Alien 👽 Max | gamedev 🇺🇦
@alienmax.bsky.social
Game developer from Ukraine, now working on Sci-Fi (Unreal Engine 5), before created Erra: Exordium (Unity) + porting to PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch
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🧠 https://www.youtube.com/@alienmax-repository
🎮 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1224030/
🧠 https://www.youtube.com/@alienmax-repository
Monday, here's little bit Unreal Engine for you. This is the second part of the lightning 3d billboard material (example in previous posts). Or you can see it on my secret channel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgUn...
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #GameDevLife #gamedev #indiedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgUn...
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #GameDevLife #gamedev #indiedev
February 2, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Monday, here's little bit Unreal Engine for you. This is the second part of the lightning 3d billboard material (example in previous posts). Or you can see it on my secret channel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgUn...
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #GameDevLife #gamedev #indiedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgUn...
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #GameDevLife #gamedev #indiedev
My first prototype of the cooling system and post-processing of the freeze that I made today. This scene has been waiting for a long time for the final gameplay idea for the perimeter around a simple puzzle. I didn't know what exactly to come up with and as always the idea comes from reality (1/2)
February 1, 2026 at 9:00 PM
My first prototype of the cooling system and post-processing of the freeze that I made today. This scene has been waiting for a long time for the final gameplay idea for the perimeter around a simple puzzle. I didn't know what exactly to come up with and as always the idea comes from reality (1/2)
Sunday, morning, coffee, Unreal Engine. One part of this material is to make the texture more contrasty. I once accidentally made the contrast through an inversion node InvLerp. CheapContrast also suitable #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev
February 1, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Sunday, morning, coffee, Unreal Engine. One part of this material is to make the texture more contrasty. I once accidentally made the contrast through an inversion node InvLerp. CheapContrast also suitable #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev
My nightly Unreal Engine Material, between Saturday and Sunday. Maybe I'll even show some of the main parts of the code. Shouldn't I? I'm going to sleep and I hope for WOW reposts #gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #indiedev
January 31, 2026 at 11:28 PM
My nightly Unreal Engine Material, between Saturday and Sunday. Maybe I'll even show some of the main parts of the code. Shouldn't I? I'm going to sleep and I hope for WOW reposts #gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #indiedev
I first made a Niagara, there were a lot of particles, and then I remembered that I know the Kung Fu of creating Unreal Engine materials, so I redid this effect, there is no Niagara here, just a simple Plane
January 31, 2026 at 4:52 PM
I first made a Niagara, there were a lot of particles, and then I remembered that I know the Kung Fu of creating Unreal Engine materials, so I redid this effect, there is no Niagara here, just a simple Plane
Stranger Things to you this Saturday from the Unreal Engine sorcerer. I'm Max and I've been listening to Kate Bush every day >20 years. I'm hiding a lot from you because I'm an introvert who doesn't yet see the reaction that will be a wave of *
#gamedev #screenshotsaturday #UE5 #scifi #gaming
#gamedev #screenshotsaturday #UE5 #scifi #gaming
January 31, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Stranger Things to you this Saturday from the Unreal Engine sorcerer. I'm Max and I've been listening to Kate Bush every day >20 years. I'm hiding a lot from you because I'm an introvert who doesn't yet see the reaction that will be a wave of *
#gamedev #screenshotsaturday #UE5 #scifi #gaming
#gamedev #screenshotsaturday #UE5 #scifi #gaming
I don't know what to call it, I just played some Unreal Engine material for you over dinner. I'm one of those game devs who works all the time except when they're sleeping and pooping #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev
January 30, 2026 at 7:03 PM
I don't know what to call it, I just played some Unreal Engine material for you over dinner. I'm one of those game devs who works all the time except when they're sleeping and pooping #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev
Friday, I started writing the code for loading scenes. Maybe this is not a completely standard solution, but I have an architecture: between locations there can be an intermediate scene that is the same. These are just test scenes, just to show an Blueprint example #UnrealEngine #gamedev #UE5
January 30, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Friday, I started writing the code for loading scenes. Maybe this is not a completely standard solution, but I have an architecture: between locations there can be an intermediate scene that is the same. These are just test scenes, just to show an Blueprint example #UnrealEngine #gamedev #UE5
Not long ago, my 12-year-old son and I started learning Python. He wrote a code that prints a Pac-Man image to the console in symbols. I tell him: can you create that in Unreal Engine material? He surprised me again. My little genius #PacMan #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev
January 29, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Not long ago, my 12-year-old son and I started learning Python. He wrote a code that prints a Pac-Man image to the console in symbols. I tell him: can you create that in Unreal Engine material? He surprised me again. My little genius #PacMan #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev
Thursday, I'm trying to create an energy effect for wirelessly charging a robot. What you see here is a completely different vfx, it's where it all started. At first I thought it would be Unreal Engine Niagara, but then I remembered that I'm a genius #gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5
January 29, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Thursday, I'm trying to create an energy effect for wirelessly charging a robot. What you see here is a completely different vfx, it's where it all started. At first I thought it would be Unreal Engine Niagara, but then I remembered that I'm a genius #gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5
2 weeks ago I did this post-processing, I liked it, now I look at it, and see flaws. It's always like that when I create something, the first few days WOW, and then OK, and then - I don't like something, some more time passes and you start to think that it's complete bullshit #gamedev
January 29, 2026 at 11:50 AM
2 weeks ago I did this post-processing, I liked it, now I look at it, and see flaws. It's always like that when I create something, the first few days WOW, and then OK, and then - I don't like something, some more time passes and you start to think that it's complete bullshit #gamedev
Curved UV for widget, or curved screen, or whatever it's called. I'll show it from another side a little bit. This is a classic Unreal Engine material example of a sci-fi user interface #gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5
January 28, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Curved UV for widget, or curved screen, or whatever it's called. I'll show it from another side a little bit. This is a classic Unreal Engine material example of a sci-fi user interface #gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5
When I don't have electricity, I have enough energy to experiment on my laptop, where I only have Unreal Engine for MetaSound right now. So, I made a Beep Patch
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #sound #indiedev
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #sound #indiedev
January 28, 2026 at 2:03 PM
When I don't have electricity, I have enough energy to experiment on my laptop, where I only have Unreal Engine for MetaSound right now. So, I made a Beep Patch
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #sound #indiedev
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #sound #indiedev
Wednesday, morning, coffee, Unreal Engine material, BumpOffset node, again! #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev
January 28, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Wednesday, morning, coffee, Unreal Engine material, BumpOffset node, again! #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev
I love game dev because it is here, in this place, that programming ideas can be seen, for example, the shape is a 3D object, to take position the particle looks for collisions in the center #UnrealEngine #gamedev
January 27, 2026 at 3:51 PM
I love game dev because it is here, in this place, that programming ideas can be seen, for example, the shape is a 3D object, to take position the particle looks for collisions in the center #UnrealEngine #gamedev
This is the first part of the checkpoint gameplay. Scanning the robot's body to detect some things and then adjusting and fixing it #scifi #gaming #indiegame #gamedev
January 27, 2026 at 9:26 AM
This is the first part of the checkpoint gameplay. Scanning the robot's body to detect some things and then adjusting and fixing it #scifi #gaming #indiegame #gamedev
Almost 20 years have passed since the first episode of the series Heroes. I can't believe this. Sometimes I feel like someone has stolen my time. Masi Oka (Hiro Nakamura), Zachary Quinto (Sylar), Milo Ventimiglia (Peter Petrelli)... I look at them and try to remember the past
a man is holding a light in his hand in a room .
ALT: a man is holding a light in his hand in a room .
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January 26, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Almost 20 years have passed since the first episode of the series Heroes. I can't believe this. Sometimes I feel like someone has stolen my time. Masi Oka (Hiro Nakamura), Zachary Quinto (Sylar), Milo Ventimiglia (Peter Petrelli)... I look at them and try to remember the past
In a week I made a prototype of a scene that will be in the game as a checkpoint, meaning the player will see it often. There will be a lot actions here. This is a multitool system for robots. Can I already be called a level designer and an entry-level 3D artist?
January 26, 2026 at 8:44 AM
In a week I made a prototype of a scene that will be in the game as a checkpoint, meaning the player will see it often. There will be a lot actions here. This is a multitool system for robots. Can I already be called a level designer and an entry-level 3D artist?
BumpOffset node, one of the variants for making a volume from 2D in Unreal Engine material. A small movement, a changed texture for the bump offset height, all this as UV for a other texture, magic #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev
January 25, 2026 at 12:25 PM
BumpOffset node, one of the variants for making a volume from 2D in Unreal Engine material. A small movement, a changed texture for the bump offset height, all this as UV for a other texture, magic #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev
Sunday. Decided to diversify your game dev feed a bit with Unreal Engine, show how to create a sound wave, but also in UE5 😜 What's in the MetaSounf Patch? Everything is simple there, details on my YouTube channel. I'm not a sound designer #gamedev #sound #indiedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCMm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCMm...
January 25, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Sunday. Decided to diversify your game dev feed a bit with Unreal Engine, show how to create a sound wave, but also in UE5 😜 What's in the MetaSounf Patch? Everything is simple there, details on my YouTube channel. I'm not a sound designer #gamedev #sound #indiedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCMm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCMm...
Hello programs! Saturday. When stairs, or better yet, dynamic steps, can be a catapult. It's funny. This is my game dev bubble that keeps me from going crazy. I wish you inspiration
January 24, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Hello programs! Saturday. When stairs, or better yet, dynamic steps, can be a catapult. It's funny. This is my game dev bubble that keeps me from going crazy. I wish you inspiration
For the 100th video on my YouTube channel, I decided to dedicate it to 3D modeling inside Unreal Engine 5. This is the first video of this length, 5 minutes. I like everything very fast and to the point, the CORE! #gamedev #indiedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #d3d
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7iu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7iu...
Unreal Engine Modeling Mode / Sci-Fi frame or module for a mine or tunnel
YouTube video by A repository of my life as a game developer
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January 24, 2026 at 11:56 AM
For the 100th video on my YouTube channel, I decided to dedicate it to 3D modeling inside Unreal Engine 5. This is the first video of this length, 5 minutes. I like everything very fast and to the point, the CORE! #gamedev #indiedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #d3d
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7iu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7iu...
My 12 year old son saw me making Unreal Engine material for the scanner and suggested his ideas. One is really cool, simple and I already want to use it in other places. I called it - POWERSINE #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #indiedev
January 24, 2026 at 8:02 AM
My 12 year old son saw me making Unreal Engine material for the scanner and suggested his ideas. One is really cool, simple and I already want to use it in other places. I called it - POWERSINE #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #indiedev
I haven't had this in a long time! I had to make the corridor larger because it was very fast to get through. The gameplay has introduced strict rules for the scanner material. The further I am from the object, the more glitches I see. So I'll have to give up and simplify. #gamedev #indiedev #scifi
January 23, 2026 at 5:44 PM