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Getting Started with Niagara - Creating Your First Particle in Unreal
July 30, 2024 by jsnoddy#unreal, #vfx, #particles, #niagara
Hello everyone! Jonathan here. Production on Xenex may be winding down, but I wanted to take the opportunity to discuss one last portion of development with you that I haven’t had the opportunity to... Continue reading
How to tell a story with no story mode!
July 21, 2024 by Aura#Game Dev, #Unreal Engine 5, #Xenex, #Unreal Engine
Hi again! It's me Ashlyn again! Last time I posted I talked about Meta Sounds, but today I am doing something different. I am talking about the story that I as the narrative designer have had to put t... Continue reading
Beta Version 1.2 Now Available!
July 16, 2024 by jsnoddy
Hello all, I am excited to announce that version 1.2 of the Xenex: Conscientious Culling is now available for download! This version includes many updates to the game ranging from minor to major adjus... Continue reading
Animation Blueprinting in Unreal
July 15, 2024 by swr.otwell
This tutorial relies on the assumption that you have an Unreal Project witch a Character Blueprint and a Rigged Skeletal Mesh. If you don't have one of your own, a basic 3rd person level build comes w... Continue reading
Let's get animated! - Xenex Update
July 09, 2024 by flatheadgames#Xenex, #Game Dev, #Animation, #Models, #Progress Update
Dev Log Post: Enhancing the Assets of Xenex Hello future employees! Another week, another update on the progress of expanding the company of Xenex. The beta has come and gone, now is the time for us t... Continue reading
Metasounds and how they can be used in Unreal.
July 01, 2024 by Aura
Howdy there! My name is Ashlyn, I am one of the artists on Xenex. Through the development of Xenex what I have learned so far is that sound and user interface is absolutely crucial to the world we are... Continue reading
Xenex Turnbased Combat Game Design
June 24, 2024 by RyanNMoore
Xenex Turnbased Combat Game Design By Ryan Moore When making our turnbased combat for Xenex we did have to find a lot of tutorials and examples from people online. Upon scouring the web for tutorials... Continue reading
Data Management with Blueprints in Unreal Engine 5
June 22, 2024 by jsnoddy#Unreal Engine, #Unreal Engine 5, #Data Management
Since Unreal Engine 4, the Blueprint visual scripting system has made programming games in Unreal vastly more accessible, however, it is not without limitations. But how far CAN you go with Blueprints... Continue reading
Level Design Process Pt. 2
June 17, 2024 by sabagley#Level Design
Creating the Levels/Blockout This week I want to show the implementation of my blockout/asset levels, the previous week, we touched the blockout and this week I have begun placing some assets inside t... Continue reading
Xenex Environment Art Progress Update
June 10, 2024 by flatheadgames#Dev Log, #Environment Art, #Modeling, #Level Design
D ev Blog Post: Expanding the World of Xenex While making the environment models for Xenex, we had the explicit goal of crafting environments that are both simplistic and evocative, drawing strong ref... Continue reading
Xenex Enemy AI Design Process
June 10, 2024 by RyanNMoore
Enemy AI in and out of Combat Design Process By Ryan Moore When we were designing the combat style for Xenex, we took a lot of references from tactical turnbased games such as Baldurs Gate 3 and XCOM... Continue reading
Level Design Process
June 03, 2024 by sabagley
Level Design Development Process By Seth Bagley When designing these levels for our game Xenex, I wanted to lean into a very similar style of design but making the layouts feel unique enough that they... Continue reading
Xenex Texturing Guide
May 31, 2024 by swr.otwell
Xenex Texturing Style Guide by Sean Otwell In order to provide efficiency in the texturing and cohesion between character and environmental assets, I’m compiling the following guide to detail textur... Continue reading