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Hideori T

@hotchpotchhouse.com

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3D Artist/Game Developer Currently working hard on my game, Hotch Potch House. Also teaching Unreal Engine 5 and Blender @Fukuoka, Japan. HotchPotchHouse.com Hideori.com

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Hideori T @hotchpotchhouse.com · 4h

Made in Affinity Designer.

What's going to happen to Affinity btw🤔
Most people online seem to feel negative about it. Hm.

Hideori T @hotchpotchhouse.com · 4h

Making system menu mockups😃
Watch me improve it👐

#ScreenShotSaturday #GameDev #IndieGame

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Hideori T @hotchpotchhouse.com · 3d

One Caveat: only M3 and M4 series support hardware ray tracing, which is required for MegaLights.

Hideori T @hotchpotchhouse.com · 3d

Everyone!
MegaLights finally works on Mac in 5.7!

Off→16FPS
On→40FPS

#gamedev #UE5

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Hideori T @hotchpotchhouse.com · 4d

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Hideori T @hotchpotchhouse.com · 4d

Published September blog post🥳

#gamedev #indiegame #ゲーム制作

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Hideori T @hotchpotchhouse.com · 5d

Reworked the ledge-hang logic. It’s now more efficient, stable, and just better overall!
You can now control how far the character moves and slide smoothly along curved ledges.
A little more polish and it’ll be ready to go✨

#gamedev #indiegame #UE5

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Hideori T @hotchpotchhouse.com · 12d

Optional setup for objects whose origin is not at the center of bounding box.

Hideori T @hotchpotchhouse.com · 12d

Made a thumbnail maker with #geometrynodes .
It renders square thumbnails of 3D models regardless of their size.

Hope I can show what I'm making with it soon🙂

#gamedev #blender

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Hideori T @hotchpotchhouse.com · 18d

I found a plugin so game changing I would buy it twice.

What it does is make all SMs in the project into ISM on packaging.
No need to make PLA or logic to align ISM/HISM anymore.
Wow!

#gamedev #UE5

Hideori T @hotchpotchhouse.com · 20d

Made a simple Editor Util Widget that changes the time in Ultra Dynamic Sky☀️
UDS has a built-in tool like this, but mine also applies settings for the time like exposure, contrast, skylight leaking, etc.

#GameDev #IndieGame

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Hideori T @hotchpotchhouse.com · 20d

Started redoing the level design:)
Here is the before shot👇

Hideori T @hotchpotchhouse.com · 20d

Moving In.

#Gamedev #IndieGame #ScreenShotSaturday

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Hideori T @hotchpotchhouse.com · 26d

Submitted!
I'll announce the result in December regardless:)

#UE5 #gamedev #ゲーム開発

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Hideori T @hotchpotchhouse.com · 29d

ハッチポッチハウス開発ブログ、8月号更新完了🫡

hotchpotchhouse.com/ja/2025/09/1...

#ゲーム開発 #アンリアル

Hideori T @hotchpotchhouse.com · Sep 18

✨NEW BLOG POST✨

hotchpotchhouse.com/en/2025/09/1...

#gamedev #UE5

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Hideori T @hotchpotchhouse.com · Sep 10

Is it just me or is clamshell mode mac actually cute?

Hideori T @hotchpotchhouse.com · Sep 10

Bought KVM. So good so far.
It basically lets your devices share the same Keyboard, Video(display) and Mouse. KVM.

Now I can use 4k monitor for Macbook Pro. So much more productive!

and so much more cables

Hideori T @hotchpotchhouse.com · Sep 10

Using ChatGPT 5 and Gemini 2.5 Pro for a month, and my impression is Gemini is still better when it comes to UE5.
GPT hasn’t really improved on UE5 compared to GPT-4.5.

That said, I still prefer ChatGPT for its tight integration with Apple products and its beautiful UI.

Hideori T @hotchpotchhouse.com · Sep 9

Blender paid add-ons I can't live without as a game developer.
Thanks to them I can work like a normal person👦

1. Simple Bake
2. UVpackmaster 3
3. Handy Weight Paint

HWP lets you weight paint in Edit Mode and is actually very very handy.

#blender #gamedev

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Hideori T @hotchpotchhouse.com · Sep 8

I also heard Niagara Fluid is finally available on Mac.
Let's goooo

Hideori T @hotchpotchhouse.com · Sep 8

Nanite Tessellation works great in UE5.6 on Mac!

It was hitching all the time and not really workable on 5.5.
So glad it came before second semester as I can teach it properly:)

#UE5 #Gamedev

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Hideori T @hotchpotchhouse.com · Sep 5

Oy oy oy oy oy oy oy oy oy....

#UE5 #gamedev

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Hideori T @hotchpotchhouse.com · Sep 5

I realized UE5.6 is not as much slower than 5.5 on the M4 Max Mac as it is on the M2 Max.

Still -5fps in the same scene, but not a big deal compared to -20fps on M2 Max.

#UE5

Hideori T @hotchpotchhouse.com · Aug 28

I think it will undergo a few more evolutions.