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Steve Bowler

@gameism.bsky.social

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25+ year Animation and Game Dev veteran Done putting where I work in my bio Sometimes makes cool stuff. AuDHD AF. “The Greatest Unreal Developer In The World™️” He/HISM

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Steve Bowler @gameism.bsky.social · Nov 18

Introduction post!

Hi I'm Steve, and I've been working in Unreal for something like 20 years now. I'm back working in AAA Game Dev again and even some VR dev but please enjoy the Virtual Studio showreel of my work from the past few years.

I have a ton of fun making magic happen, hope it shows 😅

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Steve Bowler @gameism.bsky.social · 4h

The "I am Spartacus!" moment from the film when everyone stands up to claim they are Spartacus so the actual Spartacus isn't crucified. Meme text over tons of dudes in the scene:
I AM FROGACUS!!
I'M FROGACUS!!
ME TOO. SMOL FROG HERE
I AM ALSO FROG GUY
way in the background: ribbit ribbit motherfuckers

The actual Spartacus in the scene has a label (Actual Frogacus) over him.

Steve Bowler @gameism.bsky.social · 4h

You can't put a delay inside a function, but you can put a delay inside of a macro or after an event call. The point isn't to necessarily create a *function* per se, but to get in the habit of always having the owner/parent perform the action (variable set, event call, whatever) on itself.

Steve Bowler @gameism.bsky.social · 8h

Create a function on the component's owner that deletes the component (if it is valid and exists; validate that component!) and then call the function on the owner when the overlap is detected. That should 100% work every time.

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Steve Bowler @gameism.bsky.social · 8h

Oh my god you're telling me I could have been winning emails THIS ENTIRE TIME???

Astrid (yeehaw) 🤠🌈 ✨ @ansitru.bsky.social · 11h

I'm just saying, we could settle this with swords, instead of 30+ emails. 🤺

#artWIP

A WIP embroidery piece, with a sword and mace chzrm, spikes and letter beads.

The beads read "this email could have been a duel | fight me"

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Steve Bowler @gameism.bsky.social · 10h

OMG I FOUND IT

youtube.com/shorts/G3Oom...

MST3K-Snow Thrills "You're full of skit!"

YouTube video by Scott Waddell

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Steve Bowler @gameism.bsky.social · 10h

[Ancient MST3K Reference]: ehhhhhh he's full of skit.

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Steve Bowler @gameism.bsky.social · 11h

I am here for Cool Combat McGuffins

Steve Bowler @gameism.bsky.social · 11h

This isn't an isolated case of positive air pressure preventing contaminants. It's an entire physics thing used to prevent smoke from entering stairwells in high rises.

I don't know what to tell you. The dude eventually had to take the suit off but the suit's *air pressure* is what saved him 🤷

Steve Bowler @gameism.bsky.social · 11h

I didn't say pepper balls. I said pepper SPRAY.

The dude got the entire thing hosed down and said the fumes didn't even reach him for fifteen minutes. Because it's pressurized.

This is the incident.

bsky.app/profile/lore...

LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 6d

He sprayed the pepper spray directly into the protester’s vent plug of the suit.

Because a guy in a frog suit is scary and threatening apparently🤷🏼‍♀️

Steve Bowler @gameism.bsky.social · 12h

It's weird when Blues Brothers is RIGHT THERE 😅 (practically a documentary)

But yeah it's painfully obvious this admin doesn't partake in CULTURE, sooooo 🤷

Steve Bowler @gameism.bsky.social · 12h

Like I said, I would personally prefer to have a respirator on just in case, but apparently the air pressure inside the suit combined with the intake fan being low prevents the vast majority of irritants from reaching your head 🤷

Steve Bowler @gameism.bsky.social · 12h

I’m not sure why you keep explaining how the suit works when you don't understand how air pressure works. There's no breeze inside. The guy LITERALLY got the intake pepper sprayed and he said it wasn't a big deal.

There is an ACTUAL use case that refutes your theory 🤷

Steve Bowler @gameism.bsky.social · 14h

Speaking as a dad, that's a top tier sign right there 🤌

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Steve Bowler @gameism.bsky.social · 14h

There *could* be an interesting study of Jewish ancestry and how prevalent autism is, since it's a dna thing, but holy hell would rather NOT because woooooooo that's a double dose of sparkling eugenics, and no thanks, not in this political climate, thank you.

Steve Bowler @gameism.bsky.social · 14h

But in all seriousness "circumcised early" and "double the rate of autism" is a *correlation* not *causation* and this dumb ass motherfucker doesn't understand the difference. Or very likely he does, doesn't care, and just wants us all dead and will use any excuse 🤷

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Steve Bowler @gameism.bsky.social · 14h

I'd rather have a respirator on also but the guy who was in the frog suit had pepper spray fired directly into the intake fan and...it didn't do that much

Apparently the air pressure inside the suit prevents it from getting that stuff blown around. The pepper mist is heavier than air so it settles.

Steve Bowler @gameism.bsky.social · 15h

[Sets down open Tylenol bottle]

[Looks in pants]

FUCK!!

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 17h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Steve Bowler @gameism.bsky.social · 15h

And depending on how long you want to hold it, and how long the towel is, you could in theory just roll the noodle up into the first section of the towel and you wouldn't even need tape?

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 15h

Hey all! Here's a reminder my day job has our NextFest demo already up and going! Check us out and leave a review if you can. *begs* Reviews help so much.

Noodle Cat Games - Wishlist Cloudheim! 🌥️ @noodlecatgames.com · 1d

📢 Cloudheim's Next Fest Demo is NOW AVAILABLE! 📢

Now's the time to jump in and start your adventure. Let us know if you're playing solo or with friends!

Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4017410/...
Epic Games: store.epicgames.com/p/cloudheim-...

Cloudheim Demo on Steam

Ragnarok shattered the world, the gods have chosen you to shape the next one. Cloudheim is a 1-4 player action adventure that blends crafting with chaotic physics-based combat. Awaken forgotten deitie...

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Steve Bowler @gameism.bsky.social · 15h

Not quite. Think of the pool noodle like a curtain rod, and the towel is the curtain, kind of.

You want a cloth drape between you and the paintball. Literally recreate the egg-vs-bedsheet test.

Steve Bowler @gameism.bsky.social · 16h

void: [null]

(oh shi--)

Steve Bowler @gameism.bsky.social · 16h

If you want to render paintballs useless, roll a beach towel over the top of a foam pool noodle, attach it at the back, and then hold the pool noodle from underneath, and hold the draped beach towel between you and the paintballs.

They won't break.
Hard shields make them break.
Make softer shields.

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 17h

From the great novelist Sherwood Anderson, a letter to his son.

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Steve Bowler @gameism.bsky.social · 16h

I legit was going to ask but I already knew the void wouldn't answer and didn't want Megan to waste any good screams 😅

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Steve Bowler @gameism.bsky.social · 16h

If you think you may encounter paintballs, wear BAGGY CLOTHES, and at the very least, run out to a hardware store and buy some plastic GOGGLES. Don't buy safety glasses. You want GOGGLES, because even a hit to the side of your eye under the glasses will cause permanent blindness at these velocities.

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