Mike Dolan

Ten years ago today we shipped Firewatch. I say this every anniversary but it feels both like a lifetime ago and like it was yesterday. Thank you everyone who played it back then or played it today for the first time. Thank you to everyone on the team, I’m still so proud of what we made.

Just introduced my brother-in-law to Firewatch. Hes not a gamer but loves hiking and the national parks. He loves it!

Is there an arcade machine collector website analogous to what Pinside is for pinball? #arcadesky #arcade

YouTube video by Stark Crafts EVERYTHING to make RETRO 3D Games in Unreal Engine 5 - Beginner Tutorial

If you want to go deep youtu.be/nO7JUEtpbb0?... will have a lot of things you can turn off

Delete the clouds... default ue5 clouds are worth a few frames

The Real Adobe Killer was Adobe all along. I just hope they spin off Mixamo and Substance and dont just delete them from existance...

YouTube video by RHINO Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe (Official Audio)

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Usually its my characters butt has some wayward vertex that goes haywire. Real professional like.

Haha the 'didnt work part' is the part that confuses me too haha.

5.7 retargetting is like a button push now i think. It all confuses me but i think they simplified it alot

This my favorite enemy behavior problem to solve 3d path finding in tunnels. How did you handle backing out of dead ends?

I cant even imagine...😭

Youtube search is a powerful tool so your archive is in an excellent place to help people trying to do the things you show

No people but lots of banks 😀

Starsector but I believe this ship is part of his mod for the game

YouTube video by ObsidianAnt Bringing Back The Old School ‘Pilot’ Space Sim! Xerxes Shadow and Five Others

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i was wondering why Unreal Fest meals were mostly taco-based. I can't say I was against it.

i'd play this :)

most Americans outside a very specific MA/RI area are unaware of this marvel. wondering why i drink so much coffee as an adult now :)

Fun to watch them circle the player

First #screenshotsaturday of 2026 - we have enemies on our tail! #indiegamedev #unrealengine #spacegame

YouTube video by Mike Dolan Space in Unreal Engine - Testing boosts and drift and the random scene gen

Here's a video of the current project - fun to play!! youtu.be/XQ-OyPuz9Io #gamedev

yes I am back doing my space ship trail bs. because its the good things in life you must focus on. once you play Homeworld and see all the ships with their trails, it never leaves your brain. #indiegamedev #unrealengine #spacegame

yea or they two could take up a new strategy like a wingman specific move set...

perhaps you could decouple the formation points from the leader and have a abstract formation pattern that everyone tries to follow no matter who is left? and with that i am completely distracted from my other tasks :) now i'm gonna have to go implement it in UE5...

Ah ok. That is interesting. Linear design is becoming a lost art

Does desacrators keep your attention after a while? I had forsaken as a kid and it seems like that is what they are going for. Just didnt known if the game has meat or if it is just a nostalgic trip. Its on my maybe buy list....

YouTube video by Mike Dolan Procedural Galaxy Generation in Space Warfare: Infinite

Here is a video of the system in unity from 9 years ago! Still a few things to add to my unreal version. #gamedev youtu.be/c1kBfRbAXlw?...