Alex Moore
@oldestpingu
Founder and Design Director of Lead Designer: Rogue Trooper • AvP2010 • The Persistence and more
@ianhigton.bsky.social I don’t think you usually review books but this one might interest you. And because today I’m wearing my favourite t-shirt 😀
I'd been hoping to finish A4 in time for the 30th Anniversary... but a super quick mix of A3 - from 2001 - will have to do. Without Quake I wouldn't be in the industry. Playing again today still feels as fresh as ever. @johnromero.bsky.social your legacy on this industry is IMMENSE
The Wayfarers trilogy by Becky Chambers. They’re sci-fi but incredibly grounded and all feel very real. They’re set in the same universe but about different characters, so the order you read them doesn’t matter.
The version we use has had it since about November... unfortunately it hasn't solved all the world's issues but it doesn't blind us anymore.
Decided to try and make one of these, I really should’ve actually read the recipe before embarking on a 2 hour cake making journey 🤣 The icing is amazing though! Almost like making fudge to start… Shame my icing skills don’t live up to the taste
Visited the Kielder Observatory last night, and completely lucked out with clear skies 🤩 (No filters, though obviously some magic computational work in the background on my iPhone to get these shots)
Our squirrel has spent about a week checking this apple out before finally tucking in, so I’m sure yours will come back
Wait… (no, they didn’t come clean. Why my kids love wearing white socks and running around on mud I’ll never know)
I probably have more mundane than this, but here’s me mid-repairing our leaky flat roof
I’ve broken my own rule of ignoring Christmas until after Bonfire Night, but in fairness, Amanda told me to brighten the dark corner in my office. (Print by the incredibly talented @bhaalspawn.bsky.social, buy her stuff!)
Bought a brand new book… and it’s come with its own train ticket as a bookmark 🧐
Quick holiday trip to the zoo, but took my 17 year old Canon 450d out. The lens (a 28-135) has never been exactly crisp, but it’s strange how much I think I still prefer using a viewfinder to frame shots. Mild processing done in Apple Photos as Aperture no longer supported 😢
The sunflower is starting to look a little tired, but the bees seem very happy 😍
The sunflower is holding up well and, honestly, after this week it feels like we all need a bit of sunshine ☀️
Working on placeholder assets, might be taking this concrete theme a bit far
Unreal crashed while deploying to my iPhone. Now the Platforms dropdown is just stuck on a loop of Querying devices that Xcode supports (I only have an iOS). Restarts haven't fixed this. Lucky I'm not trying to get something ready for Develop next week 🤦
I had far too much fun with this a few days ago; not exactly sure what I did but I did manage to get your second idea working - this returns the right size on mine. It is in the player character BP but is event triggered once spawned.
This is my current favourite, though nobody wanted a hug today. Maybe just because it’s too hot? 🫠🧐
I've tried so many different ways of debugging blueprints, but this still seems to be the most reliable (turns out I wasn't dpi scaling my button size... works fine on device but was bugging me out when trying to test on PC)
Can I raise you with a rotating boat lift? (The Falkirk Wheel) empnefsysandtravel.com/wp-content/u...
Might have gotten a little closer to the 3:30 target than I intended on this one 😀 But this is it - the final video in the series. Super happy to have got this far.
"I'll just see if I can do simple motion graphics inside DaVinci" 4 hours later... 😭
Just shy of 55,000 views a minute. Think it’s safe to say GTA IV will most likely sell quite well. And honestly: it deserves to. This all looks phenomenal.