Had a quick sesh on Dirt Rally (1) this morning. Sometimes I forget just how good this game is and then I load it up and I'm absolutely buzzin' by the end of it. I don't think I feel as good in any videogame as I do razzing the Peugeot 205 flatout down a country road in Dirt Rally. It's absolutely brilliant! My all time fav game next to Pac Man.

Me! That's ME! 🤣 .. me and my son were watching the livestream and I literally said a couple of minutes before the announcement that "They probably won't even look at my game" .. then it came on and they announced it as a winner! My son and I were jumping up and down and shouting about it lol yes, to us it's *that* exciting!!

This is one of my fav gifs. I made it watching the movie Ghoulies a while ago.

Picked up Star Explorers in the Steam sale today for less than $4 (not my pic btw just off tinternet) .. really enjoying it so far. I'm finding it pretty inspiring too, since it's a solo developer and I think they really found a cool vibe to work with. It's got a nice style to it (very 90s I think - perfect for low budget dev of course) and it's really well done. Bit rough around the edges (don't Alt Tab out!) but I'm having a really nice time with it.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/502720/Star_Explorers/

It's getting warm outside, so I was going to close the back door to keep it cool inside. Someone isn't happy about this idea.. #catsofmastodon

Unreal friends .. any idea why an environment I imported, straight from the marketplace into an empty project, would show up as totally see through both in the editor and in-game? I tried changing settings on the materials but it made no difference it just keeps rendering transparent?? Any ideas, no matter how silly, gratefully received :)

I see how many games come out every day, I see how good other people's games are, and I see how difficult it is (first hand) to make enough money from games to survive.. but I keep doing it anyway.

I also need to get around to finishing this ZX Spectrum game I've been 'working' on for ages now .. it's started out as a straight bomb jack clone but I don't like doing a total rip so I'm reworking it and trying out a few different gameplay ideas with it instead. I was thinking about being able to breathe fire (you're a dragon after all) to destroy enemies but I haven't found a good secondary mechanic that ties into that yet.. needs a good solid experimental weekend or two, I reckon!

Meanwhile, I think Unreal and I are slowly falling in love ♥️