This tweet from a mutual got my optimization psychopathy going.

I made Nodes to combine functionality for better aesthetics, variety, & (hopefully) performance.

Details & Benchmark in reply!

The wavy background effect can do both directions, even at the same time. (FPS is low because it's playing in Editor.)

#gamedev #UnrealEngine

Apparently you can soft-lock Mega Man & Bass

(I didn't save, so I'm cooked for this playthrough.)

Welcome @PQubeGames to Game Jolt by giving them a follow!

Their upcoming game Discounty is a cozy supermarket management game 🛒 Make friends (and enemies) as you grow your shop!

Learn more about Discounty: https://gamejolt.com/games/Discounty/1006923

If Time is paused for any Actor that uses my #UnrealEngine5 Time Control system, all of their SFX also automatically pause.

I can put Actors into Time Groups. In this example the Parent Time Source for "Gameplay" is paused, so 'everything' pauses.

Happy #WIPWednesday! Are you working on a game? Making some art? Practicing a song? Something else? Tell us in the comments!

It's been a lot of work to make Unreal Engine 5 do various "2D Retro Effects" but there's progress made.

This one is actually manipulating a Paper Tilemap layer in real time, not a solid texture.

BIG ANNIVERSARY UPDATE!!

It's been a very difficult year. The paralysis, which I am still recovering from, and the medical bankruptcy that followed. In spite of that progress was made, maybe not as much as I'd like, but look!

When Dr Wily goes HARDSTYLE

You can mark Macro nodes as *Development Only* but they STILL GET CALLED IN SHIPPING?!

#UnrealEngine #UnrealEngine5 (I'm using 5.5.4)