Alien 👽 Max | 🇺🇦 gamedev

https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@maxim

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🗃️ programming experience 22 years
🎮 game development 7 years
🧶 programmer Erra: Exordium, CHARGE.R
🎫 porting to the consoles
🛠️ unity, unreal engine

#gamedev #indiedev #videogames #programming #gamedesign

🏠🇺🇦 Ukraine, Kyiv

Erra: Exordium: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1224030/Erra_Exordium/
CHARGE.R: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4524700/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/alienmax.bsky.social
Secret place: https://www.youtube.com/@alienmax-repository

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2026-06-04 00:02:46 UTC

What sci-fi movie can I watch to get inspired? I decided that after many years, I need to re-watch Sphere (1998) with Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson, Liev Schreiber. Incredible film. After 15 minutes I realize how old I am
#movies #film #scifi
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2026-04-21 10:03:15 UTC

I need to create a stick and then bend it. In continuation of work on the prototype conveyor belt for those who want to model inside Unreal Engine modeling mode, here I show another example "Deform - Warp"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEwcfiPydT4
#UnrealEngine #3Dmodelling #UE5 #gamedev #indiedev

2026-04-20 14:13:56 UTC

I like to prototype almost all parts of it in Unreal Engine (3D modeling, sounds) because it takes little time. For the treadmill, I decided that there would be no moving parts, the belt would pseudo-move through the material
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KOO9TMakoc
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #indiedev #shader

2026-04-17 15:36:10 UTC

I like yellow better, as the light it gives warmth, it's like honey and bees. I'll even show you the draft Unreal Engine material of this lantern rod. This is still a prototype, it will be even better in the game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XhhjgsYGto
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #indiedev #scifi #gaming #videogames #games #programming #puzzles

2026-04-14 10:10:26 UTC

Planet from noise texture with World Position Offset. The detail of the surface curvature depends on the number of vertices in the sphere object. Don't forget about my secret place of game dev + Unreal Engine examples:
https://youtube.com/@alienmax-repository
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #indiedev #shader #programming
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2026-04-13 20:06:46 UTC

Conveyor! He surprised me again. My 12 year old son made a prototype of a conveyor and now I want to create it in my game. He did it very simply, Unreal Engine Blueprint is in the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHUyV3zxFDg
#gamedev #indiedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gameplay #programming

2026-04-13 12:48:58 UTC

I like simple examples, from simple things we create complex ones. Two examples of Unreal Engine material: lerp and inverted lerp with Fresnel for 2 colors emissive. Don't forget about my secret place of game dev examples:
https://www.youtube.com/@alienmax-repository
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #indiedev #education #shader
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2026-04-13 12:04:24 UTC

My 12 year old son created all this in Unreal Engine over the weekend, hinting to me that I should also create such devices as in Portal. The thing that throws you, maybe, but hellish crushing plates with spikes, no, because I don't have deaths in the game.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4524700/
#gamedev #indiedev #scifi #gaming #puzzles #games #videogames #puzzle #moon #space #UnrealEngine #UE5
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2026-04-11 10:10:02 UTC

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yes, but for a long time, this movie has been on my list of things to re-watch

2026-04-11 10:08:34 UTC

Don't forget about my secret place of game dev examples, mostly on the topic of Unreal Engine. Everything is laid out on shelves there, and there are already 166 short examples
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKvoPQLzZiU
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #indiedev #education

2026-04-10 22:42:50 UTC

Freejack (1992) - science fiction film with Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, Rene Russo, Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan Ray Banks. I don't even remember the last time I watched this movie, maybe about 10 or 20 years ago. I remember the plot markers and how Mick was a cool dude. Emilio for me is always a child athlete from The Breakfast Club, an energetic boy who demonstrates courage
#film #scifi #movies
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2026-04-10 18:06:26 UTC

I have a question for video game genre experts, gamers and geeks from gamedev. When there are elements of technology in a human body, it's Cyberpunk, right? And if there is biomaterial in a robot body, what is it? Maybe this is a new genre? For example, film Bicentennial Man
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2026-04-10 17:43:56 UTC

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Yes, an incredible film and an era that will probably never happen again. According to other people I've heard, European countries have lost their identity because of migrants from Asia, especially from Arab countries. If you watch films from the 60s-70s and today you get to see, for example, France, it's horrible.

2026-04-10 12:05:01 UTC

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I'm a fan of this film, it calms me down with all the details. This world that no longer exists, because during this time Europe has changed, migration, technology. Someday I will create a game in this world. I hope I can do this after the Sci-Fi game I'm working on now
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2026-04-10 12:04:27 UTC

Subway (1985) has an unfair rating on IMDb. A brilliant film with vivid emotions and detailed underground setting, young actors Christopher Lambert, Isabelle Adjani, Jean Reno... Director whom everyone knows - Luc Besson. Composer Éric Serra, whose music is incredible. This is an introvert's movie.
#movies #film #subway #movie
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2026-04-09 18:28:14 UTC

I'll give you a little spin so you can feel your mind drifting, experimenting with post-processing materials in Unreal Engine. This is not the Twilight Zone or Stranger Things, this is a night indie game dev, when brain wants to rest and you force it again
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4524700/
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #indiedev #gaming #scifi #videogames
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2026-04-09 16:32:38 UTC

In memory of a man I respect for giving me some movies and the series "Walker, Texas Ranger". Thank you Chuck Norris, rest in peace. This is a moment from a movie I've never seen. A few months before I saw it, I planned to make an armadillo character for the game. It's a sign
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2026-04-09 14:38:48 UTC

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For me, this is the first project in the 3D world, and the first game where I even do level design. I try to recreate symmetry and an angle in each location that will make the player have some kind of association. Every place has a spatial puzzle, and that's even harder to do

2026-04-09 13:06:50 UTC

I'll show you some technologically mystical places. Yes, in such places you will have different puzzle gameplay. I hope you like peace. Now my whole life is dedicated to creating this place on the Moon.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4524700/
#moon #space #puzzle #gaming #gameplay #games #videogames #puzzles #scifi #steam
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2026-04-09 12:09:38 UTC

In old fairy tales, there is an image of a woman who dreams of a prince on a horse who will take her away from her bad life to his. For example, Snow White or Cinderella, etc. Let's bring this moment to the present day and replace the woman with an IT specialist who has an idea to create something, but needs money for startup, and the prince on a white horse is an investor
#startups #humor #it #joke #ai
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2026-04-08 13:04:20 UTC

The Moon has always protected us and will protect us in the future, when humanity builds something very interesting there. Take a look:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4524700/
#gamedev #space #moon #WishlistWednesday #mystic #nasa #gaming #videogames #puzzle #puzzles #scifi
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2026-04-08 09:50:49 UTC

I recently showed you a prototype of gameplay inside robot that doesn't have cameras, for now this robot has 2 configurations: an energy transmitter and a Moon dust cleaner. I'm waiting for your on Steam, please add to wishlist
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4524700/
#WishlistWednesday #gaming #videogames #moon #space #puzzles #puzzle #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev
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2026-04-07 13:28:01 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@charge_r/116363626832252418
The Awakening Room is a classic. I wanted to make something unique, at least 0.11%, so I came up with a choice. The player can choose a body, although they are the same. Or maybe you have to play the game 3 times in different bodies and get the achievement? Just kidding #gamedev #indiedev
#note15s3…hgf8

2026-04-07 10:45:38 UTC

You know me. So, let's move the neurons in the brain a little and experiment with Unreal Engine material. And for those who are seeing me for the first time, please follow me and add the game about the Moon that I am working on to your wishlist.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4524700/
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #indiedev #shader #programming #puzzles #puzzle #gaming #videogames #scifi #space #moon
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2026-04-06 22:10:14 UTC

Thank you NASA. There are many eyes watching the Artemis II mission broadcasts. I have a big imagination. I want to spin the Moon on my finger to give it more momentum. My prophecy is reflected in the Sci-Fi puzzle game
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4524700/
#space #gaming #puzzles #moon #scifi #nasa #videogames #puzzle #games
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2026-04-06 13:06:49 UTC

This is my first 3D game, first 3D level design sci-fi puzzle. It's hard, but I want to create 100 draft scenes by the end of spring. Now I have 50%. 100 is a lot, not all scenes will be in the game. But in addition to puzzles, there will be plot scenes
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4524700/
#scifi #puzzle #space #moon #gaming #videogames #games #HashtagGames #puzzles #gamedev #indiedev
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2026-04-06 11:04:24 UTC

The beginning is always a different feeling, inside of a team, of any project. At the beginning of this video Jon Bernthal and Norman Reedus share their emotions about the beginning of The Walking Dead. It's incredible to hear and see in their eyes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xv21IsJteU

2026-04-05 22:18:39 UTC

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I thought it would be easy to make a list of names. But I think this list might change every year. Maybe the priority of the names changes, but most likely it will be related to creativity, for example songs or books. Stephen King, this name will always be on my list.

2026-04-05 22:07:33 UTC

Each of us has those who inspire us, whom we respect for what this person has done. I don't mean family. These are scientists, doctors, artists and so on and this list is different for everyone. People who give us emotions, knowledge, technology, life. Please write several names

2026-04-05 12:25:46 UTC

This gameplay was made by my 12 year old son in March 2026. My son is the main tester of my game. Sometimes he likes to recreate what he saw. He does everything himself inside UE (materials, 3D objects, blueprints, metasound)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke0zEPKWlZs
#gamedev #indiedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #education #programming #coding #learning

2026-04-05 10:25:46 UTC

Hello player. This is a prototype and there will be several scenes in the game with these Sci-Fi math adapters. If you don't like math, don't worry, you won't have to calculate it on a calculator. The numbers will be small, the puzzle will have several devices 🤓
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4524700/
#puzzle #scifi #videogames #gaming #games #HashtagGames #math #mathematics #puzzles #space #moon
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2026-04-04 19:57:48 UTC

They say that humor is a sign of intelligence. If a person knows how to joke, build joke structures and it is funny to others, it means that the person is very smart. I've always wanted to bring my weird humor to games. And this will be my latest step in that direction.
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2026-04-04 13:50:26 UTC

How do I create something similar to an equalizer or screen for environment devices without using a widget? I like to set myself such tasks. It is the basis for a dynamic environment. I want the game to have many different devices with screens where something is happening, even if it is pseudo data
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rhqjd-VEM8
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #shader #programming #indiedev #education #UE5Study

2026-04-04 10:21:11 UTC

In place where energy is the lifeblood of Earth's defense system, which is partially beneath the surface of the Moon, many technological devices and their behavior may seem strange. This is the future
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4524700/
#Moon #puzzle #gaming #ScreenshotSaturday #scifi #videogames #games #space #robots #mystery
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2026-04-03 21:32:10 UTC

In a place where energy is the lifeblood of Earth's defense system, which is partially beneath the surface of the Moon, many cables will create a maze for little ones like this lunar dust collector robot.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4524700/
I hope that everyone who loves mystery games, science fiction, math, puzzles, physics, space, peace... will find in this game useful emotions for their brain. And if you work at NASA, then my dream is for them to see this
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2026-04-03 12:57:47 UTC

Doom 2D in Scratch and maze in Python. This is my 12 year old son's creation. I decided to add a playlist to my YouTube channel and show his work there, and there will be a lot of them too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZOb8lVrfCU
#gamedev #scratch #python #programming #doom #maze

2026-04-02 12:23:59 UTC

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I dreamed of working at NASA, but I'm from a different part of the world, every year my dream got further away, because it's like in sports, you have to start early and be in the flow. So, all I can do now is create a game about energy, the Moon and space
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4524700/
#nasa #space #scifi #moon #puzzle #energy #science #gaming #videogames

2026-04-02 10:18:06 UTC

Finally I did it. This dev took me 4 days. Now the game has gameplay with a floor drone, an intermediary between some of the player's actions in the puzzle space. This device sees differently and can only connect to surveillance cameras. Some robots will clean up Moon dust
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4524700/CHARGER/
#gamedev #scifi #games #gaming #moon #videogames #nasa #space #robots #HashtagGames #puzzle #indiedev
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2026-04-01 23:00:49 UTC

Watching the NASA's Artemis II Crew Launches I want to remind my prophecy, someday people will switch to a new type of energy, and the Moon will become, among other things, a place to protect the Earth from cosmic threats. That's what my game is about
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4524700/

2026-04-01 22:52:09 UTC

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NASA's Artemis II ❤️ They are already in space. 2.8 million people watched it on the official broadcast. I'm shocked by the quantity and quality, YouTube is a miracle
#Artemis #NASA #Space
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2026-04-01 22:26:48 UTC

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NASA's Artemis II - 2 million people are currently watching this stream
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2026-04-01 21:59:24 UTC

NASA's Artemis II - I'm watching 4 different broadcasts right now. This is the first time I've been so worried because I'm making a game set on the Moon and I hope this is the beginning of a new era. I hope everything goes well at NASA.
NASA's Artemis II Crew Launches To The Moon - I look at it and it's like the reality is completely different. I don't believe it. But it's incredible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf_UjBMIzNo

2026-04-01 13:22:13 UTC

You say that today is April 1st, WAT, April Fool's Day? We live in a madhouse. But everyone has their own little bubble for peace and work. For me, it's programming, and in recent years, game dev. Who forgot what a WAT is, this is brilliant coding humor from Gary Bernhardt
#programming #humor #aprilfoolsDay
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2026-03-31 23:38:49 UTC

What if everything that is happening in the world right now is all part of a plan for the transition of human civilization into an era of life or existence in new conditions with AI?
https://medium.com/@prybulets/today-and-future-are-we-living-in-a-time-of-transition-between-eras-3d145bfebf46
#ai #future #life #war #humanity #space #artificialintelligence

2026-03-31 17:43:36 UTC

Just cube, no holes, this is an illusion based on Interior Cubemap. Intellectual exercises for your brain on the topic of Unreal Engine, more examples on my secret place. Your subs and likes are my motivation to do more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=156qms9djOg
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #indiedev #shader #programming #UnrealEngine5

2026-03-31 15:00:13 UTC

Dieselpunk, robots and a cat... Somewhere in the game you can find a cat. He was supposed to be your assistant in some situations, a warning of danger. But unfortunately I had to give up on this because there was not enough time
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1224030/
#PixelGame #retrogaming #pixelart #steamDeck #steam #sale #games #videogames #gaming
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2026-03-31 12:46:00 UTC

Now it looks like how I imagined it. Which color is better? But it is possible to use all of them in certain gameplay cases. My next game dev step is to make the HUD and interaction. This little device has to react differently to everything around it
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4524700/
#scifi #videogames #UnrealEngine #UE5 #indiedev #gamedev #puzzle #games #gaming #HashtagGames
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2026-03-31 11:51:09 UTC

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I like to show non-final versions to see reactions and useful tips, this was done in the morning, and I already raised the brightness a little. But even in this video, everything is relatively ok. This is such a style, echolocation. Maybe your screen brightness is low, everything looks normal to me. Your reaction is somehow very negative. That's why I asked, are you okay? Less negativity

2026-03-31 11:37:45 UTC

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Are you okay? Or do you just want attention in the comments?) This is my game dev blog, I write here what I'm doing now, for example, I'm working on gameplay floor drone right now.

2026-03-31 09:54:21 UTC

I'm continuing to work on new gameplay inside the floor drone, I don't know what to call it yet. This is a basic configuration that can have an energy transmitter on it or clean the floor.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4524700/
#gamedev #scifi #UnrealEngine #indiegame #space #puzzle #games #videogames #game #HashtagGames
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2026-03-28 11:32:38 UTC

Erra: Exordium dieselpunk pixelart game from Ukraine. This world is uniquely hand-drawn. There is a 50% discount now, hurry up and buy it, write a positive review, it will give us strength
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1224030/
#ScreenshotSaturday #retrogaming #pixelart #steamdeck #ドット絵 #gaming #games #videogames #HashtagGames
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2026-03-27 20:36:24 UTC

My 12 year old son was at the mathematics museum in Kyiv today. Inspired by this, he made a maze in Python. Command line, WASD and Enter and you take a step. As an old Doom fan, I really like this. He is learning #python himself. Also not so long ago he took second place in the city's math Olympiad
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2026-03-27 11:30:43 UTC

My secret place of quick knowledge based on my experiments and examples related to game development. 160th video for your intelligence, which explains how to separate sides and change the visual composition inside a cubic map
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zLmez6kQ8Q
#UnrealEngine #gamedev #UE5 #indiedev #education #programming #shader

2026-03-26 23:33:32 UTC

Today's reality... I bought these items back in 2012
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2026-03-24 22:35:28 UTC

Do you remember this little one? I even showed you the first prototypes of it and how I did it on Unreal Engine. This little robot is a helper, and one of its versions will clean up lunar dust and other versions will help you solve puzzles
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4524700/CHARGER/
#scifi #videogames #puzzle #robots #gaming #games #HashtagGames #space
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/286/532/344/460/980/original/d38b144fda65a736.mp4

2026-03-24 10:41:01 UTC

People will survive the catastrophe on Earth and begin a new space era. In the future, our Moon will become our defense. We will build something that will protect the Earth from space threats.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4524700/
This is a game for your brain. Calm, mystic, energy, puzzles
#gaming #puzzle #puzzlesGames #games #scifi #videogames #moon #space
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2026-03-23 18:27:53 UTC

I want the game I am working on to be intellectual, meditative, mysterious, a puzzle in space with energy. Every time I show something new to my son, he understands it immediately and plays it with ease. When I show it to others, they think it's a complex gameplay. I want to believe that all children are intelligent creatures, and adults who love puzzles - audience that will appreciate this game. Am I being too naive? This is mission impossible!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4524700/
#gaming #scifi #puzzle
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/279/897/394/392/347/original/11ee01973358b63c.mp4

2026-03-22 19:33:45 UTC

3 years ago, when I was finishing up a Erra: Exordium game, I drank a lot of Dr. Pepper for the last year. This drink inspired me to make a dieselpunk soda in the game and several achievements are related to it. I only played one game on Steam Deck 👇
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1224030/
#retrogaming #gaming #pixelart #games #HashtagGames #videogames #sales #steamDeck #drpepper
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2026-03-22 12:23:13 UTC

I know it's not New Year's and Santa Claus is on vacation, but if you already have a Steam Deck, then dive into the dieselpunk world of Erra: Exordium. Steam Spring Sales :: 50% off
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1224030/
#steamdeck #pixelart #videogames #retrogaming #retrogames #games #HashtagGames #gaming
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2026-03-22 10:35:08 UTC

This is a part of prototype for puzzle gameplay, it will do arithmetic operations, manipulations on the power of energy. I will show you some of the test material, the markings on the object and how to split a number into its individual digits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js3lpx4GWLw
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #indiedev #programming #education

2026-03-21 14:00:21 UTC

Steam Spring Sales :: 50% off
Erra: Exordium - pixelart videogame world based on Sumerian-Akkadian mythology in Dieselpunk setting
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1224030/
#gaming #sales #ScreenshotSaturday #steam #pixelart #videogames #games #HashtagGames
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2026-03-21 11:20:38 UTC

My 12 year old son is practicing and learning Python on his own without me. I sometimes read a book (Head First) with him to keep up with the topic. But he does everything himself. He is a Minecraft fan and his friend is a Creeper. So he drew this in Python & Turtle
#python #Minecraft #programming
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/266/886/818/609/144/original/dbaf2d3818dae97c.mp4

2026-03-20 12:45:54 UTC

Steam Spring Sales and in honor of the launch CHARGE.R page, the game I worked so hard on many years is 50% off, so if you haven't played it yet, you'll love the world of Erra: Exordium (was also created for Steam Deck)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1224030/Erra_Exordium/

2026-03-20 11:50:23 UTC

Useful information about Unreal Engine material. A simple way to get a distance that does not depend on the camera angle, so that you can then use it to change, for example, the texture or saturation: Transform Position and Custom node with [length]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGNDa2KQYes
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #indiedev #programming

2026-03-19 18:42:06 UTC

I'm having a Hot Dog for dinner. My sick brain is asking me: what should a Cold Cat look like? What flavor and ingredients?

2026-03-19 09:53:53 UTC

My 12 year old son created a code that allows you to rotate the UV in Unreal Engine material. I know you know that there are ready-made nodes for rotation, but he didn't know that. This is a custom rotator from my little genius
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHVnRsMK6yo
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #programming #UE5Study #education

2026-03-18 22:39:34 UTC

Why is the surveillance camera like this? Because it works in a harsh environment and can get an electric shock from us. I'm working on something else right now, which is the mysterious rocks in this room. They will also react to the arc
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4524700/CHARGER/
#gamedev #videogames #scifi #indiegame #gaming #puzzle #games #HashtagGames
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/252/575/748/929/157/original/10e5f37f17241ed8.mp4

2026-03-18 14:24:06 UTC

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2026-03-18 14:13:45 UTC

That day has come, my dear friends. Now you will know the name of the game and the plot. From now on, I will show more of what I hid from you and write about what I was silent... CHARGE.R
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4524700/CHARGER/
#gaming #scifi #puzzle #videogames #games #HashtagGames #indiegames #gamedev #indiedev

2026-03-18 10:05:03 UTC

Hello Steam! Well, now just click and everything will begin, the stage of accumulating wishlists and finally you will start to see more details. When will this happen, today or tomorrow? This isn't a game release, but I'm really worried.
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2026-03-17 15:45:28 UTC

This is a mysterious vortex of energy. I'll show you some of the code that you may have seen in my other Unreal Engine examples with Bump Offset, Radial Gradient Exponential, Rotator, UV Zoom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRNwGF1Q3fE
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #UE5Study #tips #indiedev #programming #vfx #scifi #education

2026-03-17 10:49:04 UTC

March 17, Saint Patrick's Day. I want to wish the Irish prosperity and creativity. They were on the brink of extinction as a nation during the British Empire. Their language and traditions have been preserved and brought back to life. I hope I get to Ireland as a tourist someday. Today I listen to music and songs from that country: Enya, Hozier, Sinéad O'Connor, Niall Horan, Bono (U2), Christy Moore, Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries), Dermot Kennedy

2026-03-16 01:18:09 UTC

It's been a while since I've posted anything useful about Unreal Engine blueprints. Here's a quick rundown of how to move objects in a flow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50NZeD_aTJE
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #indiedev #programming #UnrealEngine5 #code #blueprint

2026-03-12 22:39:42 UTC

I decided to rewatch the series Lucifer for the second time. I can't believe it's been 10 years already. An angel who many people perceive as evil, rather than one who works in hell as a punisher, punishing those who do evil in Earth. Tom Ellis played great, I first saw him in the sitcom Miranda.
Morningstar even joked about Trump that he would go to hell. But what we see on the screen in reality now is some kind of unreality, you already know that. The main thing is to survive
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/218/600/371/946/767/original/f54224e506161113.png

2026-03-11 10:38:31 UTC

Let's get smarter in Unreal Engine. A simple way to get a random value is to use custom node and function PseudoRandom(). To make a circle from a square in UV, you need to use the Distance node and the second value 0.5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGDoyh52E0k
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #indiedev #programming #shader

2026-03-09 12:40:56 UTC

Monday game dev, 5-minute experimentation with Unreal Engine materials. Experiments with Vector To Radial Value node, again. Something like a sci-fi door or hatch or something technical
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhiZhaE_74c
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #shader #indiedev #programming #code #education

2026-03-08 14:25:14 UTC

My pessimistic spring mood is reflected in food. My sick brain depends on reality, which is crazy. My bubble is an indie game dev. I hope someday reality will get better and all these facts will change.
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/194/011/406/618/217/original/84a37e35a13774b7.jpg

2026-03-08 10:40:19 UTC

Sunday game dev, coffee, Unreal Engine, practice with materials. Experiments with Vector To Radial Value node, again. I think I created a coconut and the sun. Coconut is cool, now I want a Piña Colada, but I haven't drunk alcohol for 5 years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3ytxVxrX1I
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #UE5Study #indiedev #shader #programming #education

2026-03-07 13:24:40 UTC

You know I'm mentally sick, right? Like all people on this planet to varying degrees, but this is true only if you think about rules of patterns that people themselves invented. I listen to this song and think it's about today. Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g

2026-03-07 10:32:13 UTC

I hope when a player sees this, their reaction will be. What is this? An alien? Your game will be about an aliens? You've been saying all this time that it's about robot with AI on the Moon. I will answer: this is not an alien, look more closely, they don't exist, do they?
#gamedev #scifi #ufo #videogames #gaming #HashtagGames
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2026-03-06 13:38:28 UTC

Friday game dev, coffee, Unreal Engine, practice with materials. Experiments with Vector To Radial Value node, again. Radio waves, signal?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmsnmkbNo-o
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #indiedev #programming #shader

2026-03-05 17:30:05 UTC

Thursday, morning, coffee, Unreal Engine, practice with materials. Experiments with Vector To Radial Value node. Last night I dreamed of Charlie Chaplin, he was close and made me laugh a lot. Thank you Charlie. I woke up in a good mood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87arLvsCONc
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #programming #indiedev

2026-03-03 10:14:20 UTC

I haven't uploaded anything to my YouTube channel for a few days, I didn't have the mood or time because I had a lot of electricity and I was working on the game. I didn't even notice that spring had already begun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXA5BFsPBbg
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #indiedev #UE5 #shader #UnrealEngine5 #unreal #programming #education

2026-02-28 11:33:56 UTC

My sick thoughts on this Saturday morning
https://medium.com/@prybulets/sometimes-i-say-some-incomprehensible-crap-we-are-creatures-that-need-to-be-57368e2facc4

2026-02-27 09:50:33 UTC

Evening practice with Unreal Engine, I decided to try to create a spider web using the VectorToRadialValue node. I remembered the Homer Simpson song: Spider Pig, Spider Pig. Does whatever a Spider Pig does. Can he swing from a web? No he can't...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V00BZQOZ9fg
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #indiedev #programming #web #shader

2026-02-26 16:47:11 UTC

Simple but useful! You know me, I try to practice every day with materials in Unreal Engine and show you my examples
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JCYLw18K3U
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #shader #indiedev #programming

2026-02-25 15:44:15 UTC

Every technology, tool or product (book, game, movie, music) has its fans, those who don't like it, or those who are neutral. I'm one of those who doesn't listen to other people or read reviews... people are creatures whose opinions are shaped by their environment and can change

2026-02-25 11:24:35 UTC

I'll remind you of my knowledge backup place. Please, make me happy, subscribe and bring more friends. In 2+ months there are already 145 videos, I hope by the end of the year there will be a treasure cave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezb1Rdrjilw
#gamedev #unrealengine #UE5 #indiedev #programming #education

2026-02-24 10:34:17 UTC

From my gamedev log. You may have seen some excerpts in previous posts. This my first steps in creating a 3D puzzle inside a cube (Unreal Engine). Over time I will create a full puzzle gameplay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNPPQhL2ZVY
#gamedev #indiedev #scifi #puzzle #UnrealEngine #programming #UE5 #gaming

2026-02-23 16:30:18 UTC

It's been 5 days since I experimenting with Unreal Engine font materials. During this time I've made 21 materials and here's what they look like. These are very simple examples, I've shown some of the materials and their code in other videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_-aIT3V3v4
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #indiedev #userinterface #UI #education

2026-02-23 14:42:09 UTC

Hello, friends, indie game developers! I'll remind you of my other place of knowledge based on examples. Make me happy, subscribe and bring more friends. I hope by the end of the year there will be a treasure cave. Hypnotoad font material? Futurama ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oBqID2zX_k
#gamedev #indiedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #programming #shader #education #UE5study

2026-02-23 09:40:12 UTC

What's the difference in Unreal Engine font material TexCoord 0 or 1 ? The difference is that 1 will affect every symbol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzkGwK6dKpg
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #indiedev #programming #shader

2026-02-22 10:02:28 UTC

Did you know that the game I came up with a year ago is about the Moon? I've been working on the game for a year now, and you'll see the details soon. And here's the moon under ice or glass, but it's not related to the plot. Fly me to the moon, let me play among the stars 🚀
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbUnJuYnPz0
#gamedev #indiedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #moon #space #scifi #gaming #programming #puzzle #shader

2026-02-21 19:15:24 UTC

I created the 15th Unreal Engine material for the font effect. This time I'll show some code. 1 material gives 8 variations. On average 5 variations each material, so a total of 50+ variations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d92XjvkdqYU
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #indiedev #programming #shader

2026-02-20 12:43:15 UTC

VectorToRadialValue node, I love it, this time I'll show you how to make variations of spirals, which I associate with rune symbols
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN6Gtjy8RL0
#gamedev #indiedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #shader #programming #UnrealEngine5

2026-02-19 10:07:38 UTC

It's all very simple here, but I put everything in one place to show lots of various. Dot, Sine, etc nodes helped me draw UV`s cables and even a candy. Unreal Engine my bubble of life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWhUapHuGn8
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #indiedev #programming #shader #code #education #HashtagGames #gaming

2026-02-18 09:35:44 UTC

The time node has a period setting, but if you need to affect the period interval, here's how to do it. This recipe was suggested to me by my 12 year old son. His mathematical brain wrote it without even looking for examples.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ4St2WbnaA
#gamedev #indiedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #programming #education #shader

2026-02-17 21:07:16 UTC

I understand this... so I created a new Unreal Engine material to show you my kung fu. This is a regular cube, but an unusual material. This material is not two-sided, so the magic that creates imitation is based on cubemap which has become a Mask of holes. I will show the code on my channel later
https://www.youtube.com/@alienmax-repository
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #indiedev #UnrealEngine5 #programming #indiegamedev
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/087/988/777/579/599/original/b4cd7d5793d0583a.mp4

2026-02-17 09:58:11 UTC

This example is a little different from the similar videos I've shown you about Bump Offset in Unreal Engine materials. I like how the texture reacts to the grid under the influence of BumpOffset
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W76QdI8BmnE
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #indiedev #education #programming