Alien 👽 Max | 🇺🇦 gamedev

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

Blog about gamedev
🗃️ 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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2026-06-25 20:26:56 UTC

Steam Summer Sale || Dieselpunk from Ukraine
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1224030/Erra_Exordium/

2026-06-23 21:33:40 UTC

It was my part of the quality experience, and brain training. I read other people's code in different programming languages almost every day before switching to Unreal Engine. I haven't programmed with text for 2 years and I stopped smoking. What am I transforming into?
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2026-06-21 18:39:33 UTC

I heard an old song on the radio, well, relatively old, but I saw the video clip for the first time. This is an incredible song, the video is fantastic, a lot of emotions. Kuzmenko Andriy (СКРЯБІН), thank you for your creativity, it will live forever!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyAaRgvTzgY

2026-06-21 14:22:00 UTC

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I don't like the taste of cauliflower in soup, and to change that up a bit, I roast it with sausage and spicy curry. My little life hack for you about food, experiment!
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2026-06-21 13:18:52 UTC

indie game developer is when you like to experiment even when cooking food. I love to cook, create my own recipes. Sunday, time to make soup for next week. Instead of potatoes, I fried some zucchini. While cooking, I like to listen to the radio and think about reality.
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2026-06-19 10:29:28 UTC

Hype wave as part of a campaign to increase influence. Every day in politics / business. "Here are new conditions for you" they create a wave, the process begins and then the conditions change, they say "we heard you". Dear game devs, don't panic about Blueprints in Unreal Engine

2026-06-18 15:06:52 UTC

A little intellectual exercise for your brain with Unreal Engine material. I called it "Flux Capacitor" (Back to the Future), ok it's a joke. Let's spin this stuff. I don't use the 3ColorBlend node much, but it surprises me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMxTQmN7N0w
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #indiedev #shaders

2026-06-16 12:35:00 UTC

I feel like I'm ready to use more custom nodes and finally write code in symbols. I've been living only in visual programming for 2 years, and before that I wrote code in symbols for 25 years. It's time to go back, I'm hungry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vLg6zoWCE0
#gamedev #indiedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #shaders #education #programming

2026-06-13 12:33:31 UTC

Saturday, I have a cleaning day. This is my first time using this chemical. I was surprised. I thought it was just compressed air, but it started to get so cold that I couldn't hold the can in my hand. I didn't think water would come out of there.
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2026-06-11 20:14:32 UTC

I was sad and decided to tinker a bit with some Unreal Engine material, so I made a draft of an old tv number counter. It doesn't look perfect, but this is a draft, Say, if I only could. I'd make a deal with God 😉
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ7kw77UEGg
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #indiedev #shaders

2026-06-11 10:12:49 UTC

I believe that the term code or program bug is being misinterpreted. This is a programmer mistake in logic or incomplete code, unwritten conditions that can cause uncontrolled actions. If this object stopped responding in the game, then I forgot to add the code. This is not a bug, this is a feature!
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2026-06-10 19:45:46 UTC

indie game dev this is when you finally washed your hair... I Want to Believe
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2026-06-09 15:56:38 UTC

I think there is a big emotional loop in the life of an #indiedev What exactly? The idea, this is where the emotional wave, the uplift begins. Then the long process of creating the game. And then the storm, which either creates depression or something else
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2026-06-08 13:34:07 UTC

Intellectual exercises with Unreal Engine for your brain. Let's complicate the topic a little, UE materials for HUD. How to bend and curve an interface element?
https://www.youtube.com/@alienmax-repository
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #indiedev #shaders #programming
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2026-06-06 13:26:05 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@charge_r/116703153353858931
I will often remind you that I am inspired by the work of Kate Bush. Mystical music and words that penetrate the game like sparks. I will tell you a secret. Tears for Fears was in my life before, and I listen to their work every day, these are intellectual sparks
#note1fcp…6w6h

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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2026-06-03 20:40:08 UTC

I ate and dirty the screen, of course working on the game in Unreal Engine. So, I wipe the screen with a rag, and realize that I wiped the stain a long time ago, and I'm trying to erase the dirt from the texture. This is a game dev, baby! #gamedev

2026-06-02 16:23:59 UTC

In my secret place of examples and game dev experiments, there is a playlist dedicated to Unreal Engine Materials. This is the 100th video. Anniversary #gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpcUzBMnM00

2026-05-29 10:05:23 UTC

That was a year ago, after a year with Unreal Engine. A blueprint takes any texture, creates a render texture based on it, and uses it as a decal. Another blueprint moves the object along a spline, and passes information to the Blueprint with render texture. Moon dust cleaner ;)
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5
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2026-05-28 09:34:57 UTC

I once made a prototype of PVC curtain. Several times I planned to remake this into a static mesh parts with skeleton and physics, I don't know which will require more calculations, but I think this version (Cable Component, Unreal Engine) is simpler. Did you do it?
#gamedev #indiedev #UnrealEngine #UE5
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2026-05-26 12:20:54 UTC

Lately I've often hear little jokes in the form of questions about Unreal Engine 6. I've been using UE5 for 2 years now, so I can only joke about Unity. MUGA - make Unity great again. This is #gamedev humor, sorry.
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2026-05-26 09:00:27 UTC

Grosse Pointe Blank is one of my favorite comedy movies: What you need is a shakubuku, a swift, spiritual kick to the head that alters your reality forever.
When I switch to game dev Shakubuku happened, when I started using Unreal Engine and Blueprints, it happened again.
#gamedev #indiedev
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2026-05-25 23:13:32 UTC

Pump Up the Volume (1990) with Christian Slater, I have watched this movie many times. Yes, it was 36 years ago, it's hard to believe, new technologies, but people don't change. Now we have social networks, video blogs, streams, but is the essence of the problems the same? Remember this movie! The truth today has become even more complicated, the flow of information blurs the truth
#film #movies
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2026-05-22 10:02:11 UTC

It's Friday, so follow me. I dream of 8888 subscribers. I was thinking about what the most interesting thing I came up in game with this month was. Here it is. This "feed the beast" gameplay will have various tasks related to energy puzzles environment
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4524700/
#gamedev #indiedev #gaming #scifi #puzzles #games #hashtagGames #steam #videogames
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2026-05-21 15:16:25 UTC

Thoughts on indie devs today. #indiedev is when you have to do almost everything, all the directions that exist in game dev. So if you write what you did today on your resume, in a few years it will be a book with many pages.

2026-05-21 11:06:39 UTC

Today, May 21, is Vyshyvanka Day in Ukraine. So in honor of that, I wanted to do something themed for your brain. You know me, this will be Unreal Engine material. I called it "Квіточка та її Віночок" (The flower and its corolla)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIpkvy8X9CI
#UnrealEngine #gamedev #UE5 #indiedev #shader #education #vfx

2026-05-20 14:32:45 UTC

Traditionally for you an example of Unreal Engine material. This time from my 11 year old son. I place some copies of his work in my secret place. Pac-Man always in our hearts!
https://www.youtube.com/@alienmax-repository
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #indiedev #gamedevelopment #education #shader #pacman
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2026-05-19 18:12:02 UTC

Who knows the gamedev story of Erra: Exordium ? We was a small studio from Kyiv, we had to abandon part of the game in 2022, for example, one of the bosses. Back in 2021, you could see many pixel art prototypes. I found this in archive today, because of the thunderstorm outside. For those who are seeing this game for the first time, add it to your wishlist on Steam, the next discount will be 50%
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1224030/Erra_Exordium/
#pixelart #retrogaming #gaming #videogames #steamDeck #steam #games
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2026-05-17 00:19:01 UTC

I love her work, her words, her voice, everything I hear takes me to amazing worlds. I've been listening to Kate Bush every day for years. This style of reproducing my world that's in my head. When at night I hear the song Snowflake, I feel mystic #KateBush
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2026-05-16 21:16:35 UTC

Michael (1996) with John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, Bob Hoskins, Robert Pastorelli. He's an angel... Not a saint. This movie is always in my heart, it's nice, simple, and smells like cookies. Today my son Michael asked me what I was watching. And it was nice to see his surprised face when I said the name of the movie.
#film #movie #comedy
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2026-05-15 18:50:11 UTC

From what or where does my level design for a puzzle scene start? I have a few locations that I use as a universal starting point. For example, this one for creating a puzzle in a large space without visual obstacles
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4524700/CHARGER/
#gamedev #indiedev #UnrealEngine #gaming #indiegame #scifi #gameplay #gamedesign #videogames #puzzles
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2026-05-13 11:05:31 UTC

I'm not a 3D modeler, but I like to create model drafts for gameplay prototypes inside Unreal Engine, I like to play with modeling mode. That's 181 videos about game dev in my secret place of examples and knowledge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMawJpkbgL0
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #indiedev #3dmodelling

2026-05-11 19:57:51 UTC

Over time I had a lot of static mesh actors with a visual role in the scene and I needed to change the material data. So I created an Unreal Engine blueprint that could do this. Code details in a my secret place of examples
https://youtube.com/watch?v=paCu2bebp04
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #indiedev
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2026-05-10 18:50:02 UTC

My son, a 12 year old Half Life fan, recreated some gameplay in Unreal Engine. He did it on the weekend and everything himself, I didn't help him. He took the sounds from the game Half Life 2. He doesn't know how to create VFX yet, but I'll show him how Niagara works when he wants. He's made all the effects here with simple objects and materials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVYT7ZN7XA8
#unrealengine #gamedev #gameplay #indiedev #halflife2 #UE5

2026-05-10 15:32:38 UTC

My 12 year old son made a little headcrab in Unreal Engine. He knows more about the Half-Life universes than I do, but we are fans of both HL and UE. Now he wants to create a delivery rocket (Headcrab Shells) for these organic jumping drones.
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/551/001/816/158/854/original/fe2647653527adcf.mp4

2026-05-08 18:26:57 UTC

When I eat or wash or sit on the toilet, I always think about game dev. When I decided to make this Unreal Engine material, I won't say. I called it breathing #gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #indiedev
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zPnnMLGSP4

2026-05-08 10:05:50 UTC

This big dieselpunk mother of drones. This monster is like a dragon that breathes fire... Erra: Exordium [-50% on Steam]. You are the one who transferred your consciousness into a body of iron. You can walk this path over the weekend
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1224030/Erra_Exordium/
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2026-05-07 20:52:03 UTC

Valve has created an ecosystem for gamers, without making a big bet on the game engine for developers. We may see Source 3 by 2030. Then Epic should create a hybrid of a portable console + VR, and player gets games for free forever on Epic Games if they were once free for a week

2026-05-07 00:17:14 UTC

When I started experimenting with Unreal Engine materials and learning about it, it was scary, nothing was clear. But when I made this combination and saw the flag of Ukraine, I fell in love with this mathematics. Over time, knowledge begets understanding #gamedev #UnrealEngine #indiedev
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2026-05-05 15:33:04 UTC

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I sometimes look at the Steam achievement statistics and laugh that players still haven't emptied the soda vending machine and destroyed 69 cans
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2026-05-05 14:03:40 UTC

In this dieselpunk world, religion hides the truth and controls people's lives until something falls from the sky. Everything is done by hand, every pixel, every function in the code. I am very proud of this project and the people who made it. Steam -50%
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1224030/
#scifi #dieselpunk #videogames #retrogaming #gaming #games #hashtagGames #pixelart #steam #steamdeck
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2026-05-04 21:38:34 UTC

For those who wanted to finally buy this world of dieselpunk and were waiting for a discount, today the -50% discount started. Don't forget to add the game I'm currently working on to your Steam wishlist, thank you player!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1224030/Erra_Exordium/
#pixelart #steamdeck #indiegames #gaming #videogames #retrogaming #steam #dieselpunk

2026-05-02 11:26:37 UTC

My Saturday game dev. I continue working on the gameplay with the anomaly. I decided that I needed to have something mysterious that could resemble ball lightning. How do you like these energy berries?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4524700/
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #ScreenshotSaturday #indiedev #gaming #games #videogames #scifi #UE5 #gameplay
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2026-05-01 17:42:22 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@charge_r/116499681813118303
My dear followers, who are not following the game account yet or have not added my game to your Steam wishlist, please do so. This is my motivation to show more of what is happening in the development kitchen. In my indie dev bubble this thing motivates me the most. Thank you #gamedev #indiedev
#note1qqh…86h9

2026-05-01 15:29:07 UTC

I'm the one who shares something from game dev every day and hopes for better karma. Unreal Engine Blueprint, one of my simple examples of how to create along a spline Instanced Static Mesh Component with many instances
https://www.youtube.com/@alienmax-repository
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #indiedev
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2026-05-01 12:55:17 UTC

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Maybe my phones last a long time because 99.9% of the time they just sit on a shelf. hehe

2026-05-01 12:53:43 UTC

The game I'm working on is a science fiction setting on the moon, where you, as a robot, will solve various energy-related puzzles. A conveyor belt can act as a timer, while an object on it is moving, you have time to do something. Or an object on the belt can interact with the environment while you are doing something else. It's quite logical and easy to imagine. From this I wanted to make a treadmill that would create energy when you move on it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewQWTi4Ji6Q
#gamedev #indiedev

2026-05-01 11:10:08 UTC

I don't like smartphones, the last time I bought one was when I was programming apps (2013). My wife is buying a new phone, and I'm using an old one. Then my son became the first in line. My current phone 10 years old. Today WhatsApp notified me that soon I won't be able to use the app.

2026-04-30 14:31:26 UTC

When my 12-year-old son saw drones in my game that cleaned or transmitted a signal to other devices, he recreated similar gameplay in his own virtual experimental world in Unreal Engine #gamedev #UnrealEngine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT-pVmeoxLU

2026-04-30 11:28:42 UTC

My #indiedev thought for today. The path of an indie game developer should have a pre-final stage, after which you can finally stop chasing... When you are already a pro, have 3+ games, you need to find the same devs and create a game together

2026-04-29 23:10:30 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@charge_r/116488100670556845
Every day I do something new for game, puzzles, mechanics, add this piece to the video with examples of gameplay. Someday it become the final demonstration with sounds and will be uploaded to Steam. This is my approach to understanding when a video is ready #gamedev #indiedev
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2026-04-28 12:15:31 UTC

My secret place of experiments and game dev examples already has 174 videos. A little more and I'll have 500 followers. This example with BoundingBoxBased_0-1_UVW node could be the basis for the object scanning effect #gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #vfx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFeoLyrxUak

2026-04-28 10:36:37 UTC

Unreal Engine, visual programming "Blueprint", 2 years without writing code in words after 20 years of being a programmer in various languages and frameworks. It's like a brain cleanse to switch next stage of dev life. Maybe this year, I'll start my last journey with C++

2026-04-27 19:43:47 UTC

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F*$k, now I want to re-watch The Walking Dead, from the 1st episode to the last. Even during game dev work, on another monitor, just listening and sometimes turning my head. Who's with me? The first seasons were fabulous, because it was like an indie dev, then team was a family

2026-04-27 17:28:06 UTC

For those who remember the Windows 95 or 98 boot image, you might like my joke. If I make a computer with an OS in the game, I will call it WinDoors 95 and the image will look like this (its from The Walking Dead). My dev genius deep sarcasm 🤪
#gamedev #humor #windows #joke
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2026-04-26 23:15:25 UTC

Sometimes I think about spending 2 hours a day creating another game. I have hundreds of ideas. But a long time ago, a cool person from game development and startups gave me advice: one project at a time! But that was a different time, without the technology we have now. #gamedev

2026-04-26 18:33:33 UTC

I'm a programmer, not a 3D modeler. I'm currently working on gameplay with an anomaly + I'm Unreal Engine propagandist, so I decided that I should make several devices instead of using simple cubes, practice on the way to finally start learning Blender
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEpPlR1t0ng
#gamedev #indiedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #d3d #3dmodelling

2026-04-25 13:11:57 UTC

I think the life of a stand-up comedian resembles that of an indie game dev in various aspects: model, emotions, about your life and dreams, the audience that watches and listens to it... oh my god, I could be a stand-up comedian. Great Scott!
#gamedev #indiedev
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2026-04-25 10:52:11 UTC

Before Unreal Engine, about 5 years my tools was Unity and Visual Studio. The programming language is C#. I wrote a lot of code every day. The last time it was in 2024. Unreal changed me, a programmer who has been writing code for 20+ years, has only used Blueprints for last 2
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2026-04-23 18:44:10 UTC

I saw Unreal Engine material example about Custom Rotator node in the feed, and decided that I should reveal it more. Sorry, I forgot where I saw it. But I have little of the original. Almost everything can be done differently
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfeOi33ue3k
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #vfx #indiedev #shaders

2026-04-23 11:08:53 UTC

A month has passed so quickly since the game Steam page appeared. I didn't even notice it, because the development process is like a hypnosis, a cycle that repeats, time feels like after being abducted by aliens. I wonder big devs teams feel the same?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4524700/CHARGER/

2026-04-22 21:53:09 UTC

Mazle puzzle maze funky phasel, conveyor belt and something blah blah sci-fi. This is level design, baby! #gamedev
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2026-04-22 00:17:14 UTC

Do you remember this moment from the TV series Silicon Valley? This moment made me think. Artificial intelligence was almost non-existent in those days. Today, things are different. A person has the hope "I will still invent", but perhaps until a software "weed" for AI appears
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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
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/375/706/155/854/447/original/8be59d92813e01d4.mp4

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
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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.
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/348/201/358/177/987/original/1847df02da122b8c.mp4

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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