First of all, I am sorry for not keeping the site up and not even opening it for almost half a year. Covid did a number on my education and my motivation. I’ve tried doing some new projects that ended unfinished. Some of you who follow me on Facebook know that I’ve started a complicated new project when the site was down that isn’t finished yet.
Anyway… Last summer, shortly after the site was taken down, I started wondering where to go from here. Because to 3D model is a valuable skill but where could I use it? Apart from the little stuff in the everyday life, of course. I felt stuck for weeks trying to find something that could be a future job, be a fun hobby, or bring more meaning to the world around me (mainly because of the quarantine). Then I came upon 3D animated series called Meta Runner(Trailers: Season 1, Season 2). I watched it mainly because I was bored but soon became addicted to it. But something in the credits caught my eye – they were using Unreal Engine to do all this! I have heard that before – this is a Game Engine but until then I never thought I could be interested in this because I didn’t know not only how to code, but many more things – it sounded impossible to me as a kid! But now, I am learning programming at school AND I know how to 3D model which is essential.
From there I started learning Unreal Engine for a few months but I was getting nowhere by self-taught. I needed help. So I enrolled in a course at Telerik Academy and started learning more and more about Game Development. Soon I made friends and eventually – made a team. Even though our final project wasn’t something big or finished all the way – it was a start. (Btw if you want to play it yourself – it is available online here but it’s very buggy and slow – if your computer isn’t powerful it can take from 5 to 10 minutes to load depending on your internet connection) But we still wanted to improve, so we are learning now Unity Engine and trying to recreate and fully polish this game. And from there who knows – maybe we will become indie game developers!
And if you are wondering if this site is going to stop – no. This site is still going to continue to run and I won’t stop making new content. It’ll just have some more variety of content about 3D that’s all. And I’ll post the finished games as well for you to enjoy! Stay safe and until next time!