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Cinnamon Wolf @cinnamonwolf.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

To save you a click, here's the TL;DR Prioritize making friends Keep detailed notes Use version control Keep backups of everything Turn everything into a portfolio piece Learn and use Allar's styleguide Do not chase perfection Hoard free fortnightly Fab assets Study and use sample projects

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Cinnamon Wolf @cinnamonwolf.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

I wrote a thing for all of y'all getting into Unreal Engine and/or gamedev. Most of this is very specialty (and even engine) agnostic so hopefully many folks can find something useful here! agneskripkaite.github.io/Notes/Articl... #UnrealEngine #UE5 #GameDev

agneskripkaite.github.io

So you want to learn Unreal Engine... now what?

What I wish I knew and did from day one

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Cinnamon Wolf @cinnamonwolf.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

My headcanon is that AI was built in the image of it's main pushers - overconfident tech bros. So of course an AI talks like one while also completely missing the point like one.

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Renee Gittins | Indie Game Dev @rikukat.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Since Potions' console launches shipped (crash-free!), I was able to buckle down and add new content to Game Dev Foundry, including "Stages of Game Development" with best practices! I hope these free resources help others on their #gamedev and #indiedev path! rikukat.github.io/game-dev-fou...

rikukat.github.io

game-dev-foundry

Resources for game developers.

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Cinnamon Wolf @cinnamonwolf.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

It has its quirks but I do agree, it's nice

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Cinnamon Wolf @cinnamonwolf.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

YES. Highly recommend making physical things!

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Cinnamon Wolf @cinnamonwolf.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

But y'all ARE doing great! I'm ready to fight to defend my opinion.

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Cinnamon Wolf @cinnamonwolf.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

We've had a router do similar shenanigans and heavily prioritize certain devices over others on the network. We never figured out how it decided who got internet speeds and who didn't. Turned the dang "optimization" setting off the second we found it.

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Cinnamon Wolf @cinnamonwolf.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Only vaguely related but if a buncha older ladies got together and made a game that would be my GOTY immediately no questions asked.

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Cinnamon Wolf @cinnamonwolf.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

came here to say the exact same thing

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Cinnamon Wolf @cinnamonwolf.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

I think I know who this VFX artist is! I hear she's super cool!

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Cinnamon Wolf @cinnamonwolf.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

That's just a web dev! But I'd approve an interpretation as Web Ent Wickler. Whatever wickling an ent could possibly mean...

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Cinnamon Wolf @cinnamonwolf.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

I think the extra minutes are for cooking the curved side lol

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Cinnamon Wolf @cinnamonwolf.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

A tutorial that disables everything except the one thing they want me to click. Have genuinely refunded games on steam over that. An otherwise bad tutorial will chase me away too

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Cinnamon Wolf @cinnamonwolf.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Persona 5 Strikers literally puts an AI chatbot character on your team. I'm not surprised.

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Cinnamon Wolf @cinnamonwolf.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Speedrunning strats🤣 Congratulations!

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Cinnamon Wolf @cinnamonwolf.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Honestly, this doesn't even look that bad to me :D

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Cinnamon Wolf @cinnamonwolf.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Fun fact, the performance loss of BP over C++ isn't that bad anyway and negligible in most cases. Ignore them, it's easier to poopoo something irrelevant than help so that's what they do

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Cinnamon Wolf @cinnamonwolf.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

I will say leaving the cast failed execution pin disconnected is brave! Don't know how much of my life I've spent chasing mystery bugs because of such silent failures. I either put an error/warning log there or convert to pure cast (a crash is noisy alright :D )

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Cinnamon Wolf @cinnamonwolf.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

C++ in Unreal is also a lot more approachable than bare C++ in my opinion. You can do it!

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DoubleXP PR @handle.invalid · 18/11/2025

Stop just 'announcing' stuff. Ask a direct question: "What should we name this enemy?" "Rate this new shader 1-10." Make people feel like they're helping build the game. 🫡 #gamedev #community #indiegame #gamedev #indiegames #indiedev

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Cinnamon Wolf @cinnamonwolf.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

due to this post, TIL hoopoe range is way larger than I thought. Miss those goofballs

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Cinnamon Wolf @cinnamonwolf.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Whoah! what? this is wild! So you could have a client in predictive and a client in lockstep and it would still work fine? wow

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Cinnamon Wolf @cinnamonwolf.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

oooh can definitely see the Matrix inspo here

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Cinnamon Wolf @cinnamonwolf.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Time constraints are real. Have you considered a hybrid approach? E.g. RTGame where streams are the primary path but they get turned into videos which can be outsourced in case there's not enough time

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Cinnamon Wolf @cinnamonwolf.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

In other news, I miss Edinburgh. One of the most gorgeous places I've been fortunate enough to live in for a bit. Maybe I'll have a chance to visit again sometime. Maybe partake in Samhuinn again

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Cinnamon Wolf @cinnamonwolf.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

It is unfortunate that many places in the world don't have proper laws and elected officials actually doing their job defending their constituents working in the video game industry. But Edinburgh seems to have that! I hope justice can be brought and the message heard throughout the world. #gamedev

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Constantin "The Gaming Copywriter" Dumitru @gamingcopywriter.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

@discordiadystopia.bsky.social is one of the most stylish guests I've ever had. This is a chance to learn about #PublisherPathfinder straight from the source. Let's see how you can navigate publishing, shall we? When? Friday, 8 PM CET. Where? www.twitch.tv/gamingcopywr... #GameDev #IndieGame

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Cinnamon Wolf @cinnamonwolf.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Love the look of your game! Perfect level of stylized in my opinion

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Ballard Games | Few Shall Return @ballardgames.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

📣 We're starting a new series of articles called "The Tales of a Small Indie Studio". It will cover topics related to running a small studio and building video games. The inaugural post is about hiring a developer as an indie studio in 2025: www.ballardgames.com/tales/hiring... #indiedev #gamedev