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Some of the projects are from work and some are on my own time.

Unleashing the Ultimate Gameplay Ability System (GAS)

Unleashing the Ultimate Gameplay Ability System (GAS)

An in-depth showcase of my advanced Gameplay Ability System (GAS) implementation in Unreal Engine. This post covers integration with ViewModel, CommonUI, and more! Learn how I developed PvP gameplay mechanics using all GAS features, including abilities, tags, effects, cue notifies, and a custom context system for managing effects, damage, and elemental interactions.

Replicated Physics Plugin

Replicated Physics Plugin

My implementation of replicated physics objects in Unreal Engine for multiplayer games. Please check out the attached repository with the source code for more details!

Elemental Volumes

Elemental Volumes

In-depth details on the development of Elemental Volumes, their gameplay effects, visuals, and how they interact with the player and combine into other gameplay effects.

Engineering at Mob Entertainment

Engineering at Mob Entertainment

Excited to share my journey since joining Mob Entertainment!

Speeding Up Unreal Engine Compiles

Speeding Up Unreal Engine Compiles

A deep dive into how I leveraged Unreal Build Accelerator (UBA) to significantly reduce compile times for modules and shaders in Unreal Engine.

EOS Voice Chat System (WIP)

A voice chat system designed to allow designers the ability to modify voice chat using Unreal's MetaSounds, as well as position the sound in 3D space.

EOS Voice Manual Input/Output

Online Subsystem EOS doesn't have any built in way to configure manually inputting and outputting the voice data?!

Common Services Plugin (WIP)

A plugin I created to integrate all the Online Services, such as Friends, Leaderboards, Achievements, and more, in the same style as CommonGame and CommonUser.

Weighted Random

A plugin I created to easily generate weighted random numbers in Unreal Engine.

Crafting a Distance Pull Ability System for VR (WIP)

A distance pull ability system inspired by Half-Life Alyx using Unreal Engine's powerful tools and gameplay systems.

My Portfolio

What I experienced and learned during the development of THIS website.

Enum to String

A super easy way to convert an enum to a string in Unreal Engine.

Game Framework System

The best way to propery code around the state of your actors and components.

State Tree AI

State Tree AI

In-depth experiments and research into utilizing State Tree for AI in Unreal Engine 5.4

Nanite Displacement Fade

Nanite Displacement Fade

Insights into how Nanite displacement fading works based on resolution and its impact on performance and visual fidelity.

Nanite Skinned Meshes Work

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

World aligned nanite displacement

I bet $5 you haven't seen something more satisfying than this.

Interesting VR Render Bug

Interesting VR Render Bug

Random into a rendering bug in VR.

New Update Redirector References Menu

New Update Redirector References Menu

5.5 seems to have made some cool changes to this!

New Local Variable Icons

New Local Variable Icons

These are so much easier to read!

State Tree Property Ref BP

State Tree Property Ref BP

Finally added property references to blueprint!

OpenXR Hands

OpenXR Hands

Finally was able to interface with the OpenXR API for finger positions!!!

Cool Organic Shader

Cool Organic Shader

Found a cool shader on twitter and decided to recreate it in Unreal Engine.

Toon Shading - Part 3 (Preview)

Toon Shading - Part 3 (Preview)

A preview of what I've been working on for Part 3. As I complete the outline shading, this article will be updated with more information.

Bent Normals and Ambient Occlusion

Bent Normals and Ambient Occlusion

Leveraging Unreal Engine 5.4's Modeling tools to create Bent Normals and Ambient Occlusion for superior shading on static meshes, with a focus on weapon models.

PCG Random Filter

PCG Random Filter

A custom node for PCG designed to randomly filter points, with a special added feature.

Toon Shading - Part 2

Toon Shading - Part 2

Adding Anisotropic Shading

Toon Shading - Part 1

Toon Shading - Part 1

Insights into the deferred renderer in Unreal Engine and experimenting with toon shading techniques.

Nanite Static Lighting

Nanite Static Lighting

Turns out Nanite meshes can be lit with static lighting

Distributed Shader Compilation

Distributed Shader Compilation

Support for distributed shader compilation has been added to UBA!

Fixing 3D Widget Colors

Fixing 3D Widget Colors

Applying a material to all stereo widgets to fix the color errors.

Many Lights

Exploring the capabilities of the "Many Lights" plugin for Unreal Engine and how it can significantly improve performance in scenes with numerous light sources.

Setter Variable Trick

Setter Variable Trick

You can use the right pin to access the variable on its setter node.

Unreal Game Sync

Unreal Game Sync

Why Unreal Game Sync has been an absolute game changer for my team.

Simulating LED Screens

Simulating LED Screens

Learn how to simulate LED screens in Unreal Engine using a simple material setup.

UEFN Experimentation Week

UEFN Experimentation Week

A week of learning UEFN and Verse to build a "Guess the Celebrity Sillhouette" game.

Landscape PCG Test

Experimented with modifying the landscape using a spline and placing PCG points along that spline on the landscape.

Lumen vs Ray Tracing vs Path Tracing

Lumen vs Ray Tracing vs Path Tracing

A comparison of the three rendering technologies in Unreal Engine 5.

Awesome GAS Weapon

A little bit of what went into getting my GAS VR weapon to work.

Weapon Fire Cooldown

Weapon Fire Cooldown

A gameplay effect that limits the rate of fire for weapons.

VR HUD Tests

VR HUD Tests

Learning the capabilities and limitations of VR HUDs

64 Core, 128 Thread Machine

Testing new hardware in a windows server VM

Custom Avatar Asset Type

Custom Avatar Asset Type

A completely custom avatar asset I created with custom viewport, details, asset browser, and hierarchy so modders can create their own avatars.

Floor Trace Error

An error I fixed in the engine where the capsule wasn't tracing the floor properly. It was falling through and coming back up each frame.

Holodeck Dev Update - 03/2023

Holodeck Dev Update - 03/2023

Holodeck Developer Update log for March 2023.

Holodeck Dev Update - 02/2023

Holodeck Dev Update - 02/2023

Holodeck Developer Update log for February 2023.

Secure Access without a VPN

How I used HashiCorp Boundary to securely access internal tools without the need for a VPN.

Automated Dev Deployement

How I used Hashicorp Waypoint to streamline my deployment process for APIs, websites, and game servers. **NOTE 6/2024** - Hashicorp has since moved to HCP Waypoint. This local guide is deprecated.

Building Network Infrastructure

Building Network Infrastructure

A deep dive into the sophisticated network infrastructure set up to ensure zero downtime, high security, and cost efficiency.

Layered Animation Graphs

A deep dive into the power of Layered Animation Graphs in Unreal Engine.

Integrating Holodeck API and Social Services into Unreal Engine

Integrating Holodeck API and Social Services into Unreal Engine

Detailed guide on integrating a custom API and social services into Unreal Engine

Gif Texture Type

How I added GIF support to Unreal Engine

Autoscaling Infrastructure

Some of the coolest shit ever. Request any number of servers and they'll auto purchase, deploy, and join the pool of nodes, allowing for any app to be deployed to them.

Custom Avatar Asset 2

Custom Avatar Asset 2

Created another asset and editor for custom Avatar Assets in the Holodeck ModKit.

Rust in Unreal (Continued)

Rust in Unreal (Continued)

More rust in Unreal work to create cinematics. (Note June 2024 - This was before nanite and lumen. All lighting is the same quality as UE4)

Smooth Camera Subject Change

Yup. Just what the title said.

First DevOps Tests (UGS and Horde)

First DevOps Tests (UGS and Horde)

Getting Unreal Game Sync and Horde working. All hail king Ben Marsh!

Holodeck Game Profile

Holodeck Game Profile

Working profiles in-game that utilize all the web features I built for Holodeck!

Holodeck WebServer Development (Continued)

Holodeck WebServer Development (Continued)

Continued work on the WebServer for my game Holodeck. Made an SDK as a plugin in Unreal and extended the web functionality to hold more data and implemented WebSockets.

VR Physics Grip

VR Physics Grip

VR Physics Grip

Hashicorp Infrastructure

Hashicorp Infrastructure

Taught myself how to use Hashicorp's infrastructure tools to deploy my own infrastructure.

Holodeck WebServer Development

Holodeck WebServer Development

Continued work on the WebServer for my game Holodeck. This is basically Epic Account Services, but a replacement with all my own needed features.

Rust in Unreal

Rust in Unreal

I was interested in making cinematics for the game Rust in Unreal.

Steamworks In Engine

Steamworks In Engine

I got steamworks working in engine!

Holodeck Level Tests

Holodeck Level Tests

A few tests for levels in my game, Holodeck.

Discord Game SDK Plugin

Discord Game SDK Plugin

A plugin I made to integrate the Discord Game SDK into Unreal Engine 4's Blueprints.

New Sky Atmosphere Components

New Sky Atmosphere Components

Messing around with Unreal's new Sky Atmosphere components.

DFAO Testing

DFAO Testing

Testing realtime lighting with DFAO vs static lighting

Arm IK Algorithm

Arm IK Algorithm

Implementing the "HumanUpper-Body Inverse Kinematics for Increased Embodiment in Consumer-Grade Virtual Reality" by Mathias Parger in Unreal Engine, with a few edge-case fixes.

Open Pose Component

Open Pose Component

Created a component to support reading and writing bones from the Open Pose component of SteamVR.

Main Menu Test 2

Main Menu Test 2

A main menu with Steamworks, Spotify, and Authentication integration using my own webserver and OAuth 2.0

Dynamically Lit Screen

Dynamically Lit Screen

A screen that can stream or play video and audio. It dynamically lights the environment around it, very efficiently using custom shaders for lighting. Also tested fake GI towards the end with multiple bounces.

Cloth Physics Experiments

Cloth Physics Experiments

Yup. Exactly what the title says.

Steamworks UGC Working

Steamworks UGC Working

A demonstration of Steamworks Workshop UGC working! This lists the top workshop items, downloads them, mounts the .pak file in real time, and loads an instance running that content.

VR Mega God

VR Mega God

No one VRs like I do.

Custom FullbodyIK Algorithm

Custom FullbodyIK Algorithm

I developed a custom Full Body IK algorithm that runs as an AnimBP node.

Anime Style Shaders

Anime Style Shaders

Anime 👍

Streaming Video Player Experiments

Streaming Video Player Experiments

A collection of experiments with streaming video players in Unreal Engine.

Loading Pak File Experiments

Loading Pak File Experiments

A collection of experiments with loading pak files in Unreal Engine.

Full Body IK Experiments

Full Body IK Experiments

A collection of experiments with full body IK in Unreal Engine.

Hide or Die - Freelance

Hide or Die - Freelance

I did work for Hide or Die, designing and implementing the main menu. This was before CommonUI was a thing. The game has since ran into controversy and I am in no way associated with the game or its developers.

Broken IK

Oops. Made an ostrich.

First VR Controls

I got VR controls working and displayed on a skeletal mesh I made!

Advanced Locomotion System V1

Testing and adding to the Advanced Locomotion System

Survival Game Tests

Survival Game Tests

Custom Scope

Custom Scope

A realistic custom scope using render targets and post processing

First In-Game HUD

First In-Game HUD

My first in-game HUD.

Hunger Games Style Platform

Hunger Games Style Platform

I wanted to learn a little about modeling, so I decided to make a platform in the style of the Hunger Games.

TrueSKY

TrueSKY

A realistic sky and weather system for Unreal Engine 4.

First Main Menu

First Main Menu

A TON of pictures and videos showing off my first dashboard/menu with full Steamworks integrations.

CSGO-Style Working UI

CSGO-Style Working UI

Designed a UI in the style of CSGO, but with working elements.

Recreating Dust 2 in UE4

Recreating Dust 2 in UE4

Using Hammuer to re-create Dust 2 in Unreal

Kite Demo

Kite Demo

If you love something, set it free! I've been exploring this kite demo, and it has a lot of cool technology!

Party Join Design

Party Join Design

A working design for players joining my party on steam. Not fake data. Real player in steamworks lobby.

Steamworks SDK Finally Works

Steamworks SDK Finally Works

It took forever but I finally got Steamworks SDK to initialize! Here's an example of it showing the number of friends online.

Animated Loading Sequence

Animated Loading Sequence

Created a loading sequence for my game in UMG animator.

My First Inventory System

My First Inventory System

I like to pick stuff up and put them down.

Multiplayer Dual Camera

First and third person cameras work in multiplayer now! :)

Gas Mask 3D Model

Gas Mask 3D Model

I've started learning 3D modeling and have made a Gas Mask for my game, Solunum.

Ex Nihilo Minecraft Mod

Ex Nihilo Minecraft Mod

I'm creating a minecraft mod called "Ex Nihilo", a latin phrase meaning "out of nothing". The mod focuses on creating resources from nothing.

Core Protect - Minecraft Plugin

I started working on the plugin Core Protect for the Sponge API in minecraft

Minecraft Websites

Minecraft Websites

I create websites for my friends Minecraft servers.