Sam Swain
@sam.apparance.uk
A child of the procedural generation. Long-time tools coder off of
the games industry. Worked on Fable, NMS, Gloomhaven. Building crazy proc-gen technology: www.apparance.uk 👈 Try Unreal & Unity plugin for free!
he/him ▪ forever 42 ▪ surrey, uk ▪ no AI
the games industry. Worked on Fable, NMS, Gloomhaven. Building crazy proc-gen technology: www.apparance.uk 👈 Try Unreal & Unity plugin for free!
he/him ▪ forever 42 ▪ surrey, uk ▪ no AI
Room height support in action!
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Room height support in action!
Whoops, forgot to stream today. Oh dear, well, a lot going on at the moment in my life. Ho-hum. I did finally get round to uploading last weeks stream though! Look, connected rooms!
October 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Whoops, forgot to stream today. Oh dear, well, a lot going on at the moment in my life. Ho-hum. I did finally get round to uploading last weeks stream though! Look, connected rooms!
Streaming again in an hour! Join me to see if I can get rooms joining up properly this time! :D
www.twitch.tv/ga5p0d3
www.twitch.tv/ga5p0d3
October 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Streaming again in an hour! Join me to see if I can get rooms joining up properly this time! :D
www.twitch.tv/ga5p0d3
www.twitch.tv/ga5p0d3
Hmm, yes, some of the obvious shortcuts aren't suitable.
October 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Hmm, yes, some of the obvious shortcuts aren't suitable.
Got sent on this absolute fever-dream of a diversion on my way back from Epsom last night (ongoing overnight M25 junction works). I just followed the diversion signs assuming they would be the best way round. Took about half an hour extra. 😭
October 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Got sent on this absolute fever-dream of a diversion on my way back from Epsom last night (ongoing overnight M25 junction works). I just followed the diversion signs assuming they would be the best way round. Took about half an hour extra. 😭
Such a vibe. I have to repost you this pic I took in Cornwall a couple of years back :D
September 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Such a vibe. I have to repost you this pic I took in Cornwall a couple of years back :D
The movie "Hackers" is 30 years old. Had to have a watch to celebrate. Superb soundtrack too. Also accompanied with my original copy of The Pink Shirt Book. 😁
September 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The movie "Hackers" is 30 years old. Had to have a watch to celebrate. Superb soundtrack too. Also accompanied with my original copy of The Pink Shirt Book. 😁
Lock-On premium games journal by @lostincult.co.uk. Look at this beauties! They get chonkier as they go. All six back issues, pre-ordered last year, and arrived a week ago, ON MY BIRTHDAY! Some serious fire-side reading for this winter 😍
www.lostincult.co.uk/001-1
www.lostincult.co.uk/001-1
September 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Lock-On premium games journal by @lostincult.co.uk. Look at this beauties! They get chonkier as they go. All six back issues, pre-ordered last year, and arrived a week ago, ON MY BIRTHDAY! Some serious fire-side reading for this winter 😍
www.lostincult.co.uk/001-1
www.lostincult.co.uk/001-1
We now have wall logic improvements and parametric doorways! Longer stream today (1.5h) so even more of me going 'hmmmm' and pondering #ProcGen logic design.
Re-watch: youtu.be/u-ngMrRwHp0?...
Subscribe: www.twitch.tv/ga5p0d3
Re-watch: youtu.be/u-ngMrRwHp0?...
Subscribe: www.twitch.tv/ga5p0d3
September 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
We now have wall logic improvements and parametric doorways! Longer stream today (1.5h) so even more of me going 'hmmmm' and pondering #ProcGen logic design.
Re-watch: youtu.be/u-ngMrRwHp0?...
Subscribe: www.twitch.tv/ga5p0d3
Re-watch: youtu.be/u-ngMrRwHp0?...
Subscribe: www.twitch.tv/ga5p0d3
Streaming again tomorrow at 1pm BST (12 GMT). Going to start to look at doors and wall openings so we can connect rooms.
Join in/subscribe here: www.twitch.tv/ga5p0d3
#ProcGen #GameDev #UnrealEngine #Apparance
Join in/subscribe here: www.twitch.tv/ga5p0d3
#ProcGen #GameDev #UnrealEngine #Apparance
September 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Streaming again tomorrow at 1pm BST (12 GMT). Going to start to look at doors and wall openings so we can connect rooms.
Join in/subscribe here: www.twitch.tv/ga5p0d3
#ProcGen #GameDev #UnrealEngine #Apparance
Join in/subscribe here: www.twitch.tv/ga5p0d3
#ProcGen #GameDev #UnrealEngine #Apparance
Great stream today, noodling with floor pattern generation. A few friendly faces in the chat, with some thought provoking questions. We touched on the "randomness vs richness" aspect of procedural generation. Subscribe/video links in replies. #ProcGen #UnrealEngine #GameDev #Apparance
September 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Great stream today, noodling with floor pattern generation. A few friendly faces in the chat, with some thought provoking questions. We touched on the "randomness vs richness" aspect of procedural generation. Subscribe/video links in replies. #ProcGen #UnrealEngine #GameDev #Apparance
As the interior of a sci-fi space station, I guess this could qualify for #shiptember?
September 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
As the interior of a sci-fi space station, I guess this could qualify for #shiptember?
Todays stream focused on floor/ceiling building from various asset shapes. The basis of a few sub-division procedures and placement of new pieces gave us some interesting patterns!
August 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Todays stream focused on floor/ceiling building from various asset shapes. The basis of a few sub-division procedures and placement of new pieces gave us some interesting patterns!
Proc-gen stream #4 tomorrow at 13:00 BST (12:00 GMT).
Join me for an hour or so of #ProcGen space station building.
This week I'll be diving straight into upgrading the boring regular floor tiles to interesting arrangements drawn from various shapes and sizes of modular pieces.
www.twitch.tv/ga5p0d3
Join me for an hour or so of #ProcGen space station building.
This week I'll be diving straight into upgrading the boring regular floor tiles to interesting arrangements drawn from various shapes and sizes of modular pieces.
www.twitch.tv/ga5p0d3
August 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Proc-gen stream #4 tomorrow at 13:00 BST (12:00 GMT).
Join me for an hour or so of #ProcGen space station building.
This week I'll be diving straight into upgrading the boring regular floor tiles to interesting arrangements drawn from various shapes and sizes of modular pieces.
www.twitch.tv/ga5p0d3
Join me for an hour or so of #ProcGen space station building.
This week I'll be diving straight into upgrading the boring regular floor tiles to interesting arrangements drawn from various shapes and sizes of modular pieces.
www.twitch.tv/ga5p0d3
I also will be carrying on with the editing handles demo after our previous technical hitch* so we should be able to fully size and move the rooms with ease 🤞
*silly small mistake on my part, watch to find out what!
*silly small mistake on my part, watch to find out what!
August 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I also will be carrying on with the editing handles demo after our previous technical hitch* so we should be able to fully size and move the rooms with ease 🤞
*silly small mistake on my part, watch to find out what!
*silly small mistake on my part, watch to find out what!
Todays inaugural Apparance proc-gen dev stream went really well*. I built a simple space-station room out of asset pack parts. It's resizeable and parameterised, with a bit of variation thrown in. Thankyou if you joined the stream and for the great question about loops v recursion I was asked.
July 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Todays inaugural Apparance proc-gen dev stream went really well*. I built a simple space-station room out of asset pack parts. It's resizeable and parameterised, with a bit of variation thrown in. Thankyou if you joined the stream and for the great question about loops v recursion I was asked.
I'm going to try live streaming some procedural generation dev with Apparance tomorrow from 1pm BST (12 GMT) tomorrow on Twitch. Come along and watch me make a mess of my first stream, and see if I can manage to build some bits of space station from a Fab asset pack. #ProcGen #GameDev #LiveStream
July 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I'm going to try live streaming some procedural generation dev with Apparance tomorrow from 1pm BST (12 GMT) tomorrow on Twitch. Come along and watch me make a mess of my first stream, and see if I can manage to build some bits of space station from a Fab asset pack. #ProcGen #GameDev #LiveStream
Random find; Some of my passes from Glastonbury ('90 & '92) and WOMAD ('91 & '93) when I was working as a site electrician in my teens :) Been going to festivals for years as crew (Dad was running site electrics). Lots of great memories of geeky back-stage stuff. :)
July 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Random find; Some of my passes from Glastonbury ('90 & '92) and WOMAD ('91 & '93) when I was working as a site electrician in my teens :) Been going to festivals for years as crew (Dad was running site electrics). Lots of great memories of geeky back-stage stuff. :)
OMG, it's finally here, the brand new Revomaze Lite Blue has shipped! Will be spending a few evenings with this beauty. 😍 #Revomaze #Puzzle #Maze #ThePuzzleWorkshop
July 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
OMG, it's finally here, the brand new Revomaze Lite Blue has shipped! Will be spending a few evenings with this beauty. 😍 #Revomaze #Puzzle #Maze #ThePuzzleWorkshop
Yeah, thanks, that's exactly what I meant.
June 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Yeah, thanks, that's exactly what I meant.
Leaked box-art for "Getting Over It 2 - Ice Bath And Beyond"
May 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Leaked box-art for "Getting Over It 2 - Ice Bath And Beyond"