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youtube.com/watch?v=1i4XU4… #indiedev | #screenshotsaturday | #UnrealEngine5 pretty basic stuff here but the core systems are functioning! stoked to reveal some of the characteristics that make this one a little different from the pack

@HandleOnline Looking really slick! Nice work.

Been having fun refining the process for getting landscapes in game. Even at the early stages, when only the landmass is in the level, I've been enjoying just flying around looking at things #ue5 #mech #indiegame #gamedev

@codetaur That's a really cool visualization - you should try mapping the time helix to astrological data! halfway there anyway, use the solar system's trajectory and earth's rotation about the sun as spatial source :D

do you have an interesting yet simple idea that you can't get claude code / codex to build? if so, I want to hear it or see a sketch, and then try building a decent start for you. I need little distractions when I'm tired of working on my own projects that never end. the end result would be an open source code artifact, and I'll do my best to include prompts/process where possible. video is the quintessential example, time-helix built from a @tr_babb sketch/idea

@SoundSafari_io Cheers, ty! I figure with some VFX in there to muddy the waters it should look pretty slick, one little bug on the attached parts angles at switchover from VAT then I'll be content. I was really unsure if the terrain WPO physics fakeout would work or not, pretty hacked.

@MindForge9 That’s pretty fucking good as a first pass tial of rag doll lol. GG!

Now we're cookin'! 500v500, working smooth! Love it when a plan comes together. Got the team colors and some substance procedural texturing flow all nailed in. #mecha #gamedev #UE #indiedev #battle

@SoundSafari_io Good excuse to test out the ragdoll theory... was a bit unsure if it would work smooth as the terrain is all WPO with no collision, doing fake physics hit responses ^_^ VFX eventually too ofc :P

@MindForge9 Lol it's funny too see them clip out of existence when they die

@ALASKANmagpie Proofing performance :D I'd wanted to be able to do big swarms like Vampire Survivors and learned the hard way that UE's defaults aren't so easy for big numbers, particularly if you want units that can be composed of modular parts... sooo I did quite a bit of optimizing!

@MindForge9 This is cool, what am I looking at, besides the obvious?

-Game devs -artists -D&D (or any tabletop!) players -sci-fi fans -storytellers Please share your work below I need a wider creative feed, and love new stuff.

@SoundSafari_io Thanks kindly! It's bit quite a learning experience adapting UE to high numbers, but as they say...

@MindForge9 Perf looks great, mechs look great, look forward to see more 🙂

@gtrfrost Thanks! It's still pretty ugly test stuff but I wanted to make sure things were working decently at scale before moving ahead ^_^

@MindForge9 Nice

not pretty at all yet, but the machine is working! 100v100 test at 100 fps with play-in-editor overhead. 1000v1000 works okay too. #optimization has been a big success! #UE definitely not built for this out of the box :P #mecha #gamedev #indiedev

1000v1000 should be way more than I need, but nice to have things ironed out. ~30fps in-editor isn't great, but also kind of an extreme example. #mecha #gamedev #indiedev #UE

@Supa_Stu907 @1Reixx1 An anime adaptation would have been excellent, and for the costing of a live-action they probably could have made the whole series as anime, adapted mostly verbatim. Completely insane decision making, can't fathom what madness propels these choices, must be the Dark One's touch!

@MindForge9 @1Reixx1 Abel and Natti Cauthon playing the part of the Coplins. Shame. Mat was a swindler instead of a trickster. Aviendha. I could go on all day…Whole thing should have been an Anime from the start anyways.

Okuyalı 5 yıl oldu, hala tükettiğim en iyi kurgusal eser. Yaşadığım en iyi yolculuk.

@1Reixx1 @Supa_Stu907 It was so damn disappointing... as soon as I saw their big change with Perrin I quit. Bollocks.

@Supa_Stu907 Don't even remind me of that show man

@beastman_jp Legit was maybe the hardest part of the game for me.

最初のヘリが倒せません。 最初のヘリが倒せません。 #本当に難易度が高すぎたゲーム

@jay4291 This looks very nice and sharp, enjoying the style!

Leg+ Foot for mech coming along Sub Div #blender #hardsurface #boxcutter #hardops

@jay4291 Thank you so much! Slowly piecing together the cogs to make for a speedy and optimized production as I gear up ^_^ set up a nice auto-capture setup that takes this rig and spits out 8-direction animation loops for vertex animation texture :D

@MindForge9 Really cool!!!

Bit more procedural IK walk testing... still a little rough compared to using control rig but Leg IK doing okay for the 3-part limb. #mecha #UE #indiedev #gamedev

@GarageArts_Max Keep up the great work :D

A game title sequence inspired by the intro of my favorite mecha anime, 'Gunbuster' And I am working on the next weapon... 🔥NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER SURRENDER!🔥 #WIPWednesday #mecha

@BibamusTeam This looks like a really fun game :D On the wishlist! Reminds me of drawing little battles on pencil and paper. Nice concept and execution!

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Sometimes the most boring things are the big ones! 2000 units between 2 teams, doing all the things units should do, for ~3ms gamethread time via phased Mass processing. This should give me plenty of headroom! #optimization #gamedev #indiedev