Tutorials and notes on building Unreal Engine systems: game mechanics, AI, and the problems the TechnicallyArtist plugins solve.https://technicallyartist.com/https://technicallyartist.com/blog/squash-and-stretch-along-spline-unreal-engine/https://technicallyartist.com/blog/squash-and-stretch-along-spline-unreal-engine/How to make a mesh squash, stretch, and bend as it travels along an editable spline in Unreal Engine using World Position Offset, so the geometry follows the curve while the actor transform and collision never move.Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTunreal-enginesplinesworld-position-offsetmaterialstutorialhttps://technicallyartist.com/blog/unreal-render-target-player-location-map/https://technicallyartist.com/blog/unreal-render-target-player-location-map/Use a Scene Capture 2D and a render target to bake a top-down map mask in Unreal Engine, draw the live player location on it with a custom depth stencil, then export it as a static texture.Sat, 06 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTunreal-enginerender-targetsscene-capturematerialstutorialhttps://technicallyartist.com/blog/multiplayer-fog-of-war-part-1-post-process-setup/https://technicallyartist.com/blog/multiplayer-fog-of-war-part-1-post-process-setup/Part 1 of building top-down fog of war in Unreal Engine: a Fog Manager actor that feeds a post-process material, plus the floor mask and player spotlight.Wed, 03 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTunreal-enginefog-of-warmaterialstutorialhttps://technicallyartist.com/blog/introducing-technicallyartist/https://technicallyartist.com/blog/introducing-technicallyartist/A short intro to the plugins and tutorials I make for Unreal Engine, and what to expect from this blog.Sat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTunreal-enginebehind-the-scenes