UE Procedural Music 🎵, Godot Multiplayer 🌐, Shader Graph Updates🎨
Unreal Engine Spotlight 🚀
From Runway to Real-Time: Digital Fashion with Unreal Engine
Tapestry’s Brandon Keeney reveals how Unreal Engine-powered 3D Digital Product Creation is transforming fashion workflows—from rapid prototyping to immersive, interactive digital showrooms. The session shows how cross-functional teams share real-time assets, reduce physical samples, and scale personalization with avatars. For gamedevs, it’s a roadmap to apply UE5 pipelines and performance know-how to retail, e-commerce, and next-gen digital experiences.
From FPS Template to Adaptive Score: Procedural Music in Unreal
Recorded at Unreal Fest 2025, this session shows how to build a reactive procedural music system in Unreal using MetaSounds, Quartz, and Blueprints. Starting from the FPS template, Patrick Hart layers generative music, syncs and tunes gunshots to the beat, and triggers musical flourishes from gameplay. He shares Blueprint workflows and practical tips, plus key technical and musical considerations for adaptive audio that elevates immersion.
Godot Dev Essentials 🏗️
Build Better Godot C# Games: Chickensoft’s Architecture Toolkit
Chickensoft presents 20+ open-source tools to help Godot C# teams build scalable, testable game architecture. Standouts include AutoInject for clean dependency flow, Logic Blocks for allocation-free hierarchical state machines with autogenerated UML, and JSON save/load with versioning. Add in CLI setup, project templates, GitHub Actions, and multi-monitor DPI handling—and a demo game with 100% test coverage—to jumpstart robust production workflows.
Shipping Godot Multiplayer: UDP Discovery, WebRTC Join Codes, and Autoscaling Servers
This talk maps a practical path for Godot multiplayer: start with LAN auto‑discovery via UDP, add WebRTC with a tiny Node.js signaling server and join codes for internet play, then move to headless dedicated servers in Docker. When you’re ready to scale, use Agones on Kubernetes for autoscaling, WebSocket routing, and health heartbeats. Includes CI/CD pointers, YAML/resource gotchas, iOS caveats, and netcode tips like sending less and lerping on clients.
Creator Strategy & Shader Tools 📈
Shader Graph Level-Up: Template Browser, Interpolation Controls, Lit Full Shader
Unity 6.3 delivers major Shader Graph upgrades: a new Template Browser with ready-to-use graphs (Decals, Particles, Fullscreen, Lit Full) and the ability to create/share your own templates. You also get up to 8 UV sets, finer interpolation controls (including no perspective correction), and “Promote to Final Shader” to expose nested subgraph properties directly on materials. The demo highlights Decal Material Volumes with triplanar projection and a full-featured Lit graph you can edit without code, plus performance notes and future teasers.
The Gamedev YouTube Guide: Strategy, Metrics, Money, and Momentum
A seasoned creator shares a practical YouTube blueprint for game developers: start broad, analyze what works, then niche down into repeatable formats. Learn the metrics that matter (CTR, retention targets), smart monetization beyond AdSense (sponsors, Patreon, assets), and production essentials (audio first, simple lighting, Resolve + Recut). The big takeaway: don’t chase viral—consistency over 2–3 years builds a loyal audience and real results.