Game Development

• Lessons from Playtesting Character AI

  Playtesting tells us how the players will see our game when it's released and out of our hands. Sometimes, that is much more important than how we see them ourselves.

• Player Expectations in AAA Character AI

  5 years of AAA game AI development, summarized.

• Don't Follow Game Design Trends

  There are two ways to approach game design: trend-following and trend-setting.

• Planning AAA-Style Character AI

  Where AAA game AI production goes wrong, and what we can do to make it go well.

• Memory Management & Garbage Collection in Unreal Engine 5 (Updated)

  All you need to know to master garbage collection and memory management in your Unreal Engine 5 projects.

• Functions as Data in Unreal Engine 5

  Three ways to handle functions as any other variable in Unreal Engine 5.

• Easy C++ Latent Functions in Unreal Engine 5 Blueprints

  Probably the easiest way to implement latent Blueprint functions in C++.

• Designing Blueprint Function Nodes in C++

  Learn to write Blueprint nodes for Unreal Engine in C++, and master the tools we have to communicate their intent for the visual programmer.