The interview that supported the article is fresh, so something to write about even if it isn't anything groundbreaking. Just some friendly "behind the scenes" content rehashed for an audience curious for it.

What is the issue in the article/headline? They state its not generative AI and that it is all PCG based.

We're still pretty early days with the project. We have a vague content plan in terms of how we want to present more of this project and ideas on what we want to share on Youtube or via a blog. Once the art rework is in place, I think we'll be in a good spot.

A few more Unreal plugins I wanted to shoutout as being foundational to our project was Dungeon Architect: www.fab.com/listings/0ad...

This one has been around a while but has a lot of power if you're looking to make procedurally generated map designs. We're using it to stitch together levels :)

For the actual project, I've been reworking a few of our systems and leveraging a lot of the fantastic Ninja Bear Studio plugins (fab.com/sellers/Ninj...)

This allows us to leverage a lot of the flexibility of GAS on a great foundational frameworks.

This required getting Horde set up on a docker container and configuring our networks to securely connect and point towards these build agents. Pretty handy to set up if you have old hardware laying around :)

We're in the middle of an artistic rework, so I've been plugging away at some of the gameplay aspects and structuring our workflows. I recently got distributed building set up so that whenever we compile our game code, it brings in our media server PCs running Ryzen 3700X processors to help out.

Some primary inspirations for our designs come from Dark Cloud and Zelda, while also taking on some more of the modern loot-driven class progression systems we've seen from Dungeon Defenders, Destiny, and Roguelite-style games.

Depends, but some starters I could look at:

1. Superhot, time integrated into player speed
2. Dead Rising, time management integral to story progression and what you can do
3. Haven't played it but Braid heavily uses time-based mechanics it seems

rookie numbers for the office

Oof okay yeah I see how you'd encounter those then. My projects are much simpler in comparison so I'm generally pretty good with the AMD Ryzen 7900X 64GB RAM that I have.

How were you affected here? Shader/Packaging times?

I wonder if setting up the AMD as the headless build machine and using the intel for everything else is the play if that's the case.

im debating one as a spare

A number of artists and creators have made their home on Bluesky, and we hear their concerns with other platforms training on their data. We do not use any of your content to train generative AI, and have no intention of doing so.

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Big agree - also the Moderation Lists on BlueSky really help with minimizing this content in the first place!

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