The dream (H/T @zachweinersmith.bsky.social)

My Steam wishlists have lead to some unexpected suggestions...

Couldn't manage to get motivation to work on it today but didn't want to get nothing done, so I got out the pen and paper to spec out the thing I want to figure out next.

Think I've finally got it working Apparently creating a game using the starter content for a blueprint project and then adding C++ just breaks it. Starting with a C++ instead works.

So after a week I'm at about where I thought I was on day 2.

Learning Unreal sure is something.

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Ok so apparently every time I open Unreal it breaks my blueprint again!

Seriously, create a blueprint from the class, put it in the scene it works fine, close Unreal, reopen it, it's broken again.

What the fuck is wrong with this engine.

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Okay after 3 days of effort, a clean Unreal and VS install, 3 new versions of the starter project, I have managed to:
Create a starter Blueprint Project
Add a C++ class that literally just draws a sphere.

I don't think I've ever had a worse new user experience for a Game Engine.

So apparently I spoke too soon yesterday when I said that I'd fixed all the errors because nothing works at all.

My next step is uninstall everything and start again with a clean install, that's how bad it's going.

Managed to finally get this thing to stop having errors so I'm gonna take that as a win.

My current goal is to learn Unreal for the first time, so I set up a new unreal project and figured out how to import a free asset I downloaded.

Currently set up at Netherworld Arcade with a playable version of my global game jam game for Indie Dev Night