Game Cottage

28/11/2020

Here's a VFX work-along creating a mesh-based energy explosion by our talented artist Aria! Check it out!

This video is footage of the work process for creating a skeletal mesh based energy explosion effect in UE4. While not meant as a full tutorial, watching the...

14/11/2020

Checkout our newest video on running a motion capture session in FIEA's Studio 500!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0CB_TdxUdk

07/11/2020

Happy Saturday! Today we have our first series: "Let's Animate!" with Meredith debuting on the channel! It's beginning with a 2 part tutorial on creating a basic walk cycle, the first of which you can check out below!

Are there any aspects of animation you're interested or have trouble with? Let us know in a comment here!

In this video, Meredith will take you through the steps of blocking out a basic walk cycle using Maya. Stewart Rig - https://www.animationmentor.com/free-may...

03/11/2020

For any artists interested in creating their own textures, or just looking for an educational distraction today, check out our vid here!

Kieren is talking through his process in hand painting this Christmas themed model and the techniques that bring life to a stylized, hand painted texture!

This video goes over some hand painting tips while working on a texture in substance painter for a stylized, Christmas-themed model! You can check out more o...

17/10/2020

Hey everyone, we have another new video out today! This one is going over the process of taking your motion capture recordings and getting them all the way through the pipeline into UE4!

In this tutorial Rachel covers now to take motion capture data from motion builder to unreal engine. We'll be using a custom human IK rig and will show you h...

10/10/2020

Checkout our latest Game Cottage tutorial!
This is a great way to maximize what you get out of each and every VFX you have in your game!

Using UE4 Texture Parameters - Creating Endless Variety With Your VFX

This video goes over tips and tricks on maximizing your VFX work inside of UE4 by utilizing texture parameters inside your materials. Whether your new to VFX...

03/10/2020

We're happy to announce that our first Game Cottage video is now live! This condenses a ton of research our Tech Artist Diana has been up to, so we hope it can help any fellow tech artists working in Unity! ✨

Check it out here, and subscribe to our YouTube channel to check out our other upcoming videos! 😄

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01/10/2020

Welcome to Game Cottage! We’re a team of Orlando-based game devs creating educational and casual game development content on YouTube!

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