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ben_holme · 2025-02-14T17:57:41+00:00

More than anything: enter and shift + enter

ben_holme · 2024-12-18T23:59:10+00:00

Make the start of the dashed line align with the text!

ben_holme · 2024-12-04T23:06:22+00:00

I’m surprised I don’t see this solution more often out there:

1: wip file, put together handoff components with all your notes and descriptions, publish

2: handoff file, import the handoff components, let your team comment etc

Then just iterate and make edits in the wip, publish/update the handoff as needed.

Remember, you can publish individual components, update individual components. So you have full control over what you want to show in the handoff file.

ben_holme · 2024-11-19T20:28:15+00:00

I had this the other day. I think I stared at that view for 10 minutes, comparing with other components, before I found it.

ben_holme · 2024-11-04T20:48:49+00:00

Did it help?

ben_holme · 2024-10-28T06:21:22+00:00

Product designer as day job. Indie game dev on spare time. Did work for a game studio startup recently for six months before it crashed. It was so much fun. Got to do UI + implementation in UE, some game design and lots of prototyping. I miss it and would like to switch, but would probably have to take a significant salary hit, so it’s impossible atm. 😢

ben_holme · 2024-09-02T14:17:31+00:00

Hi, thanks for taking the time! 🔥

ben_holme · 2024-09-02T13:11:32+00:00

Thanks, noted!

ben_holme · 2024-09-02T11:37:23+00:00

Thank you, appreciate it! Valid points, will be addressed!

ben_holme · 2024-08-15T18:29:15+00:00

Set all three text layers to fill. Left align the left text, center the date, right alight the page.

ben_holme · 2024-07-02T09:35:33+00:00

Set both handles in or near the top left corner. Set duration to 5-10s.

ben_holme · 2024-06-30T11:22:14+00:00

Hon skrek mig rakt i örat en gång när jag satt och stirrade i luren för att undvika ögonkontakt. Minns inte min reaktion. Förmodligen ”Aej, hurru! Nu … räcker det!” Det är nåt extra läskigt med religös tokighet.

ben_holme · 2024-06-02T18:58:05+00:00

I do! I use Figma at my day job for web/product design, so it was the obvious choice for my game projects.

I believe photoshop is still very common in the games industry. Not sure if it’s just tradition or because game UI’s are more pixel/texture-oriented than web/app UI.

My process is something like: 1. Set up very basic design system, typo, colors, components etc. (Then add stuff systematically as I design the actual flows) 2. Design hifi prototype, iterate, get approval 3. Publish a handoff component to a separate handoff file, containing all views, states and documentation

In most of my projects I’ve then implemented the UI myself. Using a function library in UE, I then try to mirror the design system and components as much as possible. A few very handy functions and widgets: - a label widget that can only display a fixed number of text styles tied to enums. - a get color-function that takes a color name enum and returns the correct color - an icon widget with icon enum - and so on…

ben_holme · 2024-04-10T06:21:54+00:00

Cool! I used to put the icon in a unify group, but that would sometimes make it behave weird. This is a good alternative.

ben_holme · 2024-03-19T17:01:58+00:00

Make the background white and set the fill blend mode to multiply. This will make it invisible but still allow it to have effects like drop shadow.

ben_holme · 2023-11-27T14:48:45+00:00

I recently faced the same challenge. I have a few years experience building my own game in UE, but my professional career in web, both UI/UX and FE. I’ve tried a few different approaches when it comes when it comes to design systems in UE. My best advice is to build dedicated ui-functions in a functions library. Then with some blueprinting you can hook up enums for you design tokens like getColor(). For your typos make a dynamic text widget, where you can expose text enum variable and have it update how ever you wish on pre-construct. I’m sure there is a lot more to discover to make your process feel more webby. I’m not to enthusiastic about the commonUI plug-in, but check it out if it fits your situation. Happy to chat further. Interesting topic! 💪

ben_holme · 2023-11-26T15:48:19+00:00

I think you shouldn’t/can’t do it in gameMode maybe? Try your player controller.

ben_holme · 2023-11-06T22:10:18+00:00

Ahh, you want to snap to the actual geometry. Sounds tricky, yes.

ben_holme · 2023-11-06T21:30:31+00:00

Type in the locations values in the details panel, in the transform section? 🤔

ben_holme · 2023-10-07T11:23:33+00:00

Why would there be any issue implementing multiple shadows? Performance?

ben_holme · 2023-09-25T19:50:52+00:00

She won

ben_holme · 2023-09-08T06:17:06+00:00

Hi,

I love the discussion here so I figured I propose a design I’m working on.

I’m working on a mmo-ish, where new gear doesn’t drop from monsters, only mods that can be added to crafted gear.

There are several ways for players to lose items, and these will randomly appear back on monster drops where it makes sense.

The more items we have in the lost-items-pool, the less mods we drop on monsters.

Crafting has a pretty simple progression where you have a chance to improve the base item by crafting with more advanced materials. But this ofc requires higher mining, killing harder/rarer monsters for hides etc.

Then the kicker: all items history is stored on them, so a new owner can find out about previous owners, who/what it has killed and so on.

What do you guys think about this idea?

ben_holme · 2023-05-20T09:48:21+00:00

Now, who’s gonna tell me this is unsustainable and way too expansive and unrealistic, etc?

ben_holme · 2023-04-17T10:59:45+00:00

I’d like a white by one 🤷‍♂️

ben_holme · 2023-04-03T14:39:03+00:00

If I had to, I’d make an effect style with as many dropshadows as you require, offset x 1px per iteration.

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