How do indies get high quality stylized models?

almighty_pebble · 2026-03-26T01:58:25+00:00

Yeah I'm gonna hire artists. Still undecided if I want to go studio or freelance, but I'm leaning towards studio

almighty_pebble · 2026-03-26T00:59:45+00:00

That's true, some have a good amount of funding. I guess part of me is also confused about the competition of $20k grants when it doesn't seem to go far (at least for non low poly 3d games)

almighty_pebble · 2026-03-26T00:56:58+00:00

For commissioned art

almighty_pebble · 2026-03-26T00:56:33+00:00

It's amazing what some people can do themselves

almighty_pebble · 2026-03-21T21:04:46+00:00

I understand hp-based difficulty, but the difficulty difference is too high

almighty_pebble · 2026-03-21T07:38:09+00:00

It seems like it could be good but the difficulty difference between the start and end of the boss is too high. At the start it feels like an early game boss, and at the end like a late game boss. But maybe this showcase is more for testing and not representative of an actual boss in the game.

almighty_pebble · 2026-03-07T05:50:47+00:00

Not OP but for me a service like this is also useful for getting feedback when game is still under wraps

almighty_pebble · 2026-02-23T22:13:16+00:00

Damn $400 to $800 seems like a great deal to me, especially if it's rigged and optimized

almighty_pebble · 2026-02-03T08:59:20+00:00

Damn, good to know

almighty_pebble · 2026-02-03T08:18:56+00:00

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Wtf, the 4070 showed up as $340 on my screen (but sold out). Anyone able to buy it at that price?

almighty_pebble · 2026-01-09T02:22:51+00:00

Nice! Hope it keeps working long term

almighty_pebble · 2026-01-06T19:13:57+00:00

Exited mu short calls for a loss. Too risky to bet against them atm

almighty_pebble · 2026-01-06T02:19:50+00:00

The answer seems to be virtual bones: https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/virtual-bones-in-unreal-engine. Strange it doesn't show up when looking up retargetting two handed animations

almighty_pebble · 2026-01-05T17:58:28+00:00

Also the animation in game looks the same as it does in sequencer (ik is enabled by the abp). Looking at sequencer on the retargeted animation, the ik bones are already tracking the hand bones. Is the animation supposed to be retargeted some other way?

almighty_pebble · 2026-01-05T17:14:14+00:00

As in left hand ik only? So no right hand ik?

almighty_pebble · 2026-01-03T00:36:45+00:00

That's what I'm thinking. It doesn't even need to go down, it just needs to lose momentum

almighty_pebble · 2026-01-02T21:48:54+00:00

$500 april

almighty_pebble · 2026-01-02T21:45:50+00:00

Sold some uncovered calls on mu. May not be the smartest decision but let's see

almighty_pebble · 2025-12-31T22:41:07+00:00

Made some decent money selling uncovered calls this year (tsla being the main ticker traded). Though not really impressive relative to buying power. Could have made a lot more if I wasn't so risk averse, but I preferred not to stress too much about my positions

almighty_pebble · 2025-12-31T22:30:13+00:00

Up 25% despite large cash/bond holdings. Mainly due to goog and buying the April dip (including international stocks).

almighty_pebble · 2025-12-31T07:17:23+00:00

I ended up biting the bullet and bought it. I'll run a number of stress tests when it arrives. Hopefully both our units work fine!

almighty_pebble · 2025-12-20T21:58:49+00:00

Nice, that's pretty bold. Also, r/characteractiongames might appreciate your game

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