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!

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.

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

#UnrealEngine #UnrealEngine5 (I'm using 5.5.4)

Slide Brake by reversing direction, like many Mega Man games, but also PRESS UP to Slide Brake without changing direction! #gamedev #UnrealEngine5 #MegaMan

Experimenting with Screen Shake and vibration causing Mega Man to loose some footing.

#gamedev #unrealengine #unrealengine5 #megaman

I updated the 1-Up sprite to increase visibility in game. The face now shines with the shimmer. #pixelart #gamedev #megaman

The item animations stay in sync always, no matter where, when, or how many spawn.

(60fps version in replies.)

#gamedev #UnrealEngine5 #UnrealEngine #pixelart

We've changed the target platform to MS-DOS. This cannot be undone. #gamedev

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.

Apparently you can soft-lock Mega Man & Bass

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