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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My plans - start making sound design for the demo. So everything you see this week will be from the past. This was the first gameplay of cleaning, the dirt texture is not a decal, after 6 months I redid it for the cleaning robot and decals #UnrealEngine #indiedev #gamedev
November 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
My plans - start making sound design for the demo. So everything you see this week will be from the past. This was the first gameplay of cleaning, the dirt texture is not a decal, after 6 months I redid it for the cleaning robot and decals #UnrealEngine #indiedev #gamedev
11.11 here's something mystical and Sci-Fi for you
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
11.11 here's something mystical and Sci-Fi for you
Game design, such as the sequence of actions in the environment between objects after the player's actions, can be seen and found anywhere. My son loves Gravitrax, he's a fan. Today I realized that my game has some similar actions and visual design. #gamedev is everywhere
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Game design, such as the sequence of actions in the environment between objects after the player's actions, can be seen and found anywhere. My son loves Gravitrax, he's a fan. Today I realized that my game has some similar actions and visual design. #gamedev is everywhere
Electricity is on schedule, I decided to stay awake, so I ate jam, drank tea and worked with Unreal Engine. I made the final text for Terminal, now collecting screenshots and videos that I made before (hundreds) for the Steam page. This week is the chosen one, the time has come.
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Electricity is on schedule, I decided to stay awake, so I ate jam, drank tea and worked with Unreal Engine. I made the final text for Terminal, now collecting screenshots and videos that I made before (hundreds) for the Steam page. This week is the chosen one, the time has come.
This is so funny. I wrote you about this book and added the words "Holy Grail", and 10 minutes later, I see these words in the book. This is probably a sign that I and you need to read this book completely as soon as possible!
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This is so funny. I wrote you about this book and added the words "Holy Grail", and 10 minutes later, I see these words in the book. This is probably a sign that I and you need to read this book completely as soon as possible!
I found what I needed to read, an old #book (~18 years) that I consider to be the Holy Grail and something that every human from #gamedev should definitely read. I don't understand why it hasn't been republished and isn't available in e-book format. Emergence in Games, by Penny Sweetser
November 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I used to collect books about game development, it was 2012. Today I remembered it, found old HDD and in the folder there are 14GB of books on the topic of game development. I wish I hadn't found them, because now I want to reread them all, or skim through them, even the ones I don't need to know
November 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I used to collect books about game development, it was 2012. Today I remembered it, found old HDD and in the folder there are 14GB of books on the topic of game development. I wish I hadn't found them, because now I want to reread them all, or skim through them, even the ones I don't need to know
And here's what my 11-year-old son does when there's no electricity. He experiments with Lego Mindstorms and various additional kits that are not related to Lego, but are compatible, today with pneumatics
November 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
And here's what my 11-year-old son does when there's no electricity. He experiments with Lego Mindstorms and various additional kits that are not related to Lego, but are compatible, today with pneumatics
and this, I did this last year when I was experimenting with effects and physics in Unreal Engine, but the idea of combining it together only came to me today #scifi #gaming #videogames #gamedesign
November 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
and this, I did this last year when I was experimenting with effects and physics in Unreal Engine, but the idea of combining it together only came to me today #scifi #gaming #videogames #gamedesign
Due to the night attack of evil, we have no electricity all day. Therefore, Unreal Engine is postponed, I'm writing texts for the game. I had an idea that - I won't say, but it's a combination of this and ⤵️
#screenshotsaturday #UnrealEngine #gamedev #indiedev
#screenshotsaturday #UnrealEngine #gamedev #indiedev
November 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Due to the night attack of evil, we have no electricity all day. Therefore, Unreal Engine is postponed, I'm writing texts for the game. I had an idea that - I won't say, but it's a combination of this and ⤵️
#screenshotsaturday #UnrealEngine #gamedev #indiedev
#screenshotsaturday #UnrealEngine #gamedev #indiedev
November 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Friday's Unreal Engine for me was about doors. Do you like doors in games? Do you like the band The Doors? I listened to their songs a little to get inspired and then I created Niagara, now the doors open epically, more Sci-Fi #UnrealEngine #gamedev #indiedev #UE5
November 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Friday's Unreal Engine for me was about doors. Do you like doors in games? Do you like the band The Doors? I listened to their songs a little to get inspired and then I created Niagara, now the doors open epically, more Sci-Fi #UnrealEngine #gamedev #indiedev #UE5
From my past. A big game about the Moon, which I started making in 2014 but froze forever. The idea was born at the 2013. I still have a lot of material (game design document, hundred concept arts) and a memories. I will write about it sometimes, and I hope that it will inspire not only me again
November 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
From my past. A big game about the Moon, which I started making in 2014 but froze forever. The idea was born at the 2013. I still have a lot of material (game design document, hundred concept arts) and a memories. I will write about it sometimes, and I hope that it will inspire not only me again
Hello sci-fi lovers, hello programs, hello gamers... There will be something in this place that absorbs energy, it will suck your spirit, robot, so be careful. But it is not evil, it is technology that gives energy.
November 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Hello sci-fi lovers, hello programs, hello gamers... There will be something in this place that absorbs energy, it will suck your spirit, robot, so be careful. But it is not evil, it is technology that gives energy.
Oh no, coyote loser, I saw that the corners of the frame are the wrong color at the intersection, so I need to add a Saturate node
November 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Oh no, coyote loser, I saw that the corners of the frame are the wrong color at the intersection, so I need to add a Saturate node
Now I definitely did it. Am I a super genius? Or maybe Wile E. Coyote? Generate a texture with text in any language and font for the decal and a customizable frame. Now I will write on the walls. Unreal Engine my cave
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #uetips #indiedev
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #uetips #indiedev
November 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Now I definitely did it. Am I a super genius? Or maybe Wile E. Coyote? Generate a texture with text in any language and font for the decal and a customizable frame. Now I will write on the walls. Unreal Engine my cave
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #uetips #indiedev
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #uetips #indiedev
I used to buy a lot of books before #gamedev hundreds about IT. This is the first book about a programming language that I bought today, after 7-10 years. I had little experience with #python and it was a long time ago, I forgot everything. I love the Head First series. So, why do I need Python now?
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I used to buy a lot of books before #gamedev hundreds about IT. This is the first book about a programming language that I bought today, after 7-10 years. I had little experience with #python and it was a long time ago, I forgot everything. I love the Head First series. So, why do I need Python now?
Did you think that was all? No ;) This time the material Blend mode is Translucent. if turn on Focal Distance in Post Process Volume, we see light... f%ck-up focal-up. Today Niagara and Unreal Engine opens up new fun for me #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #uetips #indiedev
November 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Did you think that was all? No ;) This time the material Blend mode is Translucent. if turn on Focal Distance in Post Process Volume, we see light... f%ck-up focal-up. Today Niagara and Unreal Engine opens up new fun for me #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #uetips #indiedev
Did you think that was all? No. Another Unreal Engine WOW question. For Niagara, I change the Blend mode of the material from Translucent to Masked, and then light appears. WAT? I didn't know that #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #uetips #indiedev
November 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Did you think that was all? No. Another Unreal Engine WOW question. For Niagara, I change the Blend mode of the material from Translucent to Masked, and then light appears. WAT? I didn't know that #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #uetips #indiedev
I'm working on an effect for a mysterious object and I came across an interesting thing in Niagara that I hadn't thought about: the emission in the material and the emission of the color in Niagara are different parameters [1\3]
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #uetips #indiedev
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #uetips #indiedev
November 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I'm working on an effect for a mysterious object and I came across an interesting thing in Niagara that I hadn't thought about: the emission in the material and the emission of the color in Niagara are different parameters [1\3]
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #uetips #indiedev
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #uetips #indiedev
Somewhere on the Moon, a little cleaner is waiting for you to turn it on and finally start its journey. Or maybe there are many ? Or maybe the Moon is a last home for AI and robots? No-no-no. I won't spoil it. Because the players shouldn't know this, I wrote fiction #scifi #games #indiedev #gamedev
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM