Matt Englehart | VFX Artist
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Matt Englehart | VFX Artist
@matte-fxart.bsky.social
Former Senior VFX Artist at Alpha Dog Studios (ZeniMax) - still looking for a good home
Love watching anime VFX, playing cottage core games & Stellaris.
He/him - Opinions are my own
Been sick for almost 3 weeks, what a plague to catch.
Still, was able to remake a old sequence as a first pass.
Also got to play with Houdini for the crater which was a blast.

#unity #realtimeVFX #vfx #monster #stylized
February 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Taking a stab at solo dev and teaching myself Unreal 5's Blueprint system in the process.
Keeping the visuals real basic till I get the gameplay feeling tight, cause I know I'll get distracted if I don't 😅
#gamedev #game #dev #UE5 #UnrealEngine #blueprints #indiegames
January 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Been struggling to add more of these since a lot of the old .FBX files of these turrets and characters got corrupted.

But today, found the .max files and quickly downloaded a trial of 3DS max to open them and they work!

Going to add more, keeps my sanity going with this rough job market 😅
January 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Reworked up the Flamethrower mod for the Cannon from my first mobile game, MonstroCity.
Modernized it and got it looking a lot more "liquidy fire"

Turret rotates slightly each time it fires to really spread the damage.

#realtimeVFX #vfx #rtvfx #unity #gamedev #gameart
January 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Finished up the reworked Zap Turret VFX from my first mobile game, MonstroCity.
Even was able to salvage up the original audio with it.

MonstroCity was my first job as a VFX artist 8 years ago, feels almost wild and therapeutic to remake it

#realtimeVFX #gamedev #gameart
January 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Been lost to a moody brain, then thought, "Hey, why don't you remake some of the first VFX you ever did?!"

So, first pass of me remaking the Zap Turret VFX from MonstroCity.

Going to really work on that hit effect more, but I do love the "wet" nature of the beam

#RealtimeVFX #gamedev #gameart
January 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Getting into the environment now, just trying out grass to see what I can pull off.
Pleased for a first pass
Gotta maximize the cute nature vibes.
See what it'll look like with flowers, bugs and trees soon.

#VFX #RTVFX #Unity #Shadergraph
November 21, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Reposted by Matt Englehart | VFX Artist
I open my Bluesky feed and it is full of really cool people saying really smart things and being really passionate about really interesting stuff.

I like this version of social media, and the world.

Thanks, folks.
November 19, 2024 at 12:53 PM
First little experience with Houdini (one hell of a complicated program) but that was cool once it got working.
Rest of it is made in Unity
#VFX #Houdini #Unity #TimeSpell
November 19, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Working a fun game with some other ex-Alpha Dog buddies and did some VFX exploration towards our "new" horde shooting game. This was really fun to be just wild and try new stuff.
November 10, 2024 at 7:52 PM