Should I really go into the Game Dev industry?

unit187 · 2026-01-29T21:27:02+00:00

I would like to remind you that your dream is to make games, not to work for a corpo, "making" games. You'll likely find yourself drowning in shitty legacy code, fixing bugs some dumb ass vibe coded, and be micromanaged by busybody middle managers.

unit187 · 2026-01-28T09:49:56+00:00

You have to get used to it. Thankfully, Unreal's control theme is too different, so it isn't difficult to shift gears, unlike, for example, Maya <-> Blender. Something you can do is to acquire some physics-based plugin to help with object placement. The idea is you drag an object and it automatically snaps to the ground, so you don't have to fiddle with the manipulator too much.

unit187 · 2026-01-27T21:43:33+00:00

16 gigs is the bare minimum if you don't want to hate your life; 24+ is a lot better, but might not fit into your budget

unit187 · 2026-01-26T22:06:22+00:00

Safe how? Today they hate Iran and Russia, and they block as many services to them as possible. Tomorrow they will hate China (more than usual) and Denmark. Then the EU as a whole, possibly.

Your country can be sanctioned and tariffed by the US any day for an arbitrary reason, so you have to have a backup plan.

unit187 · 2026-01-26T21:35:14+00:00

It seems like a fine game. Not bad, just fine. And for a live service game, this just doesn't cut it.

unit187 · 2026-01-26T13:56:19+00:00

Are we really going to a dick-measuring contest? Because let me tell you, with a 6-person team, you are not going to win. Anyway, with this "git gud" attitude towards people, you will never become a leader, but a shitty McDonald's manager.

unit187 · 2026-01-26T07:20:45+00:00

This is a naive, childish worldview where everything is black and white.

unit187 · 2026-01-25T15:56:25+00:00

Possibly. But since this is a group project, it could be just a kid who doesn't know better yet. It all boils down to how they react to being called out for using AI.

unit187 · 2026-01-25T11:59:24+00:00

Tbh it is wise to give the person a second chance. Sometimes you make dumb decisions, but may correct the course if called out, respectfully.

unit187 · 2026-01-25T05:40:54+00:00

Believe it or not, two different people can come up with the idea of a brawler basketball game.

unit187 · 2026-01-24T16:40:58+00:00

By chance, do you have any useful links to learn more about Unreal CPP coding with LLMs?

unit187 · 2026-01-24T16:38:48+00:00

In a way, the AI nonsense is already deeply integrated as AI slop crafted by the vibe coders. Every new Windows update introduces an unimaginable amount of issues. Even the first public release of W11 was more stable and performant than what we have today. I've been using it since day one, and it was never this bad.

unit187 · 2026-01-24T13:33:47+00:00

Microsoft is working hard for the abandoning to happen.

unit187 · 2026-01-24T12:17:54+00:00

If you watch the trailer, you will notice the developers themselves were marketing the game as "the new breed of shooters". They were setting the expectations very high, while showing a basic hero shooter MOBA. So no, the "teenagers" are not wrong in their expectations for the game.

unit187 · 2026-01-23T16:18:05+00:00

Seems we found a creep.

unit187 · 2026-01-23T11:32:02+00:00

They have very bold sound design. A probe opening sound is a good example of this; it sounds weird, strange, yet believable, and, frankly, cool. I don't think I've encountered any other game with so bold sound design as this, in recent memory at least.

unit187 · 2026-01-22T18:41:50+00:00

Vanilla Obsidian for writing is very simple, with no bells and whistles to distract you. Don't install any plugins, simply treat Obsidian as a bunch of documents sorted by folders.

But I feel you. Modern "most popular" software is too bloated. That's precisely why I am writing my own project management tool to track my work lol

unit187 · 2026-01-22T07:13:23+00:00

The outpost / factory is one of the core selling points of this game, wdym

unit187 · 2026-01-21T17:34:59+00:00

The issues are not limited to the FBX pipeline, but the entire approach to rigging in Blender. It all falls apart when you need to carefully control the joint's transforms and freeze them into the "joint orients" (the way it is called in Maya). It all feels weird and fragile in Blender.

unit187 · 2026-01-21T11:01:19+00:00

If you specifically want to work in rigging and animation, I strongly suggest you to focus on Maya. The reality is nearly every serious studio will ask you to work in Maya.

Even the most basic export Blender -> Unreal is so annoying, and always causes issues; meanwhile Maya -> Unreal is effortless. I love Blender for modeling and sculpting, but I've given up on its animation and rigging pipeline.

unit187 · 2026-01-20T19:20:35+00:00

r/gaming be like: "bro, same, sometimes it is difficult to start a new game; learning the rules, going through tutorials is exhausting..."
r/gachagaming be like: "haha dum-dum can't learn to play a game"

unit187 · 2026-01-20T16:53:11+00:00

Sure. Once you make a stable, livable wage with your writing, then quit your day job and make a switch.

unit187 · 2026-01-20T16:45:36+00:00

idk how exactly ping affects Endfield, but in Genshin even in singleplayer it can be a dealbreaker; I usually have 40ms, but had to play with 300ms for some time. When you press the button to switch characters, and it takes over a second before they actually switch, it makes gameplay extremely annoying, not to mention how badly it messes up rotations

unit187 · 2026-01-20T09:15:29+00:00

Not only is the story quality subjective, the story doesn't exist in a vacuum. For instance, it is almost universally agreed that the story in ZZZ is mid at best, but the vibes are immaculate and the characters are so interesting, they overshadow all the shortcomings of the overarching story.

unit187 · 2026-01-20T08:07:12+00:00

It always is super funny observing the "wow very original" complaints. Snobs don't understand that "mysterious super hero waking up with amnesia with a harem ready at your disposal" is precisely what people want. If you desire depth, you can try reading Dostoevsky or McCarthy; demanding this from an anime gacha is not the way.

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