The text version of "Profiling with Pirates" is up! Check it out if you really don't want to see @mattoztalay.bsky.social and me in pirate costumes singing a shanty. Or if you just prefer text/images over hour-long videos, like me 😄 #uetips dev.epicgames.com/community/le...

Profiling with Pirates: Performance Plundered from a Real Game | Tutorial

Ahoy, performance hunters! How does Epic Games’ Technical Developer Relations crew hunt down frametime treasures? Climb aboard as Ari and Matt crack op...

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Avast mateys! Profiling with Pirates, @flassari.bsky.social and I's session from #UnrealFest Chicago is already live on YouTube! Thanks again to @limbicgames.bsky.social for letting us profiling your game and talk about it live on stage! www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYvL...

Profiling with Pirates: Performance Plundered from a Real Game | Unreal Fest Chicago 2026

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Polly the Profiling Parrot helped me and Captain @mattoztalay.bsky.social realize that the true treasures are well optimized games! Hi from Chicago! 👋🦜🏴‍☠️

Arrrrrrii!! What have ye done?

Ari Arnbjörnsson@flassari.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Hey, Captain @mattoztalay.bsky.social! I just traded our pirate ship for this magical parrot that should be able to lead us to amazing riches! What a bargain! Apparently, we're supposed to find the treasure at something called "Unreal Fest Chicago" next week.

We all prepare for #UnrealFest Chicago in our own ways. Who ami gonna see there next week? #malört #illhaveanother

Your mistake, it was expensive. This is your last chance... Do you understand? #AlienIsolation2 Watch the reveal trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1-v...

In this tutorial, I show how to spawn objects along a spline. We start out really basic with a row of traffic cones and then get more advanced with a line of fence segments that connect with each other. youtu.be/WQc0imxsGdI

Spawn Objects Along Splines - Procedural Content Generation (PCG) - Episode 8

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📆 The Unreal Fest Chicago agenda is live, and I'm on the schedule! ✨ I'll be presenting "Project Health in Unreal Engine: The Technical Indicators That Matter" at 10:45am CT on June 18th. For more info: tinyurl.com/UF26-Agenda-...

Saw this one in @simonschreibt.bsky.social 's newsletter, and this one is a really important trick to keep in your toolbelt in #UnrealEngine raphaelgarcia.dev/lab/smooth-w...

Smooth WPO Fade in UE5 : Reading Disable Distance from the Material

How to build a smooth World Position Offset fade in Unreal Engine 5 by reading the native Disable Distance directly from the material using GetPrimitiveData.

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In this tutorial, I show how to use Unreal's PCG to render grass efficiently. This method uses a compute shader on the GPU to place grass instances and I show several ways to control the density and distance that the grass renders. youtu.be/jL8-C2VvpxY

Efficient Grass With PCG - Procedural Content Generation (PCG) - Episode 2

YouTube video by Ben Cloward

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New blog post, this time about asset registry tags, an Unreal feature that I think isn't as widely known as it should be, given how useful it is. Contain (hopefully) relevant advice for both coders and non-coders: haukethiessen.com/people-dont-... #Unreal #gamedev

Oh man! Nitish is live right now talking about Automated Performance Profiling for Local Workflows on Inside Unreal! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfkb...

Automated Performance Profiling for Local Workflows | Inside Unreal

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So hey! In more concrete terms: I got hit by the Epic layoff yesterday. - Looking for Senior/Principal/Lead-ish roles around Level Design, Technical Design, Systems Design, etc. - Strong preference for US/Seattle/Remote Site is a little rough from the last time around, but: andrew-weldon.design

Andrew Weldon@andrew-weldon.design · 7mo ago

Well hey, anyone out there want to pay me to make video games? 🤔

This is back open; if you're part of a (massive) layoff in the game industry you can request a product of mine for free. It's not much, but it might help you in your journey ahead. 🫂 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Well, I hadn't been super public about where I worked because I wanted to keep my social media presence separate from my job, but I can finally reveal... I have been working for Epic for the past year and change! Unfortunately, I was laid off today.

If anyone is hiring for a game designer with 23 years of experience, hit me up.

Bringing this list over to Bsky for those affected by the Epic layoffs, and those hiring. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

AWESOME PEOPLE LIST (Epic Games Layoff)

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I had fun at #GDC2026 this year, and left SF feeling oddly hopeful? Shout out to all the cool jacket-wearers. Thank you to the people who packed my sessions for the energy you brought! Not a bad way to spend my 15th in-person GDC. Onward at #UnrealFest in Chicago, mateys!

Delta and I have a fun little game we play. I’ll book comfortable multi-hour layovers, and Delta nibbles away at them until I’m doing any% speed runs of DTW.

Waking up bright tailed and bushy eyed on this fourth morning of #GDC26 come find me on the expo floor this morning if you’re Bad with Faces or Bad with Names for your honorary badge ribbon!

After discussions about poor behavior by DICE attendees last month, I thought I'd bring these out again at GDC dawns. AND DUDES... PLEASE CALL OUT YOUR FELLOW DUDES IF YOU SEE BAD BEHAVIOR. Rock that boat!

Anna 🌿👁️@annacwebs.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Due to recent discussions: when I worked at a library, I was trained on how to politely but directly respond to unwanted sexual comments. Unfortunately commonly-marketed fantasies about librarians mean it happens a lot. Rehearse these. Be comfortable saying them forcefully, but politely.

I'm delivering a talk alongside the wonderful @amathlog.bsky.social on Large Procedural Systems with PCG. If you're working with PCG at a large scale, come! There's a lot covered including Biome Core, Builders, Hierarchical Generation and more. All are common problems I keep chatting to Devs about!

Developing Large Procedural Systems with Low Friction and Fast Generation (Presented by Epic Games) | Agenda | GDC Festival of Gaming

The GDC Festival of Gaming program blends expert insight with interactive formats designed to spark ideas, sharpen skills, and connect communities.

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"Clair Obscur was 95% Blueprints" I've been eagerly waiting for this talk to be uploaded, great job Tom and team 💪 youtu.be/t1CrbTx6O6w?...

The Technical Journey of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | Unreal Fest Stockholm 2025

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Excited to share some MetaSound tools and widgets that @dannthr.bsky.social and I put together! Get the TechAudioTools Content plugin now on Fab for UE 5.7 www.fab.com/listings/d44...

TechAudioTools Content

TechAudioTools Content is a collection of editor tools and reusable widgets for working with MetaSounds at scale in Unreal Engine 5. It contains editor utilities to support production workflows such a...

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I'll be presenting with the awesome @highlyspammable.bsky.social at the GDC26!! Come say hi :D Developing Large Procedural Systems with Low Friction and Fast Generation (Presented by Epic Games) #GDC2026 #PCG #UE schedule.gdconf.com/session/deve...

Developing Large Procedural Systems with Low Friction and Fast Generation (Presented by Epic Games) | Agenda | GDC Festival of Gaming

The GDC Festival of Gaming program blends expert insight with interactive formats designed to spark ideas, sharpen skills, and connect communities.

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Discount early bird tickets for Unrealfest Chicago on sale now! www.unrealengine.com/en-US/events...

Buy tickets for Unreal Fest Chicago 2026

Tickets for Unreal Fest Chicago are on sale! Get super-early bird pricing at $200 off the full price until February 16. Reserve yours today.

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*YouTube Voiceover* I MADE A HYPER-REALISTIC WINDOW BLINDS SHADER FOR OUR CARTOON RACCOON GAME (btw @snaccoongame.bsky.social is available for Wishlisting on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/2001850/...) #gamedev #indiedev #snaccoon

The IGFs are the most important award show imo, and while you've probably seen a lot of the nominees listed here, you should really check out the honorable mentions. Lots of cool stuff that I've never heard of - and also games that aren't even out yet!

Game Developer@gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Baby Steps leads 28th annual IGF Awards nominations

Second, and probably most importantly, it's tactically wrong. "No point discussing political opposition to fascism, there won't be elections anyway" cedes victory to your enemies. It's defeatism and nihilism.