Ben Ren

Game developer, making crafting, shop-keeper and automation game Inventor Simulator - check it out.

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Announcing my new game Inventor Simulator! A combination of custom crafting, automation and shop simulator. If that's your kind of game, wishlist here:

https://t.co/UR0Q2f8I5G

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@ocelotacon @ShyVortex God this is classic pc gaming. Love it

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@Litruv that looks fantastic!

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Retainer box + material + UMG animation + parameter collection = fun glint #UnrealEngine

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@ocelotacon @PoweredbyidTech night-time city skyboxes imo. Extremely cozy even if the game isn't "Cozy". Also gives strong "the world is bigger than this level" vibes

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@SebAaltonen Keen to hear how text looks here compared to a non-OLED with the same settings (150% display scaling / 4k / 32") - I've heard that OLEDs have worse text display, but surely it doesn't matter at 150% and above?

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@merlino_games Looks like a remake of an I.G.I level

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feeling pretty happy with this elevator

(blender, substance painter, UE4)

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videogame optimization: IO Interactive has to be one of the best at it. They got multiple-city-block crowd simulation running on the original xbox and PS2. wtf

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@ming_mu1 Hi! It's a transparent material applied over the top of the widget using a RetainerBox. I then animate a material parameter collection variable which is referenced in the material, that adjusts the UVs to move it across the material.

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I have Utility + GOAP AI working in my game! Utility chooses *what* they want to do at each instant and GOAP chooses *how* they achieve it. Hot tip - UE4's Visual Logger is incredible for debugging AI.

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@Wanderbots @AtmanRising "Highly replayable multiplayer games" you say...https://t.co/Q6JLnGh0Dx (I'm hoping to have a demo out Q1 2024)

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@apenwarr @GrahamAnd3rson Ah noice. I didn't realise multiple users were an option on the personal plan but just checked and it's right there

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@apenwarr @GrahamAnd3rson E.g: if a general user device like a laptop is compromised, a google session is probably logged in on that device. The tailscale admin interface will then auto-sign-in using that account. Then all ACLs can be removed, so the device can now access the tailnet regardless of lock

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@apenwarr @GrahamAnd3rson Tailnet lock is excellent. Related: what's tailscale's recommendation for protecting against a single device compromise also causing a rest-of-tailnet compromise via the admin web interface (on a single-user tailnet)?

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@INDUSTRIA_game Do you convert the duplicated meshes to HISMs at the end of this?

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@merlino_games Is this & The Infernal Machine?

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@stupidhoroscope The crunchy pixels in this are so good. This whole project is something to be proud of

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@mipsytipsy Solid thread. though when I read "show me the web dev who also writes their own device drivers" my mind went straight to @awesomekling

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This is the definitive explanation for the UE4 / UE5 CharacterMovementComponent movement replication system: https://t.co/xy9x9CI94E

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@obsdmd Oh my god with "Improved Live Preview rendering performance when moving the cursor" you fixed long-list performance. Excellent work