Game Dev Library

Find anything and everything about game development here, from how-to's for popular technologies like Unreal Engine 4 and Unity Engine, to tips and tricks from insiders, to analysis of the latest developments in the gaming industry.

Finding the Starting Line

Resolving to be a software developer is the easy part. Picking a place to start is decidedly less straightforward.

Pluses and Minuses

I have a love-hate relationship with mathematics, i.e., I loved it, then I hated it, and now I love it again.

Change Game App Icon Using Unreal Engine 4

A customized app icon makes your game easy to find in a list and conveys a message about the game itself. Unreal Engine 4 allows you to set an icon of your choice for each supported platform.

A Journey of a Thousand Miles

Follow my journey into the fields of software engineering, gaming, and virtual reality.

Cursory: Scoped Cursors and the Cursor Stack

Using the Cursory plugin for Unreal Engine 4, you can add temporary hardware cursors for defined-scope events like hovering a monster or a widget.

Cursory: Conforming Player and Widget Cursors

With the Cursory plugin for Unreal Engine 4, you can ensure that both players and widgets use the same hardware cursor.

Cursory: Step-by-Step

A step-by-step guide for getting a custom hardware cursor to show up in the viewport with the Cursory plugin for Unreal Engine 4.

Cursory: Using Cursors at Runtime

With the Cursory plugin for Unreal Engine 4, you can switch between standard and custom cursors with just two Blueprint functions.

Cursory: Defining and Organizing Custom Cursors

The Cursory plugin for Unreal Engine 4 gives you the ability to manage and organize an infinite number of custom hardware cursors through Project Settings.

Cursory: Introduction

Cursory is a small plugin for Unreal Engine 4 that allows you to very easily manage custom hardware cursors while retaining access to standard platform cursors.

Free Up Space Taken by Your Unreal Engine 4 Install by Using Junctions

Unreal Engine 4 is a beast of a software, and it has a memory footprint to match. Save gigabytes of space on your solid state drive using junctions.

Remapt: Decks & Presets

By default, the Engine keeps only one set of input mappings. If a user changes a mapping (for example, by changing the Jump event from…

Remapt: Building an Interface

Technically, you don't need to provide any input remapping interface for your end users (players). You can define Presets for the various…

Remapt: Settings Files

There are many situations where even multiple Decks might not provide enough flexibility. For example, multiple people might be using the…

Prefixed: Modify Naming Rules

While the Unrealistic Style Guide will cover the naming of most standard Engine assets, it does not handle project- or plugin-specific…

Remapt: Getting Started

Remapt is a input remapping system that builds on top of the pre-existing input architecture of Unreal Engine 4. This walkthrough will help…

Prefixed: Getting Started

Prefixed is an asset naming enforcer that can be used to keep your projects neat and organized. To get started, follow these steps. Enable…

Rename Your Unreal Engine 4 Project (Blueprints and C++)

Renaming a project seems like it should be a simple thing, but the process is fraught with pitfalls. Learn how to rename your project without corrupting your data.

Journey Into Unreal Engine 4's AI Perception

The AI Perception component is the latest entry in Unreal Engine 4's ever-evolving artificial intelligence offerings.

Unrealistic Style Guide

A practical set of style conventions for assets, code, and other things in Unreal Engine 4.

Connecting to Steam with Unreal Engine 4

Using Steam is the preferred way to test multiplayer in Unreal Engine 4. Enable it for your projects in a few easy steps.

Mapping Input in C++ with Unreal Engine 4

Mapping input for a project is easy enough to do through the Unreal Engine Project Settings, but sometimes it can be cumbersome to have to load up the Editor every time you want to change a setting when you are working in C++.

The Unreal Engine 4 Input Framework

Unreal Engine 4 uses a two-sided input model comprised of input mappings and input bindings, held together by simple string identifiers.

Binding Input in C++ with Unreal Engine 4

Bind action and axis inputs in C++ for Unreal Engine 4 with just a handful of functions.