Alien 👽 Max | gamedev 🇺🇦
@alienmax.bsky.social
Game developer from Ukraine, now working on Sci-Fi (Unreal Engine 5), before created Erra: Exordium (Unity) + porting to PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch
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Many games have mini-games related to puzzles, where you have to assemble a model from pieces to use it somewhere in the game. So I wanted to recreate that too. There is a table that needs elements to activate the process or already has some parts #gamedev #indiedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yqd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yqd...
Gameplay example / Puzzle 3d or Assemble the model from parts
YouTube video by A repository of my life as a game developer
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January 13, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Many games have mini-games related to puzzles, where you have to assemble a model from pieces to use it somewhere in the game. So I wanted to recreate that too. There is a table that needs elements to activate the process or already has some parts #gamedev #indiedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yqd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yqd...
24 days have passed, 200 followers and 80 videos. I promised that I had a lot to show. There will be more in time. I hope there will be 1K followers, then I will think about another stage
www.youtube.com/@alienmax-re...
#gamedev #indiedev
www.youtube.com/@alienmax-re...
#gamedev #indiedev
January 12, 2026 at 5:05 PM
24 days have passed, 200 followers and 80 videos. I promised that I had a lot to show. There will be more in time. I hope there will be 1K followers, then I will think about another stage
www.youtube.com/@alienmax-re...
#gamedev #indiedev
www.youtube.com/@alienmax-re...
#gamedev #indiedev
I haven't drunk alcohol for 4+ years. The last time I drank vodka was in 2021. I've had a few bottles since then. This bottle is from 2020. Today my wife wanted to make a de-icer spray for her car because it's -12C outside. Mix vinegar, vodka, and water
January 12, 2026 at 12:25 PM
I haven't drunk alcohol for 4+ years. The last time I drank vodka was in 2021. I've had a few bottles since then. This bottle is from 2020. Today my wife wanted to make a de-icer spray for her car because it's -12C outside. Mix vinegar, vodka, and water
On Sunday I was working on the user interface (HUD) and while walking by the terminal in the game, I realized that I needed to add the mechanics of limited camera rotation. Now the gameplay with the terminal has become 5% more realistic 🖥️🤪 it will be a surprise for the player #scifi #gaming
January 12, 2026 at 6:10 AM
All of this was my first implementation on this engine, namely to recreate the gameplay and mechanics associated with crafting and then fixing (Unreal Engine 5.3, end of 2024) #gamedev #indiedev #UnrealEngine #UE5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFAB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFAB...
Gameplay example / Sci-Fi Crafting (3D printer)
YouTube video by A repository of my life as a game developer
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January 11, 2026 at 4:03 PM
All of this was my first implementation on this engine, namely to recreate the gameplay and mechanics associated with crafting and then fixing (Unreal Engine 5.3, end of 2024) #gamedev #indiedev #UnrealEngine #UE5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFAB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFAB...
Unreal Engine material, gradient as a route for animation. This was one of the first experiments in creating a texture. Then I realized that it was better to use RGB separate as routes and A #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #indiedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sedb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sedb...
Unreal Engine Material / Gradient as a route for movement
YouTube video by A repository of my life as a game developer
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January 11, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Unreal Engine material, gradient as a route for animation. This was one of the first experiments in creating a texture. Then I realized that it was better to use RGB separate as routes and A #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #indiedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sedb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sedb...
Saturday Unreal Engine. I decided to create a material function based on which it would be possible to display how a signal or other entities change. Maybe I'll show the code on YouTube eventually, but you could have already seen 80% of it in other examples #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev
January 10, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Saturday Unreal Engine. I decided to create a material function based on which it would be possible to display how a signal or other entities change. Maybe I'll show the code on YouTube eventually, but you could have already seen 80% of it in other examples #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev
I created a new playlist on my #gamedev YouTube channel "Examples from games". The first video is Object Interaction Mechanics and User Interface from
Moons of Madness
Homefront: The Revolution
KONA
The Forest
Deliver Us the Moon
SOMA
Fallout 76
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDTA...
Moons of Madness
Homefront: The Revolution
KONA
The Forest
Deliver Us the Moon
SOMA
Fallout 76
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDTA...
Examples from games / Object Interaction Mechanics and User Interface
YouTube video by A repository of my life as a game developer
www.youtube.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:30 AM
I created a new playlist on my #gamedev YouTube channel "Examples from games". The first video is Object Interaction Mechanics and User Interface from
Moons of Madness
Homefront: The Revolution
KONA
The Forest
Deliver Us the Moon
SOMA
Fallout 76
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDTA...
Moons of Madness
Homefront: The Revolution
KONA
The Forest
Deliver Us the Moon
SOMA
Fallout 76
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDTA...
I don't want to display the list of actions on an interact object at the pivot point. But if the object is below the center, then the tooltip text is superimposed on the object mark. I decided to try to make 2 options for handling this situation. Here is the first #gamedev #indiedev
January 10, 2026 at 8:42 AM
The night was very scary, but you have to train your brain every day. I don't have electricity, so I'll show you something from the archive. I'll upload the full version of this Unreal Engine material examples (VectorLength) to my YouTube later #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev
January 9, 2026 at 8:29 AM
The night was very scary, but you have to train your brain every day. I don't have electricity, so I'll show you something from the archive. I'll upload the full version of this Unreal Engine material examples (VectorLength) to my YouTube later #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev
I uploaded a new video to the YouTube channel, but this is an old gameplay puzzle idea: luminous liquid and spots as a basis for movement, the spots should affect the environment, which should react to it, or the protagonist should react to it #gamedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=giVN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=giVN...
Gameplay example / Luminous liquid and spots as a basis for movement
YouTube video by A repository of my life as a game developer
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January 9, 2026 at 6:40 AM
I uploaded a new video to the YouTube channel, but this is an old gameplay puzzle idea: luminous liquid and spots as a basis for movement, the spots should affect the environment, which should react to it, or the protagonist should react to it #gamedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=giVN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=giVN...
I'm continuing to improve the interface, robot HUD. It's not the final version yet, but I already really like it. Beautiful? Fantastic? Sci-Fi..stic? But over time I will look at it and think that it is not so beautiful and could be better. Because it is Stranger things
January 8, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I'm continuing to improve the interface, robot HUD. It's not the final version yet, but I already really like it. Beautiful? Fantastic? Sci-Fi..stic? But over time I will look at it and think that it is not so beautiful and could be better. Because it is Stranger things
A gameplay collect samples of other creatures and the environment on another planet, to then use it in the graft. At that time, I had little experience working with Unreal Engine and these were essentially my first animations #gamedev #indiedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz5P...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz5P...
Gameplay example / Collecting fluid samples for analysis or crafting
YouTube video by A repository of my life as a game developer
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January 8, 2026 at 8:20 AM
A gameplay collect samples of other creatures and the environment on another planet, to then use it in the graft. At that time, I had little experience working with Unreal Engine and these were essentially my first animations #gamedev #indiedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz5P...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz5P...
This is dedicated to all fans of the Chuck series. The Intersect inspired me to create a similar entity. Don't forget to check out my YouTube channel, there is already a lot of interesting stuff there and more to come #gamedev #indiedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2PM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2PM...
Gameplay example / Visual data loading flow or The Intersect from Chuck
YouTube video by A repository of my life as a game developer
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January 7, 2026 at 2:39 PM
This is dedicated to all fans of the Chuck series. The Intersect inspired me to create a similar entity. Don't forget to check out my YouTube channel, there is already a lot of interesting stuff there and more to come #gamedev #indiedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2PM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2PM...
Creating a game is creating something alive, much more emotional than other areas of programming. Stranger things happening in my head every day since I entered this space, reprogramming my feeling of old experiences, everything that was before is an inverted reality, I don't want to return
January 7, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Creating a game is creating something alive, much more emotional than other areas of programming. Stranger things happening in my head every day since I entered this space, reprogramming my feeling of old experiences, everything that was before is an inverted reality, I don't want to return
I never thought I'd say this. Before I moved into gamedev, I've worked in different areas (programs, mobile apps, websites) including I had to do user interfaces. I didn't like working on UI, I hated it. Now I like working on the UI in Unreal Engine for games 😜
January 7, 2026 at 9:04 AM
I never thought I'd say this. Before I moved into gamedev, I've worked in different areas (programs, mobile apps, websites) including I had to do user interfaces. I didn't like working on UI, I hated it. Now I like working on the UI in Unreal Engine for games 😜
Unreal Engine 5, Niagara. Line Attraction Force gives a lot of ideas for creating behavior, for example if it is a swarm of fish or birds, or a bunch of insects, or the object that affects it may have magnetism #gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-Kc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-Kc...
Unreal Engine Niagara / Line Attraction Force
YouTube video by A repository of my life as a game developer
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January 7, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Unreal Engine 5, Niagara. Line Attraction Force gives a lot of ideas for creating behavior, for example if it is a swarm of fish or birds, or a bunch of insects, or the object that affects it may have magnetism #gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-Kc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-Kc...
This is almost the beginning of the project, these are more advanced prototypes that became the basis of the core character's mechanics. Follow my YouTube, longer videos will appear there over time, because this is a story I don't want to lose #gamedev #indiedev #scifi #videogame
January 6, 2026 at 3:02 PM
This is almost the beginning of the project, these are more advanced prototypes that became the basis of the core character's mechanics. Follow my YouTube, longer videos will appear there over time, because this is a story I don't want to lose #gamedev #indiedev #scifi #videogame
Remember, once, in terms of programmer time, it was a long time ago, because we're like dogs, 1 year = 4, I was showing gameplay with radar. This was in my first year of studying Unreal Engine. I decided to improve it, started with the screen
#UE5 #UnrealEngine #gamedev #indiedev
#UE5 #UnrealEngine #gamedev #indiedev
January 6, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Remember, once, in terms of programmer time, it was a long time ago, because we're like dogs, 1 year = 4, I was showing gameplay with radar. This was in my first year of studying Unreal Engine. I decided to improve it, started with the screen
#UE5 #UnrealEngine #gamedev #indiedev
#UE5 #UnrealEngine #gamedev #indiedev
How to draw text in any language from Widget on Decal in Unreal Engine. I hope you appreciate it. I created a short video of how it works #gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlR6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlR6...
Unreal Engine Blueprint / Draw text in any language from Widget on Decal
YouTube video by A repository of my life as a game developer
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January 6, 2026 at 8:14 AM
How to draw text in any language from Widget on Decal in Unreal Engine. I hope you appreciate it. I created a short video of how it works #gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlR6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlR6...
I came up with more rules for interacting with objects. I decided that the gameplay should have more details of identification, especially when you are a robot. I won't say anything more, just show a partial prototype. Yes, I'm working on the interface right now.
January 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
I came up with more rules for interacting with objects. I decided that the gameplay should have more details of identification, especially when you are a robot. I won't say anything more, just show a partial prototype. Yes, I'm working on the interface right now.
I promised to show you a way I came up with to make glowing text in the UI, a very simple Unreal Engine material imitation, because there is no glow in the widget. I used SpiralBlur - Texture node ;) #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt7d...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt7d...
January 5, 2026 at 8:32 AM
I promised to show you a way I came up with to make glowing text in the UI, a very simple Unreal Engine material imitation, because there is no glow in the widget. I used SpiralBlur - Texture node ;) #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt7d...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt7d...
I created a material based on what I showed you yesterday. I thought "I need to make the screen an environment object", a cube or a box, to display the texture as a sign, generate the normal and turn it off at a distance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv1O...
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #scifi #gamedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv1O...
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #scifi #gamedev
January 5, 2026 at 6:39 AM
I created a material based on what I showed you yesterday. I thought "I need to make the screen an environment object", a cube or a box, to display the texture as a sign, generate the normal and turn it off at a distance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv1O...
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #scifi #gamedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv1O...
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #scifi #gamedev
Sunday with Unreal Engine, I created a material for a battery screen, which can have 4 states: discharged, charged, charging and giving off energy. There are no textures here, I generate everything inside material. I like it, it looks like a sci-fi
January 4, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Sunday with Unreal Engine, I created a material for a battery screen, which can have 4 states: discharged, charged, charging and giving off energy. There are no textures here, I generate everything inside material. I like it, it looks like a sci-fi