Having to fire people because of lack of funding after several years of development feels like there's something wrong in way we are making games now.

I'd love to see these smaller studios take risks in putting bolder games out faster.

I wonder what makes a successful branch out: Embark and Neon White obviously did some right.
All these companies where founded by super talented and successful people that managed to attract talent and funding.

That’s a true give away of French nationality. That and eating half a loaf of bred on your way back from the bakery

I wouldn’t recommend moving in just yet, the neighbourhood is pretty empty

Outline!

Really dig the mood !

I actually grabbed a bunch of textures from Poly Haven just to move forward.
Learning how to work materials in Blender and have that transferred correctly to a UE material was also a challenge.

real nice looking test level there!

I see what you mean, it makes things easier to read that. In that particular case the project that I am working on dictates what I need to learn so there's no way around that massive learning curve for me.

this is just beautiful

Next up is sound design for the door, and also some UI prompt on the button interaction.

In addition I will randomise the button location in the room on each spawn.