Tom Looman
tomlooman.bsky.social
Tom Looman
@tomlooman.bsky.social
tomlooman.com
Unreal Engine Developer. Making Courses for Indies & AAA Studios
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My latest #UnrealEngine tutorial is live - dev.epicgames.com/community/le...

Hard references / Soft references - There always mentioned. But what actually is a reference?

Big thank you to @tomlooman.bsky.social who helped confirm some things. You should deffo check his stuff out!
#UE5
February 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Come for animating in C++ with curves and math! Stay for the the best explanation of lambdas in C++ I've ever seen.

Another banger of an article from @tomlooman.bsky.social

www.tomlooman.com/animating-in...
Animating in C++: Curves and Easing Functions
There are plenty of ways to animate or interpolate things in Unreal Engine. The skeletal animation tools for example are incredibly powerful, but none of the available tools in Unreal are very lightwe...
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January 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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update on my Slime game💚

The dungeon's popularity is plummeting! Only the Slime can make it fun again. Lots of magic sodas are needed to get the job done.

#indiegame #gamedev #techart #slime #game
December 9, 2024 at 4:58 PM
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It's that time of year again, Black Friday is upon us! Now is your chance to master Unreal Engine C++ or learn how to optimize your game's performance with one of my courses!

Get $100 off my courses using the link below or use code "BLACKFRIDAY"!
Unreal Engine Tutorials
Provider of Intermediate/Advanced Unreal Engine tutorials and courses focusing on C++, Performance Optimization, Shaders.
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November 28, 2024 at 2:22 PM
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There genuinly is no better course out there that comes close. Best thing you can ever do for yourself.
It's that time of year again, Black Friday is upon us! Now is your chance to master Unreal Engine C++ or learn how to optimize your game's performance with one of my courses!

Get $100 off my courses using the link below or use code "BLACKFRIDAY"!
Unreal Engine Tutorials
Provider of Intermediate/Advanced Unreal Engine tutorials and courses focusing on C++, Performance Optimization, Shaders.
www.tomlooman.com
November 28, 2024 at 4:40 PM
It's that time of year again, Black Friday is upon us! Now is your chance to master Unreal Engine C++ or learn how to optimize your game's performance with one of my courses!

Get $100 off my courses using the link below or use code "BLACKFRIDAY"!
Unreal Engine Tutorials
Provider of Intermediate/Advanced Unreal Engine tutorials and courses focusing on C++, Performance Optimization, Shaders.
www.tomlooman.com
November 28, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Unreal 5.5 has a LOT of great additions for profiling, performance and optimization. I've compiled a list of the most interesting changes, with some commentary.

www.tomlooman.com/unreal-engin...

These awesome features and improvements will be included in my Game Optimization Course asap!
Unreal Engine 5.5 Performance Highlights
The following Highlights are taken from the Unreal Engine 5.5 Release Notes and focus primarily on real-time game performance on PC and consoles. My personal highlights have some commentary on them an...
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November 19, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Still reading through the massive release notes of UE 5.5. A lot of great optimizations, so I'm compiling a list of the highlights to be posted soon.

Easy to miss or not understand a change, so I got you covered!
November 14, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Absolutely love reading frame analysis breakdowns of games. Here is a fun one from Metaphor ReFantazio, where many odd things are happening in the frame...

vkguide.dev/docs/extra-c...
Performance and frame analysis - Metaphor ReFantazio
Practical guide to vulkan graphics programming
vkguide.dev
November 9, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Maybe time to start posting here too! Hopefully can find some more folks from Twitter!
November 6, 2024 at 7:00 PM