It's been a while since I've made an update a lot has happened since! Piper in Unreal! Exporting data through attributes and using it as...

This will be a short post this week since the big write up is in a git hub repo. This week involved setting up a Jenkins server on a...

With Unreal Engine 5 being released this past week, I now have to decide whether I jump onto the latest and greatest or lock the engine...

"Hello!" says Johnny Jupiter. Had to upgrade from a 2012 MacBook Pro that could no longer build an app with the minimum supported version...

I was tired of having to script both a left and right-side function to rig characters that are symmetrical, so instead I wrote a script...

This week's focus centered around rigging bugs, switching over to use Qt.py, learning about git submodules, using the Maya's...

Got a very simple character selection which consists of two blueprints. One that handles asynchronously loading skeletal meshes and idle...

Selecting verts that don't have a value of 1 is super helpful when smoothing long chains in Maya. Below you'll find a script to help you...

Took a bit of a break, mostly to play Back 4 Blood (cheers to Turtle Rock Studios for an amazing game!) and test out UE4 cinematics with...

I started animating digitally in 2D with Pivot Animator around fifteen years ago, and stick figures have had an impact with me ever...

Quick idle animation for señor Mooer above. All squash and stretch animations working in game for Blobber below, similar to a bouncing...

This week's improvements include simplifying the process of writing a rig script. In the past, I had 37 lines of python code to rig the...

Did some tests with root joint squash and stretch scaling through the skeleton vs runtime squash and stretch via bone transform...

Running the rig through the ropes, finding bugs, areas of improvements, and animating! The blob spins! I mostly used this animation to...

Wrapping up the twist module this week means there are no tasks left in Piper's To-Do list! There are some items left in the wish list...

Space.py script has been upgraded to include the useOrient attribute. When the useOrient attribute is switched to On, the transform...

I am not talking about a healthy chicken caesar wrap, instead I am talking about the using a wrap deformer. More specifically, the new...

Slow-ish week due to semester finals. Made some icons and buttons on the switcher GUI since it's meant to be active during piper...

I wish I could say adding global scaling was a walk in the park, but it was not. Especially with the volumetric IK joints and space...

Week 26! That means there's been half of a year of active development! About half of it has been game development and the other half has...