Florian Smolka
smou.bsky.social
Florian Smolka
@smou.bsky.social
Senior Vfx/Tech
Prev: Maschinen-Mensch, Mimimi Games
❤️ for Spacestuff, science, equality and humans collaborating to achieve a common goal
Some more content from the lecture.
A nice little energetic aura charge vfx =)
#realtimeVFX #rtvfx #gamedev
May 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I'm currently holding a lecture at the university of applied sciences Darmstadt. So I thought why not post some of the effects I created for this.
Task: Create an effect only made out of cubes and a basic material. Inspired by this amazing cubes study artstation.com/artwork/zP8Vdq
#rtvfx #gamedev
May 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Another "unexpected" behavior for this #VFXFriday
If frac() just leaves the fractional part of the number why is the result not this mirrored gradient that we'd expect?
Because what is happening under the hood is x -floor(x)!
So for example frac(-0.1) is -0.1 - (-1) = 0.9 🤯
#realtimeVFX #gamedev
May 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The Remap Value Range node in UEs material editor is lying to you!!!
Well - at least it can give you results you might not expect.
So whats going on here and how to "fix" it?
👇
#UnrealEngine5 #VFX #realtimeVFX #gamedev #UnrealEngine
May 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Finally got around to create some breakdowns of some cool vfx i did for #MotherMachine just in time for #VfxFriday!
Head on over for more details:
www.artstation.com/artwork/ZlzlWX
March 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Trailer for the game i've been working on for the past year just dropped!
Hopefully i get around to throw together a small vfx reel of the game =)
📢 Mother Machine finally has a launch date!! 💥
Get ready to cause chaos and explore everything the game has to offer on 🎉 March 26th! 🎉
Curious? Watch our brand new announcement trailer now! ✨
youtu.be/oQT6vGuqRrs
Mother Machine Release Date Announcement
YouTube video by Maschinen-Mensch
youtu.be
February 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Reposted by Florian Smolka
Today I Learned:

You can enable "Determinism" on your emitters to let you scrub your FX backwards in Niagara.

Just be sure to turn it back off when your done so your FX still has random seeds at the end!

#ue5 #rtvfx #gamedev
December 10, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Time to be more active on this platform 🙌
Some Electric Beam vfx I worked on for the upcoming Mother Machine from @maschimensch.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 12:19 PM
So that's it. Last content i'll ever do for Mimimi 😥
Very glad i was able to revist one of my favorit chars - Yuki.
Fantastic work on this last update. Super proud of everyone past+present at Mimimi in general. Will miss these crazy passionate humans <3
youtu.be/LlJ6gVAkZNs?...
Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew - Yuki & Zagan DLC Trailer
Yuki & Kuma from Shadow Tactics are back! Play the new Shadow Gambit DLCs "Yuki's Wish" and "Zagan's Ritual" – OUT NOW on PC and consoles.Hoist the Red Marle...
youtu.be
December 7, 2023 at 1:17 PM
Finally got around to create a showreel of some of the beautiful things i got to work on over the last decade. Enjoy =) #VFXFriday
youtu.be/nNN1NBVlKak?...
Showreel 2023
Selected works from projects i worked on over the last decade.Music: Risky Destiny by Amaksi
youtu.be
November 17, 2023 at 4:21 PM
Reposted by Florian Smolka
November 2, 2023 at 6:32 PM