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Marco Secchi

@marcosecchi

Game programmer | Academic lecturer | Author of 'Multiplayer Games with Unreal Engine' and 'Artificial Intelligence in Unreal Engine 5'.

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Some screenshots from Sofia, Marco and Francesco thesis. My students presented a crazy game named "CocΓ²" built in #UnrealEngine.

I'm so proud of the outcome!

#ue5 #gamedev #procedural #roguelite

25.02.2026 11:06 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I love when I find TODOs in the Unreal Engine source code :)

#gamedev #programming #UE5

09.02.2026 18:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So nice when you discover that nasty little bug (that was hiding in plain sight) by adding a simple functional test you forgot to add a long time ago...

#ue5 #UnrealEngine #test #cplusplus #gameprogramming #gamedev

30.12.2025 16:25 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Working on some object pooling demo for my @PacktPublishing book on #cplusplus and #UnrealEngine

#ue5 #gamedevelopment #gameprogramming

29.12.2025 08:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Multiplayer Game Development with Unreal Engine 5 | Game Development | eBook Create compelling multiplayer games with C++, Blueprints, and Unreal Engine's networking features. 18 customer reviews. Instant delivery. Top rated Game Development products.

Link to Multiplayer Game Development with Unreal Engine: www.packtpub.com/en-us/produc...

18.12.2025 07:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Artificial Intelligence in Unreal Engine 5 | Game Development | eBook Unleash the power of AI for next-gen game development with UE5 by using Blueprints and C++ . 5 customer reviews. Instant delivery. Top rated Game Development products.

Link to Artificial Intelligence in Unreal Engine 5: www.packtpub.com/en-us/produc...

18.12.2025 07:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#PacktPublishing just started their end-of-year $9.99 mega sale and my #UnrealEngine books are in the list!

The perfect Christmas gift for your favourite game programmer… or a perfectly valid act of self-indulgence.

#packtsale #gamedev #gameprogramming #ai #multiplayer #ue5

18.12.2025 07:34 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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In #UnrealEngine Environment Queries are pretty useful even in non-ai related situations. As an example, you may use them to generate random locations around the querier for a spawn system.

#tipsandtricks #hint #ue5 #gamedev

17.12.2025 09:43 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I am currently working on a new chapter for my new Packt book where I will be focusing on creating a full mission system based on #UnrealEngine SubSystems and DataAssets.

Things are getting pretty interesting...

#ue5 #gamedev #book #comingsoon #programming #cplusplus

11.12.2025 14:09 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Building Open World Landscapes with Unreal Engine 5: Create stunning open world environments with foliage, lighting, and materials in UE5 Amazon.com: Building Open World Landscapes with Unreal Engine 5: Create stunning open world environments with foliage, lighting, and materials in UE5: 9781835085578: David Ignacio GarcΓ­a, RamΓ³n Olivero: Books

I was kindly asked by the PacktPublishing team to write a foreword for Building Open World Landscapes with #UnrealEngine 5.

The book is available here: www.amazon.com/Building-Wor...

10.12.2025 17:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Got a new book...

#ghostsngoblins #retrogaming #retrogame #videogame

06.12.2025 18:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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If you happen to be a cybernetically enhanced red panda, watch out! It's a bit risky out there because of a sneaky attack from Pico Tech.

But don't worry! You've got a cool hacking skill that will come in handy.

#ue5 #unrealengine #comingsoon #book

27.11.2025 12:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

bookauthority.org/books/best-g...

21.11.2025 10:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It's a HUGE honor to have my "Artificial Intelligence in Unreal Engine 5" listed in the Best Game AI Books of all Time by @bookauthority

#gamedev #ai #cplusplus #gameprogramming #ue5 #unrealengine

21.11.2025 10:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Creating a safe zone (that, incidentally, regenerates health) for the main characters in my upcoming #UnrealEngine book companion project.

Models by @quaternius.bsky.social.

#gamedev #ue5 #programming #cplusplus #gameplay #cyberpunk

20.11.2025 09:37 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The companion project for my #PacktPublishing book is progressing pretty well...

These days, I'm working on the UI elements. Thanks to @kenney.nl for his amazing (and free!) assets.

#ue5 #unrealengine #gamedev #gameprogramming

17.11.2025 15:04 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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So you’re crafting something for an all-knowing megacorp that owns your data, your soul, and your dog microchip? A few clicks in #UnrealEngine to add a looming tower and an all-seeing eye and you are finished. A totally original idea! ...or, is it?

#gamedev #ue5 #comingsoon #book #kitbashing

12.11.2025 16:38 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Juicy...

#ue5 #unrealengine #update #gamedev

12.11.2025 15:08 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm building a new UE5 plugin to be able to load VDB files at runtime. Any VDB on your disk. Only supporting static VDBs for now. Pretty happy with the results so far considering how challenging that was.

10.11.2025 13:32 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wood Ceiling Coffers 004 - Download it from my blog. Free PBR textures with maps made in #substancedesigner . To use in #gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine #b3d
Patrons will get SBS/SBSAR files + 4K #adobesubstance3d #adobesubstancedesigner

3dtextures.me

10.11.2025 16:00 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Enemy mechas are downloading content... Soon they will be fully operational...

#packt #book #ue5 #unrealengine #gameprogramming #gamedev

10.11.2025 10:39 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kitbashing with the #UnrealEngine Modeling Tools a proper mecha-boss for my upcoming Packt book. This tool is so much fun to use and easy to work with even for a programmer like me.

Original models by @quaternius.bsky.social.

#book #ue5 #comingsoon #gamedev

08.11.2025 17:24 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I have partnered again with Packt to author a new #UnrealEngine book! I will be writing about advanced #CPlusPlus programming techniques.
This time, I'll be using the amazing assets from #Quaternius.

More updates very soon!

#gamedev #gameprogramming #ue5 #gameplay #book

29.10.2025 15:30 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I've just started a new project... Stay tuned ;)

#ue5 #unrealengine #book #cplusplus

20.10.2025 12:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Generating Procedural Grid Patterns with Wang Tiles | Game Dev Assembly In our latest issue of the Game Dev Assembly Newsletter we discuss about Generating Procedural Grid Patterns with Wang Tiles Procedural generation is one of those game dev tricks that turns simple r...

#GameDevAssembly just published my article about 2-edge Wang Tile grid generator plugin.
You can read it here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

(and subscribe to the newsletter as there is more stuff incoming in the near future)

#gamedev #ue5 #unrealengine #gameprogramming #cplusplus

20.10.2025 07:23 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've recently been selected by Packt as a guest contributor for their upcoming Game Dev Assembly Newsletter.

You can sign up to get great dev insights in your inbox every month by subscribing to the newsletter: landing.packtpub.com/game-develop...

#gamedev #game #programming #ue5 #tipsandtricks

14.08.2025 06:30 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sometimes you just need to get some rest and relax...

...and then, back to work!

#beer #nursia #gamedev #norcia

06.06.2025 07:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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INTERLUDIO - Teaser 2025 π˜”π˜’π˜―π˜Ί 𝘱𝘒𝘡𝘩𝘴, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘈𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳, π˜ͺ𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘢 𝘀𝘒𝘯: 𝘞𝘩𝘰 π˜₯𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘢 π˜₯𝘒𝘳𝘦 𝘡𝘰 𝘣𝘦?

I can finally share "Interludio", the final project of my student Giulia. Not much to say here, just watch it and enjoy!

vimeo.com/1083810493

#ue5 #unrealengine #photogrammetry #realitycapture #shortmovie

19.05.2025 14:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Introduzione ai componenti di Unreal Engine in C++ | Parte 1 In Unreal Engine, un componente rappresenta una una classe speciale che puΓ² essere aggiunta ad un Actor per decorarlo con…

I have just published a 3-part article (in italian) about components in #UnrealEngine and how to get the best by using them in #cplusplus: medium.com/@marcosecchi...

#ue5 #programming #gamedev #gamedevelopment

10.05.2025 07:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Some screenshot from Giulia's final project "Interludio"; an amazing mix-and-match of physical #sculpting, illustrations, #photogrammetry and #UnrealEngine cinematics. Congrats Giulia, that was an amazing journey!

#ue5 #cinematics #conceptart

06.05.2025 06:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0