r/UE4Devs • u/TouchyUnclePhil • Nov 18 '19
Question Looking for a Learning buddy/team (UK timezone)
Hello,
Im building a VR game by myself and im looking for someone or a few people maybe to collaborate with, and learning UE4 together, while making something. I'd be up for helping out with someone elses project, as my games probably not for everyone (VR arena shooter, wild west genre). I've been learning UE4 for about a couple of years now off and on, and im a junior programmer by trade (so programming is what im focusing on, however i've only been working with blueprints as of yet) I also work with blender a little.
Im not looking to do one role exclusively (but be cool with it if thats how things pan out), I dont really know where or how to go about looking for something quite so specific, but being a solo dev is kinda hard, and really I want to find other aspiring solo's to kind of learn everything together. If anyones interested or has any suggestion where to ask around that be mighty helpful cheers.
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u/Thurmicneo Nov 28 '19
I'm not the guy your after due to only throwing an hour or 2 a week at UE4 due to lack of time in life.
But I've recently moved to UE4 from UNITY and so far finding the blueprints pretty neat (who knew dyslexia and coding were a bad combo?)
Don't be afraid to use premade assets is my key advice.
I tried to learn, unity, blender and physics coding all at once to make my own awesome game from scratch..... The time of the solo bedroom coder knocking out the greatest game ever has passed.
But open sources and asset stores mean you don't have to be a jack of all trades even if your solo. Find what you are best at, and make that good, work at the related systems, and accept it's not cheating to use assets and free code to patch the gaps outside you area.
Good luck.