I tried using Open Broadcast Server to record a demo of how I am handling arm animations, and to show off a little bit of the look and feel (in alpha stage, of course) of Waystation Echo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29tPZVDhl8U Some things to note in this devlog update: I am constantly learning new things in Blender. Since Continue reading →
Author: Jesse Lawson
Jesse is a writer and web developer, and works full-time doing neither of those things. He is working on his fourth book, a collection of essays about being an older Millennial.
How to Import a Custom FBX Mesh and Skeleton from Blender into Unreal Engine
For Waystation Echo, I am using a custom armature based off of the UE4 mannequin. Since I want to practice making FPS arm animations, I decided to abandon any delivered stuff designed for the mannequin and make my own armature. Since this is a unique skeleton, I wanted to go over how I exported it Continue reading →
Waystation Echo Devlog #4: Big Decisions, Being a Solo Dev, learning Blender, and Biting Off More than I Can Chew
Buckle up! This one's a big one. No more third-person TL;DR: Trying to do my own animations for a third-person game is ridiculous and one of the dumbest things I have ever done in game development. An old Gamasutra article caught my eye this morning. In it, the author discusses the differences in player immersion Continue reading →
Waystation Echo Devlog #3: No really, Unreal
Waystation Echo was always going to be prototyped in Unity, but when it comes to actually building the game, I wanted to use Unreal. Now that the prototype is finished, I've grabbed a new copy of Unreal Engine and have been working this weekend on getting what I had in Unity up and running in Continue reading →
Waystation Echo Devlog #2: Environment cleanup
It's been a long while since I've posted anything about Waystation Echo, the third-person survival puzzle game I have been designing for about two years now. I started integrating ootii's Interactable Core with my custom door and charge handling scripts to see if I could save some time designing these puzzle doors. Ootii is incredibly Continue reading →