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🕹️ Game Designer or Game Developer? Don’t Decide Too Early
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Dec 27 '25
🕹️ Game Designer or Game Developer? Don’t Decide Too Early
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🎮 Day 2 – Foundation for Game Designers
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Dec 28 '25
🎮 Day 2 – Foundation for Game Designers
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🎮 Day 3 – Understanding GDD (Game Design Document)
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Dec 29 '25
🎮 Day 3 – Understanding GDD (Game Design Document)
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🎮 Learning Game Development – Day 4
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Dec 30 '25
🎮 Learning Game Development – Day 4
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🎮 Learning Game Development – Day 5 Basics of Color Theory
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Dec 31 '25
🎮 Learning Game Development – Day 5 Basics of Color Theory
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I thought materials in Unreal Engine were just about colors. I was wrong. They’re more about logic than visuals.
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I thought materials in Unreal Engine were just about colors. I was wrong. They’re more about logic than visuals.
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🎮 Learning Game Development – Day 7
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Jan 2
🎮 Learning Game Development – Day 7
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🎮 Learning Game Development – Day 8
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🎮 Learning Game Development – Day 8
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🎮 Learning Game Development – Day 9
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🎮 Learning Game Development – Day 9
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Understanding Starter Content and Selection Mode in Unreal Engine (Day 10)
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Jan 5
Understanding Starter Content and Selection Mode in Unreal Engine (Day 10)
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Actor Panel and Landscape Tool Basics in Unreal Engine (Day 11)
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Actor Panel and Landscape Tool Basics in Unreal Engine (Day 11)
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Learning Landscape Heightmaps and Sculpting Tools in Unreal Engine (Day 12)
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Learning Landscape Heightmaps and Sculpting Tools in Unreal Engine (Day 12)
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Learning the Foliage Tool in Unreal Engine (Day 13)
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Learning the Foliage Tool in Unreal Engine (Day 13)
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Creating Materials in Unreal Engine 5 and Understanding ORM Textures (Day 14)
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Creating Materials in Unreal Engine 5 and Understanding ORM Textures (Day 14)
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How I Turned a Static Character into a Moving One in Unreal Engine
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How I Turned a Static Character into a Moving One in Unreal Engine
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Why My First Animation Blueprint Didn’t Work in Unreal Engine
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Why My First Animation Blueprint Didn’t Work in Unreal Engine
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How Speed Finally Made My Character Feel Alive
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Jan 12
How Speed Finally Made My Character Feel Alive
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Material vs Material Instance: My Beginner Realization
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Material vs Material Instance: My Beginner Realization
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Why My Video Screen Was Black in Unreal Engine
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Why My Video Screen Was Black in Unreal Engine
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Why My Landscape Textures Looked Repetitive in Unreal Engine
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Why My Landscape Textures Looked Repetitive in Unreal Engine
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Migrate vs Import in Unreal Engine Finally Made Sense
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Migrate vs Import in Unreal Engine Finally Made Sense
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Unreal Engine Lighting Confused Me Until I Saw the Big Picture
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Unreal Engine Lighting Confused Me Until I Saw the Big Picture
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PCG Looked Complex Until I Understood This One Thing
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PCG Looked Complex Until I Understood This One Thing
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I Thought Optimization Was Hard — Turns Out It’s About Cleanup
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I Thought Optimization Was Hard — Turns Out It’s About Cleanup
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Print String Saved Me More Than Any Other Debug Tool
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Print String Saved Me More Than Any Other Debug Tool
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Why My AI Couldn’t See the Player in Unreal Engine
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Why My AI Couldn’t See the Player in Unreal Engine
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This Is Why My AI Was Stuck in Place
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This Is Why My AI Was Stuck in Place
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Why My Environment Work Improved After Using a Storyboard
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Why My Environment Work Improved After Using a Storyboard
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There Is No Perfect Game Engine — And That’s Okay
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There Is No Perfect Game Engine — And That’s Okay
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