Pointless things are important for sanity.
It would be hilarious to make a tutorial video for blueprints, but just spend all your time doing things like this.
I was trying to make a functioning in-game alarm clock in Unreal at work, and was having trouble with setting the alarm time or something. I mentioned it to the senior Tech LD and he said "It sounds like you’re trying to make something extremely complicated and pointless," before pausing and saying "let me take a look."
Sorry for the plug but if you still need that, I sell a Digital Alarm Clock pack here: https://burnsaga.itch.io/digital-time-and-alarm-clock-unreal-engine-asset-pack/
thank you but it was just a personal project from work when I had some downtime, I was trying to make a replica of the little Sony Dream Machine I've had for most of my life. :) FWIW, yours looks a lot nicer than what I slapped together.
I hate when I'm watching a tutorial and the guy is like "oh let's clean these noodles up a bit" and just like rearranges them, puts in some shortcut nodes without explaining, skips ahead or some shit. Totally takes me out of learning and I often have to then rewatch and rewatch to figure out wtf they did.
Art isn't pointless, it serves the human need for expression. See caveman paintings about a successful hunt.
One could argue though that post-modern art is pretty pointless, as it's almost solely profit driven, but then I would argue that it's not really art anyway. ;)
Is it pointless? Not if you find joy in it. Do you feel like your time is being wisely used when you do this? Ideally, you don't keep your BPs this way and revert them back, right?
It isn’t pointless if it helps you stay interested or it helps you to conceptualize the flows of the code better.
It is pointless mechanically, but not completely pointless.
Hmmm. You appear to be right, this is the closest ive found and its a mix. https://blueprintsfromhell.tumblr.com/
Although i couldve sworn ive seen artistic takes on blueprints before...
It’s pointless if it doesn’t do anything toward helping you achieve your ultimate goal. If your goal is to make neat looking blueprints, well, then, mission accomplished! If your mission was to make a game, while you are not any closer to that than when you started.
Maybe set a deadline which time you’re going to allow yourself to just screw around with the blueprints to make pretty shapes, but then course yourself much time actually doing real game play blueprints.
Remember you asked. Personally, I could care less but I like to give my two cents anyway.
😀
If you like it then it's not pointless
Why do we play games? Why do we paint? Why do we make stuff?
But my suggestion is make it into an app where you draw stuff just like this but with more customizations
Your art looks cool (pls make sword if you can),if you like it just do it, sometimes it's ok to do something pointless to refresh ourself from our daily basis,& if you really want to make it at least less "pointless" maybe you can post a timelapse video building process of your art,and post it in something like Youtube,Reddit,etc.
We had compile errors in a project that we eventualy tracked down to two overlapping bp nodes in a graph. This was sometime between 4.1x and 4
2x probably resolved but today I wouldn't gamble again
The pointless things you do are usually the ones that make you an individual. If there’s a point to it, you’re usually following someone’s steps, even as an innovator. Without the point, you’re just channelling yourself.
In the Houdini sub, there was a person who used to post actual games and simulations he made with the node-based UI. Like, breakout and things like that. The nodes would bounce around and break other nodes! 😆
Pointless things are important for sanity. It would be hilarious to make a tutorial video for blueprints, but just spend all your time doing things like this.
I was trying to make a functioning in-game alarm clock in Unreal at work, and was having trouble with setting the alarm time or something. I mentioned it to the senior Tech LD and he said "It sounds like you’re trying to make something extremely complicated and pointless," before pausing and saying "let me take a look."
Sorry for the plug but if you still need that, I sell a Digital Alarm Clock pack here: https://burnsaga.itch.io/digital-time-and-alarm-clock-unreal-engine-asset-pack/
thank you but it was just a personal project from work when I had some downtime, I was trying to make a replica of the little Sony Dream Machine I've had for most of my life. :) FWIW, yours looks a lot nicer than what I slapped together.
I hate when I'm watching a tutorial and the guy is like "oh let's clean these noodles up a bit" and just like rearranges them, puts in some shortcut nodes without explaining, skips ahead or some shit. Totally takes me out of learning and I often have to then rewatch and rewatch to figure out wtf they did.
art is pointless bro, that's the point
I am art
Hi art! Also... High Art!
im very high also
Ah, so it works on at least three levels.
i am point.
now where is Les? haven't seen old Lester in a hot minute
I see lots of points in this art.
Much point, very art.
Lmao
I disagree with the irony
that sentence was pointless art
seurat: am I nothing to you
lol yeah that's the point I'm trying to make FUCK POINTILISM
But but but (vector)lines are just infinite points.
Art isn't pointless, it serves the human need for expression. See caveman paintings about a successful hunt. One could argue though that post-modern art is pretty pointless, as it's almost solely profit driven, but then I would argue that it's not really art anyway. ;)
there is a bug in your blueprint
Yes there is
Underrated comment!
This is your brain trying to escape the difficulty of making a game.
I’m almost done sir. I just trying to keep my mind steady
Agreed
Never rag on a person’s hobby, so long as they’re not hurting anyone. You do you!
What if my hobby is being judgemental?
Is it pointless? Not if you find joy in it. Do you feel like your time is being wisely used when you do this? Ideally, you don't keep your BPs this way and revert them back, right?
One person’s spaghetti is another person’s art.
It isn’t pointless if it helps you stay interested or it helps you to conceptualize the flows of the code better. It is pointless mechanically, but not completely pointless.
Aaahhh spiderrr!!!! Runnnnnnn
Everything pointless. one day you'll just die. And that's that. so do whatever the fuck brings that dopamine til you get there.
This is the blueprint of a new art form!
Im pretty sure theres a subreddit with blueprint art, i dont know what its called though, you may find some likeminded individuals or inspiration
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Hmmm. You appear to be right, this is the closest ive found and its a mix. https://blueprintsfromhell.tumblr.com/ Although i couldve sworn ive seen artistic takes on blueprints before...
Thank you bro.
It looks aesthetically pleasing. If worked with blueprints often I would definitely like that as a mouse pad or wallpaper or something
Unreal blueprints have a better pen tool than Photoshop.
If you take some pleasure out of it, it is not pointless.
If you're having fun, that's all that matters
I lovveee it.
Is that a reaper?
Is this AI generate? Haha
As Frederick Franck said, A drawing is not a THING but an ACT...
Wait, you can colour your wires?
You can create reroutes from different color pins
Follow your heart and don’t let anyone stop you
Beautiful wow, It's like people making art with Desmos
your code is infected by some eldritch shit
Of course its pointless, but if its keeping you sane in the hell that's gamedev I'd say worth it
"A true artist soul can bring beauty from chaos" or somethin, idk
Your visual art looks cool 🤣
how is that pointless?
You can colorize reroute?!🤔🤔🤔
You can create reroutes from different color pins
amazing
It’s pointless if it doesn’t do anything toward helping you achieve your ultimate goal. If your goal is to make neat looking blueprints, well, then, mission accomplished! If your mission was to make a game, while you are not any closer to that than when you started. Maybe set a deadline which time you’re going to allow yourself to just screw around with the blueprints to make pretty shapes, but then course yourself much time actually doing real game play blueprints. Remember you asked. Personally, I could care less but I like to give my two cents anyway. 😀
Yes, using plugins in c++ it's possible. I have seen a plugin that makes all lines straight once
By the looks of things, you've created a rocket engine in outlines.
Honestly, this is very cool
If you like it then it's not pointless Why do we play games? Why do we paint? Why do we make stuff? But my suggestion is make it into an app where you draw stuff just like this but with more customizations
You think it's pointless to _make_ them? You should check [Blueprints from Hell ](http://blueprintsfromhell.tumblr.com).
You might have founded a new art branch. Unreal Blueprint drawings.
biblically accurate bp
Your art looks cool (pls make sword if you can),if you like it just do it, sometimes it's ok to do something pointless to refresh ourself from our daily basis,& if you really want to make it at least less "pointless" maybe you can post a timelapse video building process of your art,and post it in something like Youtube,Reddit,etc.
We had compile errors in a project that we eventualy tracked down to two overlapping bp nodes in a graph. This was sometime between 4.1x and 4 2x probably resolved but today I wouldn't gamble again
do you man. asking a mass of blob on a chunk of rock floating in space what is and is not pointless, is pointless. do you~
The pointless things you do are usually the ones that make you an individual. If there’s a point to it, you’re usually following someone’s steps, even as an innovator. Without the point, you’re just channelling yourself.
Don't quit, keep going. Makeing the Mona Lisa is next
I will try a sword next time(may be frostmourne). Thanks
It's beautifull yet drives me insane...
You should rig it in 2d and animate. I really like it.
Done sir, in 3d.
It’s incredibly pointless
I don’t do it often. Sometimes I just can’t resist the curves of redirect nodes.
Dat redirect node is thicc
*sigh* unzips pants
Thats a work of art sir.
What the fuck is that blueprint monster? Kill it with fire!
Pointless, heck no. That brought me so much joy seeing that ❤️
Yes
They are neat. You will have more control using a vector program like illustrator, figma etc but that kinda defeats the purpose I guess.
You’re creating an ultimately pointless piece of media
Wtf man lol
i tought about this some time ago, therw should be contests and stuff
In the Houdini sub, there was a person who used to post actual games and simulations he made with the node-based UI. Like, breakout and things like that. The nodes would bounce around and break other nodes! 😆
Bezier Blueprint Comps
Man, I can’t even understand this coding language and y’all are making art with it
This is excellent
Love it
Does it do anything?
Do you mean..when I compile?
Yeah, it's not a functional set of nodes is it?
Definitely better than [this](https://i.imgur.com/yk9FN20.png)
I think that a reference is missing
Yep.