Tobias Wink

Crownbreakers by Sharkbomb Studios Tyrants keep the city in a chokehold. They grow fat by grinding everyone else's soul into profit. ✊ENOUGH!

‪It's time!: the DEMO for my deckbuilding brawler CROWNBREAKERS is now live on STEAM for #TurnBasedThursdayFest!

If you'd like to beat up capitalist tyrants in a SNAPPY turn-based card-tactics brawler combat, check it out this stylish spiritpunk game:

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#indiegames #indiedev

Something Like Games | Using graphic formats correctly in game development Which graphics formats are suitable for which steps in game development? A structured overview from texture creation to engine import and runtime.

I just finished my next article. After so many Linux articles, it's time to get back to the original topics: www.somethinglikegames.de/en/blog/2026...
I'm curious to see how much I'll have to correct in the next few days 😄 So feel free to correct me

#GameDev #Graphics #Textures #Pipeline

Something Like Games | Installing Windows software on Linux The fourth part of this series of articles deals with installing Windows software on Linux. As is often the case, there are various ways to do this. I will look at the topic using two specific pieces ...

I was kindly informed that Marmoset Toolbag 5 can run with Lutris on Linux after all. So I updated my related article with the instructions: www.somethinglikegames.de/en/blog/2025...

#linux #lutris #wine #marmoset

Congratulation 🎉

Energy Saving Plugin This plugin for Unreal helps you to reduce your game's power consumption by adjusting several settings if no input gets detected over some time.What does the plugin do?Every frame, the plugin checks h...

My Energy Saving Plugin for Unreal is now also on Fab:
www.fab.com/listings/05b...
Submission took slightly longer than I'd hoped for, because apparently I really suck at filling out forms😅.
#Unreal #Gamedev

Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 424 - January 18th, 2026 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...

CATCHING FISHES IS OUT!! I HAVE FINALLY RELEASED MY FIRST GAME!!!!

and YOU 🫵 can play it! for FREE! on a PC!

just visit parinamais.itch.io/catchingfishes

and please let me know what you think! 🎣

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #unity #catchingfishes

Something Like Games | Unreal Engine on Linux The sixth part of this series of articles deals with the Unreal Engine and the Unreal Editor under Linux. First, we will look at how to get the precompiled version, including the Fab plugin, up and ru...

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My next article is out: www.somethinglikegames.de/en/blog/2026...

#Linux #UE #UnrealEngine

You're welcome. I wish you luck finding affordable RAM. Fortunately, thanks to the huge cache on the X3D, speed isn't quite as important.

I just noticed that I forgot to mention the chipset for the motherboard. I meant the MSI MAG B850 TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI.

Sure, that's a possible route. I would do it as Myriad suggested and probably start with AMD Ryzen7 9800X3D + MSI MAG Tomahawk Max + NVIDIA 5070 Ti (if you can still find them).

Especially since Intel can usually only shine if you have really fast RAM, and when you look at the current prices, you can be happy to get affordable RAM at all.
Specific recommendations for CPU + GPU + motherboard depend heavily on your budget.

I disagree with the content creator in the video. It may be that single-core performance is important at times when developing with Unity, but in general it is not. Blender, if you include the CPU in the calculation, is multithreaded, and so is Unreal.

It turns out that I was simply unable to select a different template. When selecting Blank, I then have C++ to choose from again.

Is it possible that since Unreal Engine 5.7, you can no longer create C++ projects using the wizard? I only have Blueprint to choose from and am wondering if it's just me or my Linux, or if it's a general change. In 5.6.1, I have both options to choose from.

#UE #UnrealEngine

Subscribe to tharlevfx on Gumroad Assets and Tutorials to do with Real Time Graphics and Visual Effects in the Unreal Engine

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Time for a January sale!

Use Code JANSALES2026 for 50% off everything.

or use Code JANFREE for a free copy of Materials 1: Basics and Environments and Intro to Niagara.

#ue5 #vfxfriday #materials #tutorials #gamedev #unreal #unrealengine5 #niagara

Something Like Games | Gaming on Linux The fifth part of the series is intended to be a brief introduction to gaming on Linux. We highlight popular tools such as Lutris, the Heroic Games Launcher, and Steam. In addition, there are a few mo...

My next article about “Linux” has now been published and will hopefully be of interest to you.
As always, there is
an English version: www.somethinglikegames.de/en/blog/2026...
and a German version: www.somethinglikegames.de/de/blog/2026...

#PCGaming #Linux

For me, this means that an evening event can be so exhausting that I can't go to the office the next day. Visiting a conference can have an even longer lasting effect. It's not that I don't like others; I usually enjoy meeting them and having conversations, but it just takes a lot of energy.

or some, like me, social interaction with strangers is not only difficult, but also takes a lot of energy, so I think you have to be very careful with sweeping statements.

Lately, I've been reading a lot of posts about networking. I agree with the main points, that it's important and that ideally you should make friends, but beyond that, it gets complicated for me. People are different, and we shouldn't forget that.

Danke für die "besinnliche" Geschichte und dem versteckten Rechtschreibfehler. Ostern und Weihnachten wachsen zusammen 😆

How to support human artists... FREE TIER: follow, like, share, review, reject AI PAID TIER: donate, merch, subscribe, commission, license Image by Kenney (www.kenney.nl) Original icons (some edited) by Lucide (ISC License) Fonts used: mini-わくわく & 和風ぽっぷ

Here's how to support human artists! 🎨

The logo of the "Tripple-I Initiative". It's three "i" letters alternating between being head up and normally displayed.

The @iii-initiative.bsky.social #iiiShowcase is warming up and looking for submissions!

iii-initiative.com

www.linkedin.com/posts/matthe...

#GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev

Slate, Tobias Wink I actually started by trying to create an impressive surface with as few nodes as possible. The texture immediately reminded me of slate, and once I had colored it darkly, everything just fell into pl...

It's been a while since I last posted anything, but despite my current problems, I would like to share my slate material with you, as it is more than just a material to me. It's kind of a childhood memory: www.artstation.com/artwork/rlkRva
#gameart #TechArt #TechnicalArt #MadeWithSubstance #Material

A railtrack on Dawn

Every dawn I witness reassures me, because I know that I have survived another night.

Hey #Wrestling fans it's #PitchYaGame!

#THUMBLEMANIA is an action-packed wrestling game where you smack down your opponents to become the “Strongest Thumb of the Univeeerse”!

Wishlist on #Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3757440/...

#Unity3d #Nintendo #Switch #WWE #handpainted #framebyframe

New blog post: haukethiessen.com/why-you-shou...
It's about best practices when adjusting material parameters for individual mesh components in Unreal. The information itself isn't new, but most tutorials covering this present the most inefficient way to do this.
#gamedev #Unreal

Thanks for pointing that out. I should probably revise my robots.txt file as well.

Code, burnout and depression: an engineering perspective of mental health in IT by Manuel Bernhardt YouTube video by Devoxx

@manuelbernhardt.bsky.social Thank you for your Devoxx talk. It speaks from my heart. I have been on a similar odyssey for 5 years and have lost count of the dozens of different antidepressants I have tried. None of them helped me. So, once again: thank you very much. 🙏 youtu.be/pYuzgGzslHY?...

Something Like Games | Installation of native Linux software The third part of this series of articles deals with installing native software on Linux. As is often the case, there are various options for doing this. I will discuss the most well-known variants an...

I have just finished the next article about switching to #Linux. This time, it's about the possible installation methods for native Linux software. Things like #Blender, #Substance3DDesigner, #UnrealEngine, …

As always, I am open to any feedback.

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