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Dev Diary #7: Three Sides and Their Bases

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Dev Diary #7: Three Sides and Their Bases

In this part I talk about the three sides of my game as a whole and about how their bases appear: from the formula of a side and a concept to the first building models in the game. The models are not final yet.

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Dev Diary #6: Balancing the Sides

In this part I talk about how I balance three sides with the help of bots: one of them lost 43 matches out of 48, and five obvious reasons turned out to be wrong. The whole design is a draft for now.

Dev Diary #5: The Bots

In this part I talk about the bots: how they went from scripts to neural networks, why the "easy" bot turned out more dangerous than the "hard" one, and how the game picks an opponent to match the player.

Dev Diary #4: Forest, Snow and Weather

In this part I talk about trees made from photo scans, four seasons and weather that affects combat: a blizzard cuts visibility in half, and a thunderstorm lights up the battlefield with flashes of lightning.

Dev Diary #3: The Map Editor

In this part I talk about the map editor I am building for the game: how it grew from a simple generator to a World Machine-style node graph, and why working on a map is split into stages.

Dev Diary #2: A Game Made of Cubes

In this part I show what the first versions of the game looked like when they were just cubes, and explain why in an online strategy game I built the skeleton first and left beauty for later.

Dev Diary: Making an RTS in the Spirit of C&C Generals with an AI Companion

Hi. I'm an environment artist, not a programmer. But this isn't the first time I've sat down to make my own game — this time it's a multiplayer RTS geared toward online play, with C&C Generals as a reference. And for the first time in a long while, the project isn't falling apart after two weeks.

September 2026

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The Tool That Sees the Hidden (Palantir)

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The Tool That Sees the Hidden (Palantir)

In this article, I'll share how I created a tool for optimizing locations in Unity when I encountered a lack of ready-made solutions. I chose an approach based on analyzing materials and textures, which allowed me to quickly identify problematic objects and save time.

March 2026

3 min

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Who Am I?

My name is Dmitry — I am a Level Artist and 3D Artist with over six years of experience. My interest in how video games are made began many years ago, and I made numerous attempts to master the profession through YouTube tutorials.

March 2026

1 min

BLOG — Dmitrii Tregubov blog. Notes on environment art, level design and Unreal Engine.

Dev Diary #7: Three Sides and Their Bases

Dev Diary #6: Balancing the Sides

Dev Diary #5: The Bots

Dev Diary #4: Forest, Snow and Weather

Dev Diary #3: The Map Editor

Dev Diary #2: A Game Made of Cubes

Dev Diary: Making an RTS in the Spirit of C&C Generals with an AI Companion

The Tool That Sees the Hidden (Palantir)

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