Unemployed Chicken

Started with a simple refactor… Ended with a full code overhaul 😵 Been at it for weeks. Still testing, so not much to show yet—but this should save me a lot of pain later. #GameDev #IndieGameDev

Be honest Game Dev's… We've all fought this battle a few times. 😉 #GameDev #GameDev #IndieGameDev

‼️❗🎇❕‼️❕‼️❕🎆 Words cannot describe how jacked I am with how this turned out! Going from creating this model from scratch to getting it animated in #UnrealEngine feels like a huge win! It's moments like these why I enjoy #GameDev . #IndieGameDev

Don't fear making a 2 week game. Those 8 months will be the most fulfilling 2 years of your life!

@bhive_studios Absolutely! From the little I played with it so far, it is so much easier than my original workflow

@UnemployedChikn I purchased auto rig pro myself…let us know how it goes.

Tried exporting my skeletal mesh the free way. But after fighting it for way too long to get it to work, I threw in the towel 😅 Giving Auto Rig a try. I've heard it plays nice with #Blender and #UnrealEngine. #GameDev #IndieGameDev

Anyone else feel this way? . #GameDev #IndieGameDev

Welp… this didn’t go as planned. My goblin’s eyes and teeth refuse to stay in his head 😅 Turns out a rig on top of a rig on top of a mesh doesn’t play nice with simple weight painting. Back to the drawing board. . #GameDev #Blender #UnrealEngine

My changes weren't big, but my excitement is! ‼️🤩 I figured out workflow of taking a purchased asset from #UnrealEgine and exporting #Blender and #SubstancePainter for edit. It was exciting to see my changes come to life in the game! . #GameDev #IndieGameDev

Ooof… that’s a lot of lines. I would raise this guy’s eyebrow… but I need to find the user manual first 😅 #GameDev #Blender #UnrealEngine

#UnrealEngine uses 3 files for texturing. 1st is for color, 2nd for normals. 3rd is a combo of AO (R channel), Roughness (G channel), and Metallic (B channel). #SubstancePainter expects these separated before you can use them. #GameDev . PS: Yes, these are the same image! 🤯

I'm working on bringing #UnrealEngine assets into #SubstancePainter for retexturing! The ability to make purchased assets look cohesive can set a game apart AND speed up the development process. Both are something I as a #SoloGameDev could use! . #GameDev #IndieGameDev

Just got my #UnrealEngine achievements triggering #Steam achievements. Because nothing motivates players like the sweet achievement unlocked pop. 🏆 . #GameDev #IndieGameDev

@apepatrickdev I just saw this! 😭 sorry for the very late response! Mani (white with dark face), Sol (white with Orange face), and Leo!

@UnemployedChikn Omg so cute, what are their names??

My "Junior Dev Team" is officially on strike until the temperature rises. They’re huddled for warmth and refusing to do any code reviews until further notice. Tough working conditions here in Florida! Send help (or a heated blanket)! ❄️🐈 . #indiedev #gamedev #studioassistants

If you don't unlock a single achievement, did you even play the video game? 😂 Working on hooking up #UnrealEngine to #Steam achievements! . #GameDev #IndieGameDev

I eased back into #GameDev with a toon shader tutorial and loved it. Huge shoutout to Evans Bohl’s guide — highly recommend it if you’re learning shaders in #UnrealEngine. youtube.com/watch?v=mzydOm… Here’s how mine turned out! 👇 #GameDev

I started building a settings system before I got COVID. I was able to get the implementation to work! You can now open Settings and change how the game feels and sounds. Sadly it is not wired into audio or graphics yet. just saves the values. That's a future me problem😅#GameDev

I managed to finish texturing my goblin and import it into #UnrealEngine during my COVID recovery. Attempt 1: looked nothing like #SubstancePainter 😅 Attempt 2: much better, but it turns out the teeth, body, and eyes import as separate objects as a static mesh. #GameDev

Caught COVID in early Feb and it knocked me out longer than expected. Illness recovery took a week. Motivational recovery took much longer.🦥 Finally back in the saddle and making progress again. I will be posting recent progress soon. Keep an eye out! 🎮 . #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Happy Valentines day all! Thought I'd spready the love and share my goblStill plenty to do, but here’s my progress on texturing the goblin so far. How am I doing? 👀🎨 . #3D #GameArt #3dModeling #GameDev #ScreenShotSaturday