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Welcome to the second update of my farming game, lately I start to lose my motivation to continue this game, I still work on the game and push my self to finish it. Writing this blog is also helping me keep working on my games, I am glad start writing this blog actually. And these are the update of the game. Sheep Instead of putting the sheep inside a cage, I decide to let them roam in the field and search for food. This also makes me add weed to the farm, the weed gonna be eaten by sheep, and you need to pull it before planting anything. ...

Welcome to the first update for Egg Farm, the game title may change in the future. Egg Farm is a relaxing mini farming game, where you can just sit and interact with everything inside the game, plant crops, and ranch animals, and design your own farm. Since this is a mini-game there will not be many features existing, although I still add more features that seem fun. There is still more work that needs to be done to finish this game. ...

Recently, I start using Unreal Engine to develop games. I did not have proper C++ or Unreal Engine knowledge, I usually use Unity and C#. While learning and using it, I stumbled across some problems. So I decide to make some notes that I can use and share with others. Print Enum Into FString StaticEnum<ENUM_TYPE>()->GetValueAsString(ENUM_VALUE) Format FText FText format = "Item Name: {ItemName}" const FText formattedText = FText::FormatNamed(FTextFormat(format), TEXT("ItemName"), itemName); Loop UDataTable itemDT->ForeachRow<FItemInfo>("FindItem", [&](const FName& key, const FItemInfo& item) { // Do something here }); Find a Row in UDataTable FItemInfo* itemInfo = itemDT->FindRow<FItemInfo>(ROW_NAME, "FindItem"); Create UObject Instance UTextBlock* text = NewObject<UTextBlock>(btn, FName("text")); Hide Field on Certain Condition UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, meta=(Condition="YOUR_CONDITION", EditConditionHides)) float speed; Create Min Max Slider for Field UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, meta = (ClampMin = "1", ClampMax = "10")) int32 totalSpawned; Instantiate a UObject/Blueprint/WBP MyClass* instance = NewObject<MyClass>(); UPROPERTY(EditDefaultsOnly, BlueprintReadWrite) TSubclassOf<MyClass> MyClassType; // UObject Subclass NewObject<ActorClass>(MyClassType); // Actor Subclass GetWorld()->SpawnActor<ActorClass>(MyClassType); // Widget Subclass MyWidget* widget = CreateWidget<MyWidget>(this, MyWidgetType); The code above is not tested and is used for reference only. ...