Michael Ebert

Tests with 2D story widgets running short animated background sequences for transitions between scenes. I could up the frame count and resolution, just not sure yet how much I will use this.

03.01.2026 09:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

‪Not posted here in a while, thought I'd share my experiments. This is a UE5 2D interface widget running a dialogue tree scene. Animated in Midjourney, everything streams into the Widget, and runs on top of the 3D world.

#visualnovel #indiegame #indiegamedev #gamedev #midjourney

26.11.2025 04:28 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Quick link to where my game is at. (Would post here more if video was not such a pain.)

Added unique music per hex of generated world to add flavor to the locations. Helps me when constructing story etc at each location. Pretty happy with some of the music!

youtu.be/8BKRAbBfHMg

13.04.2024 23:15 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Games moving along. Everything is still procedural. You can place your starting community anywhere on a massive map, and the terrain creates a small surrounding community. My test map is 16,000 hexes, but the only limit is what I can get the processor to handle.

03.01.2024 07:37 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

New art assets so I can work on implementing some new gameplay this holiday. 50/50 A.I. and me. Planning about 30 Hero characters that modify the gameplay, so need to start making them!

19.12.2023 03:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It's incredible how 1 -2 hours a night can add up. The 2D art/3D models is still the most time-consuming part, actually building the gameplay systems goes pretty fast. With Basketball season about to start, I'll be able to paint 3D model textures while watching the games.

19.10.2023 14:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Still working on my game in my spare time. Have over 300 random locations made. Can build and form squads of units and move them around the map.

I am working towards being able to take control of the locations, so there's a capture -> earn resources ->build units gameplay loop to start with.

19.10.2023 05:40 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

happy b-day. I celebrated your birthday with a burrito too!

18.10.2023 06:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just checking in, I can't post video clips of my game development here yet. So you have to just imagine!

I am still trying to generate all game assets with the help of A.I., so here are a couple of examples. I like one of the older renderers for it's dirtier look to vehicles.

21.09.2023 06:50 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0