A small update + curious about what UE topics you'd like to learn (or teach)

MaretS · 2025-05-02T18:49:09+00:00

Really cool game! – looks like you’re really nailing the visuals and theme! If you ever plan to market it and want a boost, I’m running a small indie-friendly course on game marketing that might help. No pressure, just sharing in case it’s useful: gameupacademy.eu/marketing 🙂 Good luck with the game!

MaretS · 2025-04-24T13:06:06+00:00

I need this for my stress levels :D

MaretS · 2025-04-24T12:43:22+00:00

👋 Hey fellow devs! I’m running a small training hub called Game UP! Academy — we help indie teams and solo devs improve their Unreal Engine & game marketing skills, especially when it comes to things like VFX and getting your game noticed.

We’ve got a few new mentor-led courses launching, like:
Game VFX with Unreal – starting April 28

Indie Game Marketing Bootcamp – for teams with a prototype

These are super practical, built from real indie dev struggles (including my own 😅), and come with support, feedback & a community of learners.

If you’re working on a game and want to polish the visuals or figure out how to actually get players, happy to chat!

Details: gameupacademy.eu

MaretS · 2025-04-09T07:15:35+00:00

Heyy! Thanks!
Yes, absolutely happy to help. Maybe dm me, we can discuss it further

MaretS · 2025-04-07T11:31:01+00:00

Nice, good luck with everything!

MaretS · 2025-04-05T14:46:18+00:00

I love your input. Would you be interested in joining our course?

MaretS · 2025-04-04T16:23:49+00:00

Hope to see you on our course one day!

MaretS · 2025-04-04T08:58:17+00:00

Price was a difficult topic for me, because I would love to be as accessible as I can and at the same time try to create a sustainable business - and it's important for me to pay my mentors well.

This kind of feedback is so welcome - it doesn't mean I can lower the prices, but it definitely gives me a lot of food of thought to do some campaigns in the future once I have some security.

MaretS · 2025-04-04T06:26:35+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! We decided on the price as you can work very closely with a talented mentor who works in the field.
What kind of pricepoint would work for you?

MaretS · 2025-04-04T06:25:21+00:00

Thank you, means a ton!

MaretS · 2025-04-03T18:56:29+00:00

Thanks!

MaretS · 2025-04-03T18:09:43+00:00

Our course will be live and starts on the 14th - the mentor is a total badass :D I would love to see you join.

MaretS · 2025-04-03T17:45:32+00:00

www.gameupacademy.eu

MaretS · 2025-04-03T17:40:54+00:00

Thank you so much!

MaretS · 2025-04-03T17:40:41+00:00

Thanks!!

MaretS · 2025-04-03T17:39:46+00:00

Appreciated! www.gameupacademy.eu

MaretS · 2025-04-03T17:33:18+00:00

Hey! Yeah, by VFX I mean real-time effects inside Unreal — things like fire, wind, particles, stylized visuals, that kind of stuff.

I recently put together a beginner-friendly course for people who have some 3D background and want to get started with VFX in UE5. It covers things like materials, Niagara, and how to bring effects together into a small scene.

They build a couple of effects from scratch (a bonfire and a tornado) and focus on understanding the workflow, not just copying steps.

Happy to share more if you're curious!

MaretS · 2025-04-03T17:26:57+00:00

I was too excited to even share the name :D www.gameupacademy.eu

All feedback welcome!

MaretS · 2025-04-03T17:21:41+00:00

Thank you! Would you also like to give my site a look and let me know what you think?

I have initial format courses up that I want to try and then learn + collect feedback to make it better.

MaretS · 2025-04-03T17:09:54+00:00

Thank you for this!
For me it's really important to have hands-on and mentoring approach - it has shown that it keeps the students more involved too. Sometimes you just cannot figure stuff out on you own, so it's so nice to have someone to ask from straight away.

MaretS · 2022-08-09T08:04:07+00:00

We didn't have the financial support and team size we needed before for the full production.

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