In the light of recent massive industry layoffs sharing a reminder that we are hiring, for Witcher 4, Cyberpunk 2, Sirius, Hadar, across all locations: Poland, US and Canada. Both on-site and remote roles 😌 Please share with your chooms and apply! ❤️‍🔥 www.cdprojektred.com/en/jobs

What motivates you to work on the days you just don't have it in you? I've worked alone for years without external funding, keeping all of my output under wraps from nearly everyone, with a day job to drain my energy before I even start. Running on coffee and hope. #gamedev #solodev #indiegamedev

Oof. Good luck to all of you. #epic #epicgames #unrealengine

From the Mega Drive… closed-fist action: Bare Knuckle II, aka Streets of Rage II. 🔥 What a cool live-action commercial from Japan for one of my favourite brawlers. #VideoBytes

this is one of the secret superbenefits of great tooling -- it's already done for sequels/followups/DLC/etc! and then you can make it even better on future iterations and focus more time on iterating the game. it's a way to build dev momentum beyond your first release if you're lucky to survive it

Discord. Yep, it's that time again.. Web 3.0 just keeps the hits coming. Need as close to a perfect alternative as you can get? Check this out: www.rootapp.com revolt.chat might also be a great alternative. The main missing feature is video chat, but it's in development. #discord #rootapp #root

I just think they're neat

The cable-TV powered Sega Channel for Genesis/Mega Drive has been preserved and over 140 ROMs recovered. Here's the remarkable story: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/12...

So many folks think that big studios are moving to Unreal because Unreal is filled with amazing features. And those features are nice, yeah. But that’s reason #2 Reason #1 is that there is a huge Unreal community. Because this results in two important things: 1. Easy hiring 2. Problem solving.

There's a relatively untapped mine of sublime vibes in OG Xbox demo discs. Every one I've tried over the last few years has had banger tuneage, sometimes hidden away in the demos section of Microsoft Games Studio games too.

An average Web Framework landing page be like

the lineup is growing, it will be fun to look at the end of the year 🤭 Right now i'm drawing every game i'm playing at the moment :P

Getting ready to head to #Evo2025 FINALLY. I'm also happy to say we're LIVE on Steam for you to wishlist #DeadlyMetropolis! See ya soon! 👇🏿 Links Below 👇🏿

We all run into it at some point: We are zooming in on a small area of our model, but Blender doesn't want to go any further. Well, fortunately there's 5 easy solutions for this, as shown in this video. #blender3d #blender #b3d

I never posted the zequel (This looks far better in-game since this is a 200% regular zoom in-editor and not the actual game where everything is far crunchier. I'm also using a more intense light to prove a point.) EVERYTHING has a normal!!! #gamedev #indiegamedev #godotengine #pixelart

Sony PVM-8220 8" Trinitron monitor. Because the future was supposed to look like this.

Long time no quack 🦆 Progress is slow, but I'm still doing important work on @awaddlefullife.bsky.social! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev

If you think a game runs poorly because it's using Unreal Engine, that's not why. Laziness, lack of time, lack of knowledge, or a combination of those things are why. The optimization tools / strategies available are insanely good. Epic devs did their part, I promise.

E3 2017 was my first. It was something I dreamt about going to since I was a kid. I'd been waiting for over 20 years, and I can't describe the feeling of walking those sparsely populated halls the day before it opened. It was like holy ground for me. Miss you, E3. #E3

Logos & logotypes of today are all bland, colourless, mind-numbingly boring & completely unmemorable. What if we revamped some of today's tech company logos with 1980s creative zing?

A snippet of the media coverage from just before the midnight launch of the Dreamcast in North America with Gamespot TV. "This little grey box holds the faith of a company and the future of an industry." Gamespot TV would rebrand as Extended Play in 2001 and then X-Play in 2003. #VideoBytes

This is your monthly reminder to compile a packaged build of your game and run it! Looking at everyone that just upgraded to UE 5.6 👀 #gamedev #unrealengine

In my head this is what Alucard is doing when I spam backdash

I finally set up a cloud backup of my game source and assets. I've been backing up to three kinds of local media like a paranoid caveman for years, BUT WHAT IF MY HOUSE BURNS 😾

Smile (dk) as the spirit of '98 and '99, and a Dance Dance Revolution steps lively onto your feeds. Many hours spent stamping on a plastic mat with the PAL release, Dancing Stage. 💜

You're not a real solo dev if you're using third party tools made by other people. This includes IDEs and APIs. So the only real solo dev is Chris Sawyer who programmed Rollercoaster Tycoon in Assembly

The Expanse: Osiris Reborn | Reveal Trailer ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIQi... ▪️Single-player, story driven action RPG ▪️Choose to be an Earther, Martian or Belter ▪️Third-person, cover focused gunplay/abilities ▪️Lead your own ship and crew, make choices, etc This looks amazing, holy fuck! 😮

Sony made inserting discs a whole vibe

If you want to see the now-defunct SegaWorld pop up in a movie, you'll have to suffer through the 1998 Italian comedy Cucciolo, with Massimo Boldi. The London theme park is featured in quite a long scene, with the protagonist even excitedly calling out its name several times.

Seeing a lot of misinfo and some rage bait happening so here’s just some points to consider: A tech demo for a game is designed to showcase specific technical features or capabilities of a game engine, graphics engine, or hardware platform—not necessarily the final gameplay or full experience 🧵

Happy birthday to my favorite game company. You're old enough to retire now, but we'd all love it if you stuck around and kept making great games.

Part 6 of my favorite game dev tools. 1) This is going to be a longer chain post. I'll post the software first and then talk about Digital Asset Management and the criteria I used for picking this app over others. The app is called Eagle (30-day trial, $35). en.eagle.cool #gamedev #indiegamedev

With the Switch 2 launching soon, I was reminded of this cool series of Japanese ads that counted down to the PS2's release back in 2000. Watching all these little vignettes of people just quietly anticipating the PS2 are really effective at making the release feel momentous.

I've seen hundreds of bands live but I would trade a lot of them for a chance to see X Japan just once. #xjapan #visualkei #metal

Part 5 of my favorite game dev tools. Gaea is a heightmap generator app. I appreciate built-in terrain tools that engines like Unreal have, but if you want detailed landscapes (regardless of visual style) this is a HUGE time saver. (Limited free version) quadspinner.com #gamedev #indiegamedev

Part 4 of my favorite game dev apps. PureRef! It's fantastic. I use it for ideation, 3D modeling and texturing (you can make the window transparent and ignore mouse input), and sometimes it's a mood board. Custom pricing (free at your discretion). www.pureref.com #gamedev #indiegamedev

Part 3 of my favorite game dev tools. One tool I suspect gets overlooked by a lot of people new to 3D modeling is a UV checker.. Don't catch your mistakes halfway into texturing! Generate an <a e s t h e t i c> UV checker grid here. uvchecker.vinzi.xyz #gamedev #indiegamedev #3dmodeling

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Part 2 of sharing some of my favorite game dev tools. Nuclino is my go-to project planner / productivity tool / everything app. It's cheap, it's clean, and it does so much. I've tried Notion, etc.. but this is the one. There is a limited free tier! www.nuclino.com #gamedev #indiegamedev #nuclino

I wanted to share some amazing sites I stumbled across that showcase real UI from different games. They're a great reference if you're looking for inspiration or to learn from the best. I do like to fire up games when I can to look at input behaviors and animations. #gamedev #ui #indiedev

For anyone that's missing #E3.. www.gettyimages.com/photos/e3?pa...

7 Habits of Highly Ineffective People: 1. Become addicted to a MOBA

Always loved this soundtrack + movie + band (Comsat Angels)

What are some things about the "old" Internet that you miss? I've been asking myself that lately as I disconnect from most platforms (Bluesky's nice though).

Cat standoff! ⚔️ Orange thinks he has high ground. He strikes and Gray retreats... But it's just the opening gambit... #cats #catsofbluesky #cat #checkmate #4Dchess