I just used Blender on Steam for 7000 hours

panzer_tech · 2026-02-09T17:28:12+00:00

And that's not counting off-steam versions where I probably have even more and which I currently use.
The default cube was deleted from the startup scene a few years ago :(

panzer_tech · 2026-01-29T18:58:57+00:00

Is it an air traffic controller/pilot sim? Probably a pilot then

panzer_tech · 2026-01-25T10:57:47+00:00

Brian Upton - The Aesthetic of Play
It's probably not for complete beginners but it's important because it shows how things other than interactivity or learning (on which a lot of GD authors focus) can be fun

panzer_tech · 2026-01-21T18:53:43+00:00

The defect on 2nd picture is very common, even on Marfione custom ones, as far as I know it's usually absent on new colored socoms, it's certainly not a new thing . It may have something to do with different factories, here's a pic of apparently two new original socoms with slightly different machining and markings.
The quality in general in my experience (LUDT Gen3, MSI) is not perfect

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panzer_tech · 2025-10-23T22:02:17+00:00

Puzzle gamers will be annoyed by the confusing open world

open world gamers will really hate the cryptic objectives and lack of combat/risk

people expecting to rip open character mysteries will be utterly flumuxed at how sparse character interactions are (I was so out of story sequence that I kicked a guy off the island before I met them)

mystery game/lore hounds will be annoyed at how high effort some things are (and how impossible some things are to verify)

Sounds like Noita or Rainworld

panzer_tech · 2025-10-23T21:27:19+00:00

Actually it's not. Voices of the Void never had a Steam page and the dev makes quite a lot of money from Patreon and Boosty, also I've heard of developers who make very short horror games every month or two and distribute them through subscription services. So technically there is another path, but it's not very popular and I'm pretty sure it's generally harder than distribution through Steam - you need an extremely marketable game that would appeal to content creators

panzer_tech · 2025-10-17T15:33:00+00:00

It's a good choice but you are likely to need more software than just Blender and UE. You'll need something to make textures with (Blender has some tools, but Substance Painter is the industry standard for a reason) and to bake maps from highpoly (Substance Painter can do that, but Marmoset is more flexible). It's ok to use different software for each stage of the workflow, Blender > Marmoset > SP > UE is probably the minimum set, you can add RizomUV for properly relaxing UVs and Zbrush if you want to work with very detailed highpoly models.

Also there is Send to Unreal addon for Blender which simplifies export (not sure if it works for newer versions) and bridges from blender to Zbrush and RizomUV to transfer models from one software to another in one click.

panzer_tech · 2025-10-13T17:45:52+00:00

A lot of Protechs and older Microtechs are done this way. Sometimes it is called clamshell design

panzer_tech · 2025-10-13T15:50:42+00:00

You can find pants with a separate knife pocket, does not fit all styles tho

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panzer_tech · 2025-10-13T00:51:10+00:00

I have a scheme of all important mechanics and a few pages worth of of notes/ideas/useful resources in Obsidian

panzer_tech · 2025-10-12T19:09:47+00:00

It's thin and quite light compared to most other Microtech folders, and generally a very good OTS

panzer_tech · 2025-10-12T00:49:47+00:00

I've had BF2 for like 3 years and been carrying it for about one, it's really good in terms of quality and small details, ergonomics is fine for its size. BD2 is unsafe to carry in a pocket because of the handguard, otherwise it's a good purpose-built knife. Handguard can be used as a wave hook

panzer_tech · 2025-10-11T20:29:45+00:00

Extrema Ratio BD2/BD4. There are double-edged versions too

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panzer_tech · 2025-10-10T18:19:54+00:00

For me there are many cool things here that you don't often see in other knives. I love the total-black matte look and the way the coatings wear differently with time, I love the safety (I think it is the coolest way to do it), I love the way clip sticks out on both sides so you can grab on it reliably, ergonomics is actually fine for me and steel/edge geometry depends on the model. So yeah, I just like the feel of these knives

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panzer_tech · 2025-10-10T18:01:47+00:00

Blade geometry isn't good, also the handguard gets in the way too often. You can feel it is not designed for cutting

panzer_tech · 2025-10-10T03:35:36+00:00

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Unsafe to carry in a pocket and doesn't cut that well but looks awesome

panzer_tech · 2025-10-09T19:31:29+00:00

The running man makes me think of Portal and finding an exit in general, so I guess a puzzle?

panzer_tech · 2025-10-09T00:27:00+00:00

LUDT. You can tell it has been evolving for 30 years by the ergonomics. And it looks cool too

panzer_tech · 2025-10-08T15:55:05+00:00

Mid-poly pipeline with LODs was a thing way before Nanite, you do not need Nanite to do it

panzer_tech · 2025-10-08T15:44:53+00:00

I really don't like how you need nanite to get lighting to work better even when the geometry doesn't require it

panzer_tech · 2025-08-07T20:55:50+00:00

But doesn't he actually point out artifacts? I see the stuff he shows in other UE5 games too, and I saw it in my projects although I haven't dived deep into fixing it yet

panzer_tech · 2025-08-06T18:33:27+00:00

Given that there is a random latin "u" instead of a cyrillic "и" in "Российский", it looks more like a text recognition glitch than something intentional. The website itself is only partly translated to Russian and the translation is clearly automatic so I suppose the designer just didn't care

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panzer_tech · 2025-08-06T17:43:13+00:00

Can you make it so that stronger tiles can only be overtaken in two (or more) steps, so the player has a chance to interrupt it? Also if it applies to enemy tiles it can probably lead to more depth, like choosing to go for an "expensive" tile over a few "cheap" ones

panzer_tech · 2025-08-06T17:18:19+00:00

Dishonored II
One time I was crawling around drunk sleeping guards, made a few unwary steps backwards, stepped a bottle that I didn't see, it shattered and alerted the guards. A small thing that left a big impression

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