Matt Oztalay (He/Him)

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ADHD Mustache Twirler, your Bad Influence Uncle, unlicensed and uninsured purveyor of mischief.

Senior Technical Artist, Developer Relations at Epic Games. Opinions are my own.

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My hashtag#GDC2024 hashtag#UnrealEngine learning theater talk, Accelerating Your In-Editor Workflows with Editor Utilities is now live on YouTube and the Epic Developers Community!

I've linked the EDC article here, since it has all the links and snippets I mention during the talk. Check it out!

https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/talks-and-demos/5J9b/unreal-engine-accelerating-your-in-editor-workflows-with-editor-utilities-gdc-2024

Accelerating Your In-Editor Workflows with Editor Utilities | GDC 2024 | Talks and demos

No one likes to do the same thing twice. Wouldn’t it be great if you could get the computer to do the work for you? With Unreal Engine’s Editor Utilitie...

Epic Developer Community

Sorry I haven't been as active on here as I'd intended (especially pointing people here from other platforms 😅​).

#UnrealFest was last week and I got to present Optimizing UE5: Re-thinking Performance Paradigms for High-Quality Visuals Parts 1 and 2, about how all the new graphics features in UE5 change the way we think about performance and the kinds of tricks we employed in the past. The best part is they're already live on the #UnrealEngine YouTube channel as part of the livestreams from the event.

Part 1: https://youtu.be/Cb63bHkWkwk?t=4797

Part 2: https://youtu.be/8eO2xdrDms8?t=870

Take a look, let me know what you think. Was there anything that surprised you? Anything you wish you had known sooner? Any questions I didn't answer?

Unreal Fest Day 1 | Livestream 2

YouTube

It's here! My Unreal Engine Learning Theater talk from #GDC23, The Future of Materials in Unreal Engine is now up on YouTube!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joOIBteSo1w

#unrealengine #unrealengine5 #materials #shaders #substrate

The Future of Materials in Unreal Engine | GDC 2023

YouTube

Pro- #Rider tip, you can set your breakpoint to log something instead of suspending the program's execution.

Has been a god sent to know when/why code stops executing.

Finally got around to open sourcing this little example plugin, which allows you to build viewport tools using Blueprints. Check it out!

https://github.com/MilkyEngineer/ViewportScriptingUtilities

#UnrealEngine #GameDev

GitHub - MilkyEngineer/ViewportScriptingUtilities: Unreal Engine (4.27) Plugin to build viewport extensions using Blueprints.

Unreal Engine (4.27) Plugin to build viewport extensions using Blueprints. - GitHub - MilkyEngineer/ViewportScriptingUtilities: Unreal Engine (4.27) Plugin to build viewport extensions using Bluepr...

GitHub

Making a list of of the gamedev rigging jobs open with their respective salaries with the new changes in CA and WA law! You can see it here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CJFywyuIjL4bMa4xXBz9t7HSpiovKNmLiQ6eT3Au9dA/edit#gid=0&fvid=1488232094

#rigtip #gamedev #gamedevjobs

Rigging Job Base Salaries (CA/WA/CO) Tracking Spreadsheet

Data Role,Seniority,Salary Low,Salary High,(hourly),Location Adjusted,Company,Location,Date Added,Link Rigging Outsource Supervisor ,N/A,$80,808,$149,406,$38.85 - $71.83,N/A,Blizzard,Irvine, CA,1/4/2023,<a href="https://careers.blizzard.com/global/en/job/R016521/Rigging-Outsource-Supervisor-Diab...

Google Docs
Question for the #python folks out there: does this make me a monster?
I just want to take a moment to give a shout-out to the trend of having in-game feedback forms on early access and demo games. Lowering the activation cost of filing a bug report or sending in feedback makes me 1000% more likely to do so.
Creature in the Well is gorgeous, really fun and on sale, you really gotta play it
https://store.steampowered.com/app/852300/Creature_in_the_Well/
Steamで50% OFF:Creature in the Well

古代施設のパワーを解き放ち、ピンボールからインスピレーションを得たユニークなハック & スラッシュゲームで、すべてを見通す恐るべきクリーチャーと対決しよう!

picoSYNTH is out!
🔌 Connect lo-fi equipment!
🎵 Make funky music!
👂 Share your builds and beats!

Hit RT (🙏), get it from itch, and let me know what you think!
https://johanpeitz.itch.io/picosynth

#screenshotSaturday #pixelArt #pixelSound #pico8

picoSYNTH by Johan Peitz

A playful tool to make short beats and loops

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