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Posts in 2021

Pushing to Public AWS Container Registry with GitHub Actions on 23rd of May
Graphing Sensor Data from a Raspberry Pi with Grafana on 22nd of May
Create Meshes from Height Maps using Blender on 16th of May
Recording Camera Animations for UE4 with a Phone on 15th of May
The Art of Mirror's Edge on 11th of Apr
Serving Static Websites Using Lambda@Edge on 20th of Mar
Thread Safe Random in C♯ on 16th of Mar
Spotting Fake Indie Game Key Requests on 11th of Mar
Jenkins Library for Unreal Engine 4 on 13th of Feb
Three Approaches to Readable Materials in First Person Games on 7th of Feb
Cheap Synthetic Monitoring with AWS Lambda on 24th of Jan

Posts in 2020

Generating Mipmaps for Render Targets in UE4 on 24th of Dec
Routing DNS over HTTPS Using Raspberry Pi on 6th of Oct
Tips for Building Games with Unreal Engine 4 on 3rd of Oct
Serving Localised Assets from S3 Using Lambda@Edge on 17th of May

Posts in 2019

Automating macOS Notarization for UE4 on 23rd of Nov

Posts in 2018

ISO Country Code to Unicode Flag in C♯ and JavaScript on 22nd of Jul
Serverless Git LFS for Game Development on 6th of Jan
Adding Custom Map Checks in UE4 on 3rd of Jan

Posts in 2017

Building and Deploying a React App Using AWS Lambda on 24th of Dec
Git HTTP Username and Password in Environment Variables on 22nd of Dec
Capturing and Uploading Screenshots in UE4 on 20th of Dec
Using Capsule Shadows on Large Objects in UE4 on 8th of Dec

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Recording Camera Animations for UE4 with a Phone

Posted May 15th, 2021, updated May 31st, 2021 in game-development

Here's the final result in UE4, captured by me crawling around on the floor with my iPhone 8.

A camera sequence from one of my unannounced projects

I used the app VirtuCamera for iOS, which connects via WiFi to Blender or Maya and transmits the camera movements live for recording onto an animation track. It will also broadcast the viewport back to your device, meaning you can see your 3D environment on the phone's screen whilst recording the animation.

The Art of Mirror's Edge

Posted April 11th, 2021 in game-art

One of my favourite games is Mirror's Edge (2008) because its art stands out above all else. I would not recommend it for its gameplay or story, but it has served as an inspiration for me in terms of environment art and level design.

This post takes a walk down memory lane into Mirror's Edge, with lossless 1440p screenshots taken straight from the Steam copy of the game (no processing). I also wanted an easy-accessible record of the level art for my own archives, since it's mostly a showcase of what great artists can achieve with standard rendering tech.

Cityscapes

Probably one of the most iconic features of the game are the broad cityscapes. These typically consist of rooftops with a lot of verticality provided by ledges and HVAC systems.

One thing that really sells these scenes for me is the scale of everything - the low-poly distant buildings blend right in with the detailed foreground. In addition light and shadow plays a big role, with buildings obscuring sunlight and objects on rooftops casting massive shadows.

Serverless Git LFS for Game Development

Posted January 6th, 2018, updated April 23rd, 2021 in cloud-software

For Estranged, I needed a simple, cheap way of storing binary files. All solutions I tested required me to host a server, or me to pay someone to host a server. I wanted to avoid the flat fee for a constantly running server, and use something completely serverless with a pay-for-what-you-use model.

I settled on using a GitHub private git repository (free) and an LFS (large file storage) backend using Amazon Lambda, Amazon S3 and Amazon API Gateway.

This write-up is a follow up to my older YouTube video covering the manual setup. This guide uses a template for a 1-click deployment of all resources mentioned in the video.