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Huzzah! Best of luck with the showcase! Wish I could make it out but baby duties this weekend is making traveling out to van difficult lol

One of us, one of us!

Have some older stable builds at the ready just in casey lol

At least if I’m working with promotional materials, If not, I just use either OBS or screen to gif for quick stuff to toss on socials since those get compressed to hell anyways haha

Taking Screenshots in Unreal Engine | Unreal Engine 5.6 Documentation | Epic Developer Community Guide to taking in-game screenshots of environments and gameplay.

If possible, I try to do in engine renders, unless the art style doesn’t lend itself to much of a difference. I don’t yet have much experience with Unreal with this, tho I should soon haha. But this might help: dev.epicgames.com/documentatio...

Specifically the high res console command

Get ready for more of that at the end of the month lol

Yeah! A good soundtrack really helps make a game memorable. But also it’ll drive more people into checking out the band, so win, win!

Yo that’s awesome! Big congrats!

Perfect is the enemy of good anyways lol, it’ll be good to have a little dev break and watch a bunch of strangers play / break the game 😀 and hop back on with those new observations

I remember in the unity projects, after having to nuke the library folder it would take 40min to open up for the first time. I’d just go for a walk to get a coffee lol. Something Godot really seems to shine at is opening up without awful friction. Unreal is hit or miss depending but I get it lol

Exciting! I’m sure the showcase will go great. Must be nice to have the goals checked off instead of rushing to the end lol

Developers developers developers..

You’re probably not far off lol

That and I don’t think they’ve really changed Excel all that much in years

a man in a blue shirt says " i am untethered and my rage knows no bounds ! " ALT: a man in a blue shirt says " i am untethered and my rage knows no bounds ! "

I'll always be impressed with how good and powerful Excel is as a piece of software and how terrible almost every other Microsoft product has become over the years. (Glares at Outlook)

Software patents will always be incredibly dumb.

You have a repo, you can do anything without fear!

Diamond Dogs by David Bowie Album cover

Make sure to talk to the people important to you while you still can, you never know when they'll be gone. Advice you hear often but don't think much about till it's too late

Welp, after a little hiatus, I'll be back to posting some game dev related stuff

Till then here's a cool album I inherited

I saw it! That’s super cool!

Big congrats on getting to show off your work

A poster for Vancouver Game Garden 2025. The subtitle says "Enjoy works by local developers and artists", the date is Sept 27-28, and the details are "Roundhouse Community Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, 11am-5pm - FREE ENTRY! vangamegarden.com" The poster features retro-inspired pixel art of people wandering through a garden of game demo tables and art displays as well as a section where attendees are watching a presentation.

The exhibitor list for Vancouver Game Garden 2025 is now live!! 🎮🌱

More than 40 different indie studios will be showcasing their games at this year's event, including games such as 1000xRESIST, Peglin, Beastieball, and many more! ✨

Check out the full list here: vangamegarden.com/exhibitors

First one is a mood but second one draws me in more

book cover of Jurassic park

Finished reading Jurassic Park for the first time. Great book,
Ian Malcolm's rants near the end feels super relevant today in its messaging. With the rise of vibe coding, gen-AI, etc, untrained skills and power sold like a Saturday night special.

Sadly, we don't at least get dinosaurs.

#booksky

Huzzah! That’s awesome!

Ff3 casting toad on self to swim deeper

Final Fantasy III is absolute cinema.

#gamesky #games #finalfantasy

It has begun! On to starting my Final Fantasy III journey.

Not really sure what to expect, this one I’ve heard nothing about (other than sharing the name Final Fantasy III NA version aka VI) lol

Was able to track down the retconned names, I think?

#gamesky #rpg #games #finalfantasy

Screen shot from ff2, the end boss standing before the players party

Finished my playthrough of Final Fantasy II. I actually enjoyed it, even though it was a little rough at times lol.

So many dungeon dead ends, and while the password system was a nice add, it was sort of under utilized. Wish they added more to it lol still a fun play

#games #rpgs #finalfantasy

It took a while to finally commit to trying to make something more full, mostly just needed to get more familiar with the editor and what it provides and to get used to blueprints (visual coding yuck lol) as that’s just the quickest way to get things moving. Going to get more into the C++ side next

Thanks! It’s been a very easy one to keep happy, coming from someone definitely without a green thumb lol.

A pitted hibiscus plant either 2 flowers blooming big

My favourite flower! I have a potted one I’ve been keeping alive on my deck 😊

Yup! Well dual wielding Godot and Unreal lol.

Fun 2d projects in Godot and this more complex 3d / multiplayer one in Unreal.

Mostly started to get more experience with UE5 since everyone hiring seems to want that experience. But outside of being bit of a resource hog, it’s been enjoyable!