For the logo of Project PULSE we wanted to come back to some of the aesthetics that originally inspired us, Vaporwave neon were some of...

When interacting with our enemies, we wanted to push the gooey aesthetics to include areas of user feedback. While we had FX for sword...

Indie development is a tough world. You work day in and day out just for the chance to see the fruits of your labor. Passion is a...

When creating NPCs, we sought to create a system that brought life to the city in a background sort of manner. To make sure these...

The lighting was very important to bring our art style together. We had a couple of narrative and environment elements we knew we had to...

For the first part of development, our game was 50% combat, 50% walking sim. If you weren’t fighting, you were looking for something...

For the pause menu we wanted a clean, unobtrusive overlay. We also wanted to continue the art style of our game into the UI. This means...

Despite the obscurity, we do in fact have an explanation for why there are slime-controlled enemies scattered around the city. However...

VSFX are the key to making any magic power or sci fi blaster look and feel like it’s actually doing something. Melody was walking around...

When it comes to a fixed camera, one of the biggest issues that comes up is objects blocking your screen when you walk behind something...

Last time, when we talked about improvements in a procedural environment, I briefly mentioned the topics of wayfinding and mini-maps....

As a procedural systems designer, you start to realize that different things you have created can very quickly take on lives of their...

Early on in the project we knew we wouldn't be able to work with network multiplayer within the timespan of the project. We also knew...

As our team moved into the final quarter of our development cycle, we knew from all the feedback we had received thus far that we needed...

When you work as an indie dev, your resources are limited, your funding is small or non-existent, and you try your best to make things...

Today’s topic was quite a challenge for me, as I haven’t done animation for Unreal before working on Project Pulse. Thankfully, these...

When creating our procedurally generated city, we've split things up into a number of categories and sub-categories. Two of these main...

Weapons play a key role in any game that revolves around fighting in some way. They are an essential component to connecting players to...

Melody was the first character I started making, and she went through a lot of style experiments. I wanted our characters to have...

The original concept was to create a system that was relatively random, having roads that darted left and right in a random zig-zag...