The Black Death has been shortlisted for an Award!
We found out yesterday that we have been shortlisted for a TIGA Games Industry Award 2017 for "Best Game by a Small Studio"!
Pretty cool stuff, even if we don't win!
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2026
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2025
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- Dec 30, 2025 QUICK DEV TIP #111 UE5 - Bulk Rename Assets
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- Nov 16, 2025 Level Optimise Tool - UE5.7 Compatible Version
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- Nov 5, 2025 Quick Dev Insights #10 - Designing Dynamic Game Music Systems - with Pav Gekko
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- Aug 13, 2025 LEVEL OPTIMSE TOOL - UE5.6 Compatible Version Released!
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- Aug 7, 2025 QUICK DEV TIP #109 UE5 - Filtering Output Logs
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- Jul 21, 2025 Devumentary: ZOMBIE TYPING
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2024
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- Nov 24, 2024 Project Optimise Tool Released Onto FAB Unreal Marketplace!
- Oct 12, 2024 I Released Project Optimise V3.1
- Sep 17, 2024 QUICK DEV TIP #106 UE4 / UE5 - Toggle Debug Camera
- Sep 7, 2024 Quick Dev Insights #07 - Developing For The Playdate - Ollie Coe
- Sep 3, 2024 QUICK DEV TIP #105 UE4 / UE5 - Debugging UI With The Widget Reflector
- Sep 3, 2024 QUICK DEV TIP #104 UE4 / UE5 - Quick Select Input Key
- Sep 2, 2024 QUICK DEV TIP #103 UE4 / UE5 - Auto Navigate to Blueprint Error
- Aug 28, 2024 Indie Dev Story is now available on Steam for FREE!
- Aug 20, 2024 Quick Dev Insights #06 - Starting and running your own outsourcing studio - Rob Moody
- Aug 4, 2024 QUICK DEV TIP #102 UE4 / UE5 - List Modified Variables
- Aug 4, 2024 QUICK DEV TIP #101 UE5 - Quick Copy Paste Variables
- Jul 31, 2024 Indie Dev Story Patch Notes for V1.3
- Apr 22, 2024 Testing out Tech: Adobe Express - Animations from Audio
- Apr 20, 2024 Made a new Game: Ultra Ball!
- Mar 5, 2024 FREERUNNERS PROGRESS - More ways to Fail
- Feb 27, 2024 Freerunners Progress - A better flow
- Feb 21, 2024 Freerunners Marketing, Lets get started!
- Feb 17, 2024 FREERUNNERS Steam Next Fest Postmortem
- Feb 7, 2024 FREERUNNERS IS IN STEAM NEXT FEST FEB 2024!
- Jan 25, 2024 FREERUNNERS DEMO UPDATE! (JANUARY 2024)
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2023
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- Dec 31, 2023 Marauders Community Memes, Art and Cosplay! Dec 2023 Edition
- Nov 27, 2023 Freerunners Demo Updates! (November 2023)
- Oct 7, 2023 Project Optimise Tool (Unreal Engine) : How To Use
- Oct 7, 2023 Project Optimise Tool Is Now Downloadable From My itch.io Page
- Sep 8, 2023 Freerunners Demo Out Now!
- Sep 4, 2023 All Things Marauders (March - August 2023)
- Aug 8, 2023 10 Tips For Faster Blueprint Using
- Aug 5, 2023 Updated my Free Unreal Engine Tool: Project Optimise
- Jun 10, 2023 Meetup at the Team17 office!
- Apr 28, 2023 New Unreal Engine Tool: Project Optimise!
- Apr 14, 2023 21 UE4/UE5 Tips To Help You Build Out Levels Faster
- Mar 31, 2023 I did a talk at GDC!
- Mar 4, 2023 4 Material Editor Tips for Unreal Engine
- Feb 25, 2023 6 Tips for Faster Blueprinting!
- Feb 13, 2023 5 Useful Unreal Engine Blueprint Tips/Tricks
- Feb 9, 2023 3 Quick Unreal Engine Sound Tips/Tricks
- Jan 20, 2023 Compare Data tables Tool for Unreal Engine
- Jan 3, 2023 I Tried Rokoko Video - Free Ai Motion Capture
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2022
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- Dec 29, 2022 3 Quick Unreal Engine Animation Tips/Tricks
- Dec 21, 2022 Marauders: The Red Baron Update
- Dec 6, 2022 50 Quick Tips and Tricks for Unreal Engine. How many do you know?
- Dec 5, 2022 F1 Marauders Art
- Nov 21, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #100 UE4 / UE5 - Snap To Surface
- Nov 15, 2022 Quick Dev Insights #02 - Level Designer - Alfie Bawden
- Nov 12, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #99 UE4 / UE5 - Editor Asset Open Location
- Nov 11, 2022 Launching Marauders into EA
- Nov 11, 2022 Marauders Memes#1
- Nov 7, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #98 UE4 / UE5 - Custom Asset Shadow
- Oct 29, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #97 UE4 / UE5 - Screenshots
- Oct 24, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #96 UE4 / UE5 - Copy Paste UMG Anims
- Oct 16, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #95 UE4 / UE5 - Favourite Blueprint Nodes
- Oct 12, 2022 Rust bucket 3D Print
- Oct 12, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #94 UE4 / UE5 - MATERIAL EDITOR KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
- Sep 27, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #93 UE4 / UE5 - Blueprint Keyboard Shortcuts
- Sep 19, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #92 UE4 / UE5 - GAMEPLAY VIEW
- Sep 10, 2022 Marauders Progress
- Sep 3, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #91 UE4 / UE5 - COMMENTING
- Aug 22, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #90 UE4 / UE5 - GROUPING
- Aug 15, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #89 UE4 / UE5 - LOCK IN PLACE
- Aug 5, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #88 UE4 / UE5 - REORDER ARRAY
- Jul 19, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #87 UE4 / UE5 - HIDE UI BINDINGS
- Jul 12, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #86 UE4 / UE5 - CONSOLE COMMAND INFO
- Jul 3, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #85 UE4 / UE5 - QUICK CHANGE VIEWPORT ANGLE
- Jun 27, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #84 UE4 / UE5 - DELETE NODE, KEEP CONNECTION
- Jun 19, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #83 UE4 / UE5 - MOVE WITH ASSET
- Jun 12, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #82 UE4 / UE5 - EDITOR START UP LEVEL
- Jun 6, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #81 UE4 / UE5 - VIEW FROM ASSET POINT OF VIEW
- May 29, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #80 UE4 / UE5 - EXTRA INFO ABOUT NODES
- May 29, 2022 Quick Dev Insights #05 - Indie Games Publisher - Jeff Giasson
- May 23, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #79 UE4 / UE5 - CONTENT BROWSER FILTERS
- May 16, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #78 UE4 / UE5 - ADJUST GIZMO SIZE
- May 10, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #77 UE4 / UE5 - FULL SCREEN VIEWPORT
- May 3, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #76 UE4 / UE5 - SPEED TREE COLOUR VARIATION NODE
- Apr 28, 2022 Quick Dev Insights #04 - Building A Community - Dan Walters
- Apr 26, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #74 UE4 / UE5 - OPTIMISING TICK RATE
- Apr 25, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #75 UE4 / UE5 - MAP THUMBNAIL ICONS
- Apr 12, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #73 UE4 / UE5 - GPU VISUALISER
- Apr 9, 2022 Quick Dev Insights #03 - Creating UI For Games - Ben Humphreys
- Apr 5, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #72 UE4 / UE5 - TEMP CHANGE PIVOT
- Mar 28, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #71 UE4 / UE5 - COPY PASTE LODs
- Mar 24, 2022 Marauders Has Been Announced!
- Mar 22, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #70 UE4 / UE5 - OUTLINER FILTERING
- Mar 15, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #69 UE4 / UE5 - CONSOLE COMMAND SEARCHING
- Mar 7, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #68 UE4 / UE5 - HIGHLIGHTING CONNECTIONS
- Mar 1, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #67 UE4 / UE5 - SAVE HARD DRIVE SPACE
- Feb 21, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #66 UE4 / UE5 - NAME MATERIAL PINS
- Feb 15, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #65 UE4 / UE5 - EDIT AUTOSAVE SETTINGS
- Feb 6, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #64 UE4 / UE5 - HIDE ALL SCREEN MESSAGES
- Jan 31, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #63 UE4 / UE5 - MEASURING DISTANCES
- Jan 25, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #62 UE4 / UE5 - MATHS IN VARIABLES
- Jan 17, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #61 UE4 / UE5 - STORE BLUEPRINT GRAPH POSITIONS
- Jan 11, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #60 UE4 / UE5 - MIRROR ASSETS
- Jan 3, 2022 QUICK DEV TIP #59 UE4 / UE5 - SMALLER INTERFACE ICONS
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- Dec 27, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #58 UE4 / UE5 - QUICK ADJUST CAMERA SPEED
- Dec 20, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #57 UE4 / UE5 - BREAKPOINT ON BLUEPRINT ERROR
- Dec 13, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #56 UE4 / UE5 - UMG REPLACE & WRAP WITH
- Dec 6, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #55 UE4 / UE5 - MOVE VARIABLE TO PARENT
- Nov 29, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #54 UE4 / UE5 - SELECT ALL OF THE SAME
- Nov 22, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #53 UE4 / UE5 - LIGHT MAP STATISTICS
- Nov 16, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #52 UE4 / UE5 - EVENT TO FUNCTION / FUNCTION TO EVENT
- Nov 8, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #51 UE4 / UE5 - DISABLE BLUEPRINT NODE
- Nov 1, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #50 UE4 / UE5 - EDITOR CALL EVENTS AT RUNTIME
- Oct 25, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #49 UE4 / UE5 - SAVE LOAD LAYOUTS
- Oct 18, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #48 UE4 / UE5 - QUICK MAKE ICONS
- Oct 18, 2021 My steam page got approved for my game Freerunners!
- Oct 11, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #47 UE4 / UE5 - QUICK OPEN LEVEL ASSET
- Oct 4, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #46 UE4 / UE5 - THUMBNAIL EDIT MODE
- Sep 27, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #45 UE4 / UE5 - COMBINING MULTIPLE STATIC MESHES
- Sep 20, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #44 UE4 / UE5 - RELATIVE AND WORLD TRANSFORMS
- Sep 13, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #43 UE4 / UE5 - QUICK NAVIGATE TO BLUEPRINT PARENT
- Sep 6, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #42 UE4 / UE5 - Automatically Reimport Files
- Aug 30, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #41 UE4 / UE5 - Have Multiple Anim Sequences Open
- Aug 24, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #40 UE4 / UE5 - Diffing Blueprints
- Aug 16, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #39 UE4 / UE5 - Quick Tweak Textures
- Aug 9, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #38 UE4 / UE5 - Animation Pose Into Static Mesh
- Aug 2, 2021 We Won An Award!
- Aug 2, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #37 UE4 / UE5 - Colourblind Editor Mode
- Jul 26, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #36 UE4 / UE5 - Saving Colours
- Jul 19, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #35 UE4 / UE5 - Quick Switch Tabs
- Jul 12, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #34 UE4 / UE5 - Find Across Whole Project
- Jul 5, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #33 UE4 / UE5 - UMG Favourites
- Jun 28, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #32 UE4 - Custom Grid Snap Amounts
- Jun 21, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #31 UE4 - Favourite Folders
- Jun 13, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #30 UE4 - Content Browser Icon Size
- Jun 7, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #29 UE4 - Quick Make Pins
- May 31, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #28 UE4 - Drop Asset To Surface
- May 24, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #27 UE4 - Multiple Content Browsers
- May 17, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #26 UE4 - Change Asset Default Transform
- May 10, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #25 UE4 - Move Light In Static Mesh Viewer
- May 3, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #24 UE4 - Quick Rename
- May 3, 2021 Survive Another Night Patch Notes
- Apr 26, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #23 UE4 - Toggle Translucent Selection
- Apr 19, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #22 UE4 - Quick Find Asset
- Apr 12, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #21 UE4 - ADVANCED CONTENT BROWSER SEARCHING
- Apr 5, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #20 UE4 - OPTIMISING: DUMPTICKS
- Mar 29, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #19 UE4 - TWEAK ANIMATIONS IN EDITOR
- Mar 22, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #18 UE4 - SEPARATE LIGHTING CHANNELS
- Mar 15, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #17 UE4 - MATERIALS QUICK CONNECT
- Mar 8, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #16 UE4 - PREVIEW AUDIO FROM VIEWPORT
- Mar 1, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #15 UE4 - BULK EDIT ASSETS
- Feb 22, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #14 UE4 - QUICK SET SOUND SETTINGS
- Feb 15, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #13 UE4 - STORED CAMERA POSITIONS
- Feb 8, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #12 UE4 - BLUEPRINTS - EASY COPY INFO
- Feb 1, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #11 UE4 - BLUEPRINTS - QUICK IMPORTING FILES
- Jan 25, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #10 UE4 - BLUEPRINTS - SUBCATEGORIES
- Jan 18, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #09 UE4 - BLUEPRINTS - COPY COLLISION
- Jan 12, 2021 QUICK DEV TIP #08 UE4 - MULTI-LINE TEXT!
- Jan 5, 2021 Quick Dev Tip #07 UE4 - Coloured Folders!
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2020
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- Dec 28, 2020 Quick Dev Tip #06 UE4 - Connection Lines
- Dec 28, 2020 Survive Another Night Postmortem
- Dec 21, 2020 Quick Dev Tip #05 UE4 - Quick Align Nodes
- Dec 16, 2020 Quick Dev Tip #4 UE4 - Reroute Nodes
- Dec 13, 2020 Quick Dev Tip #3 UE4 - Blueprints Quick Variables
- Dec 13, 2020 My 2020 Epic MegaJam Entry
- Nov 30, 2020 Quick Dev Tip #2 UE4 - Blueprints - Pin Splitting
- Nov 24, 2020 New Quick Dev Tips Series
- May 7, 2020 "Marauder" Our New Game
- Apr 12, 2020 Bringing Images To Life
- Apr 11, 2020 VR Fun
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2019
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- May 26, 2019 Art'ing
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2018
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- Sep 3, 2018 Playing around making a loading icon
- Aug 12, 2018 Showreel of my animations from "The Black Death"
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2017
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- Nov 4, 2017 RAGE trailer
- Nov 4, 2017 Made a Trailer for 'Indie Dev Story'
- Oct 25, 2017 Indie Dev Story Patch Notes V1.1 & V1.2
- Sep 22, 2017 The Black Death has been shortlisted for an Award!
- Aug 5, 2017 Rage Postmortem
- Aug 5, 2017 Finished my next game! "Rage"
- Jun 29, 2017 Busy, Busy and The Black Death Progress
- Feb 19, 2017 Gifs of the little games I have made so far!
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2016
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- Dec 10, 2016 Indie Dev Story Postmortem
- Dec 4, 2016 Finished 'Indie Dev Story'
- Dec 2, 2016 CBgameDev Logo
- Nov 12, 2016 TBD Hit 80% Woop! & Nottingham Gamecity Festival Talk!
- Oct 8, 2016 The Black Death at EGX 2016!
- Aug 23, 2016 The Black Death at Gamescom, Germany 2016
- Jun 9, 2016 Finished my next mini game
- May 27, 2016 More pixel playing around
- May 18, 2016 The Black Death at Rezzed
- Apr 2, 2016 Boxes animating
- Apr 2, 2016 Recording Lets Play For the Black Death
- Mar 27, 2016 Playing around with pixel art
- Mar 17, 2016 Made a Launcher for my game Jam Games
- Mar 17, 2016 My First Pixel Animation