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Count Mysterioso @mysteriosox.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

If you see this post a picture of a flat-roofed murder pub

Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

For this edition of #screenshotsaturday I present basic traffic AI now working with #ue5 ZoneGraph (sans Mass) complete with traffic lights at intersections. I've used a rather sneaky trick to reduce the need for complex turn logic- can you spot what it is? 1/2 #gamedev

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

This week in #gamedev: I finally got #ue5 ZoneGraph working without Mass. Given the typical lack of Epic documentation on either, I'm calling this a big win. I am aware that this currently looks like a bunch of ants looking for sugar, but fun traffic AI is now very possible! #screenshotsaturday

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Here's a bouncing rock. The rock will not be in the game. #gamedev It's bouncing because this morning I wrote a simple 'tweening' plugin for basic procedural animation in #ue5, modelled on the ones popular in the #flash / #as3 days. I'll stick it on Github when I've thought of a name- suggestions?

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

#screenshotsaturday this scene is still a testbed for developing tech for elsewhere, but it's quite fun in it's own right. Dynamic texturing allows me to accumulate blood on the pylon over time, and there's some subtle IK used to make sure the punches connect. Sound too! #ue5 #gamedev 1/5

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

It's #screenshotsaturday! Following on from last week: I present a man's futile battle with an electricity pylon, as filmed by a camera drone which I simulated using the #UE5 Gameplay Cameras plugin. Next up: hitting the pylon, blood loss, and exhaustion. #gamedev #existentialism #rochdale #pylons

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

#screenshotsaturday some fun stuff this week prototyping a traffic system using #UE5 Niagara- but doing so in style, by attempting to capture the feeling of the M62 motorway near Rochdale. 1/6 #gamedev #unrealengine #motorways #pylons #rochdale #flytipping

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

If nothing else, the finale of #StrangerThings really shows how a public execution can bring a community together

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

London tourists- be sure to get away from the main attractions while you're visiting and do some exploration, because there's beauty around every corner #Kensington #London #travel

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Beating your shit into pineapples is the 2025 equivalent of beating swords into plowshares

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Working a contract- someone has created a "socials" page that links to some short videos on Instagram The caption they have used for this? "Explore our Shorts"

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a man with a surprised look on his face .

ALT: a man with a surprised look on his face .

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

#gamedev still on the backburner while I refill the company coffers with some "real" programming work. Office life sucks in a lot of ways, but cycling home through #London at sunset almost makes up for it... #barbican

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Gamedev on the backburner for a bit while I do some paying work to get the company funds back to health. This means cycling to Kensington every day, a place where people love cars more than humans. There's a lot of Ferraris here, but the owner of this car is clearly rich in things other than money

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Tom Waits is currently on display at the Natural History Museum #london #tomwaits

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

#screenshotsaturday #ue5 #gamedev fixed up and extended Lump, my "Mass for Idiots" system- now you can't see where it switches away from ISM to mesh or actor. Framerate stays nice and high thanks to object pools, and only using physics where needed. Next job: use it to make cars and pedestrians.

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

#screenshotsaturday #ue5 #gamedev Turns out the bits of Mass I wanted to use are dependent on ZoneGraph, and ZG can't be rebuilt at run time, so I can't use it. Mass is also fully C++ and honestly a bit of a headache. So, I nicked the ideas from Mass I wanted and built something a lot simpler. 1/n

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Neuron here is watching my Pain au Chocolat like it's his ancestral birthright

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Today in fun #gamedev bugs: the SUV Centipede, coming to a school run near you very soon.

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

#screenshotsaturday #ue5 #gamedev #london- infinite PCG road now features intersections and buildings (well, connection points for intersections and placeholder cubes). The pop-in is a bit brutal but I can fix that later. Implementing traffic comes first. And breaking the legs of pedestrians.

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

#screenshotsaturday The Last Gig is on hold for a bit while I try to find funding, so I'm now cranking out a quick one-month side project, Electric Rental Bike Simulator. Infinite procedural #ue5 road working great, now working on intersections, buildings, and detecting the breakage of traffic laws.

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

I have been "verified as an adult" on #BlueSky: I feel I should make some framed copies of the email and send them to my old school teachers. I'm sure they'll be proud, and glad all their work wasn't for nothing.

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

The football song "Three Lions" will be 30 years old next year- so that line about "30 years of hurt" (which in 1996 was the time since England won the World Cup) can be read as "30 years of national depression every time that Three Lions song comes on" youtu.be/RJqimlFcJsM?... #itscominghome

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Three Lions (Football's Coming Home) (Official Video)

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

#screenshotsaturday- needed a break from tech debt and UI so have implemented ridable Lime bikes. It uses the #ue5 vehicle system, plus control rig IK for the hands and feet. Below is an accurate demo of a typical #London Lime bike usage- note the use of proper parking technique. #gamedev 1/2

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Been a while since my last #screenshotsaturday post- fixing AI bugs isn't exactly a visual treat. However now it's a LOT more stable, and even uses the correct escalator when given the option. Plus it can jump if it's sufficiently annoyed. #ue5 #gamedev #indiedev 1/3

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Unintentional environmental storytelling in Alton Towers #gamedev

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

#screenshotsaturday - mostly getting rid of tech debt this week so the AI has fewer existential crises, but also some combat tweaks. Question- should robots care about which way an escalator goes? It's easier if they don't, but I can't decide if it looks "menacing" or "stupid" #ue5 #gamedev

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

It's #wishlistwednesday! So here's a WIP of part of the demo for The Last Gig (store.steampowered.com/app/3680580/...) Very quick to put together thanks to @kronok.bsky.social's Scythe plugin, and @nebukam.bsky.social's PCGEx to get rid of the need for boring wall / room placement #gamedev #ue5 1/3

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Today for #screenshotsaturday something that should be trivial but turned out to be a massive headache: hanging from a rope in The Last Gig (wishlist pls store.steampowered.com/app/3680580/... thx) . Simple right? Well, no- the Character Movement Component doesn't like constraints #gamedev #ue5 1/3

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

I can do #wishlistwednesday now! Here's more fun with the grapple / pogobat in a procedural Barbican Centre- making a procgen level has been really great for tuning (grapple is still way too powerful mind). Wishlist The Last Gig on Steam here! store.steampowered.com/app/3680580/... #gamedev #ue5

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

OK I think that's enough menacing #robot megastructure iterations for now, better get back to making the actual game #ue5 #gamedev #blender

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

fortune.com/article/duol... If #Duolingo are replacing people with AI, I'll be replacing Duolingo with people. Subscription cancelled, 1647 day streak ended. Take your #AI and your greed and shove it up your owl.

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

It's #screenshotsaturday ! Think I've got the grappling hook feeling mostly right for The Last Gig ( store.steampowered.com/app/3680580/... )- there's a fun balance between "player control" and "forceful yeetage". Needs better animation and sound etc, but it's on the right track. #gamedev #ue5 1/4

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Steam page now up- bit premature as I don't have a trailer yet, but since I'm on Inside Unreal tonight it's better to have it than not. Wishlist today! store.steampowered.com/app/3680580/... forums.unrealengine.com/t/inside-unr... #gamedev #indiedev #ue5 #robots #london

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The Last Gig on Steam

The Last Gig is an immersive first-person stealth-action game that sees you facing off against a blandly murderous superintelligence. Sneak and fight your way through all-too-near-future London in ord...

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Sorry to keep banging on about this but THEY MADE A REAL POST AND IT'S DEFINITELY HAPPENING: forums.unrealengine.com/t/inside-unr... Live this Thursday at 19:00 (UK) / 15:00 (US East) Forum announcement contains a photo of my cat Donnie, so click for that at least #ue5 #gamedev #indiedev #cats

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Inside Unreal | Taking PCG to the Extreme with the PCGEx Plugin

WHAT The PCG Extended Toolkit is a free (libre), community-driven and open-source plugin that extends Unreal Engine’ Procedural Content Generation pipeline, with a focus on building spatial relations...

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Special update for #screenshotsaturday - I've made a procedural #London #Barbican centre, entirely in #UE5 using the #PCGEx plugin, and I will be talking about it on the Official Epic 'Inside Unreal' Twitch Stream THIS THURSDAY at 7PM GMT here: www.twitch.tv/unrealengine - #gamedev (1/3)

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I can't sleep and my phone just updated to tell me about the new "Playground" #ai garbage machine they've rammed into #ios on #iphone. None of the selfies I tried looked any more like me than "generic white man with glasses and beard", so let's try someone more distinctive 1/n

The author of this post according to Apple's AI image generator. This image could be of any white male aged between 25 and 45

A photograph that is very definitely of Adolf Hitler

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

#screenshotsaturday - not much new to show off, just pulling everything together for a demo. However I did resurrect an old pattern generator thing to make some truly horrendous carpets, and have added an authentically rubbish lift 1/n #gamedev #ue5 #carpets #london

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Trezy @trezy.codes · 23/04/2023

Hey, let’s get an intros thread for all of the game devs here! Tell us about yourself, your studio, and/or your current projects! 👾♥️

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Quick #screenshotsaturday update- after a lot of debate about whether it added much, I bit the bullet and added a first-person body. The pogo stick function makes a lot more "sense" with the shadow... or at least as much sense as it can. Also, now you can peek round corners! #ue5 #gamedev #indiedev

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Can anyone recommend a place to get #3d #gamedev assets that are just... normal? Every time I look for something like "human" I get "wizard" or "cartoon fashion victim" or "regular human but beaten up and only wearing one glove".

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Five words or *fewer* (ffs): immersive sim, sentient cricket bat

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Gael 💜 The Dev @gaelthedev.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

I just started a list of awesome solo #indiedevs you can follow! go.bsky.app/FsTnmYb P.s. if you want me to add you to the list, please comment or DM! 💜

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Very happy with this #ue5 camera effect. The core of this game is stealth and avoiding blandly murderous corporate #AI robots, so a scouting tool is required, and this turned out to be surprisingly quick to implement! Next: peeking round corners with the other camera. #gamedev #indiedev #shaders

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Timothé Lapetite @nebukam.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

#PCGEx, an Unreal' open source PCG plugin I've been working on for over a year is finally available on FAB! www.fab.com/listings/3f0... #ue5 #pcg #gamedev #procgen Thanks @amathlog.bsky.social for the all the support, you're not getting rid of me just yet 💙

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PCG Extended Toolkit (PCGEx)

The PCG Extended Toolkit is a free (libre) plugin that extends Unreal Engine' Procedural Content Generation pipeline, with a focus on building spatial relationships between points and path manipulatio...

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Licenses for my new programming assistant Copawlet are available at very competitive prices. #cats #ue5 #gamedev

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

It's #screenshotsaturday ! In between some AI stuff, I've been looking at just how much gameplay I can cram into a (sentient) cricket bat. Movement tech in particular- I want verticality. Grappling hooks are great, but everywhere... ...so how about a pogo stick? #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #ue5

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Jean-Paul Software @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

"Show me the four games that influenced your current game project." Dishono(u)red (stealth, the first convincing pub in games); Prey (action, sense of place); Brutal Legend (absurd-yet-human writing); Fallout 1 (real fears given air, and the jokes were good before Bethesda ran them into the ground)

Brutal Legend (for the absurd yet extremely human writing)

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