In this episode, Sica von Medicus, CG Supervisor on Max & the Midknights at Nickelodeon, takes us behind the scenes of one of animation's most ambitious pipeline transformations.

Sica and Jase explore the messy reality of innovation, including:

• The leap of faith that led a traditional TV animation team to bet everything on Unreal Engine, despite having little experience with real-time rendering.
• Why everyone told them "don't use Alembics" – and why they had to do it anyway to preserve the expressive character animation they needed.
• How they invented a custom rim lighting shader when Unreal's limited light channels couldn't handle their complex character lighting needs.
• The creative workarounds for managing international vendor relationships without shared version control systems.
• What it really takes to maintain that "claymation" look in a game engine designed for photorealism.

This isn't a success story with a neat bow – it's the honest account of a team that chose the hard path, made mistakes, learned from failures, and created something unprecedented.

Speakers:

Jase Lindgren, Sr. P4 User Advocate

Sica von Medicus, CG Supervisor at Nickelodeon

Get In Touch:

• E-mail: [email protected]
• LinkedIn: Linkedin.com/in/jaselindgren

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• Perforce.com/podcasts/p4/in-development
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In this episode, Stephen Post, Technical Director at VOID Interactive, joins Jase for a deep dive into the technical evolution of Ready or Not, the acclaimed tactical shooter game. Stephen discusses the complexities of expanding their fully remote, globally distributed studio—from a small team of 9 to more than 75—covering key challenges such as:

• The process of expanding their technology stack and operational processes to support a growing player base and development needs.
• The strategies and tooling needed to enable seamless local development across a remote team, including custom workflows and version control practices.
• Transitioning from a homegrown build system to leveraging Unreal Engine’s advanced tools—Unreal Game Sync, Horde, and BuildGraph—for automation, integration, and scalability.
• The evolution of their CI/CD pipeline, including improvements in branch management, build reliability, and debugging efficiency.

Whether you're a solo developer, technical lead, or project manager, this episode offers a candid and practical look at what it takes to scale a game—and a studio—without compromising on quality or agility.

Speakers:    

• Jase Lindgren, Sr. P4 User Advocate
• Stephen Post, Technical Director at VOID Interactive

Get In Touch:

• E-mail: [email protected]
• LinkedIn: Linkedin.com/in/jaselindgren

Find Us Online:

• Perforce.com
• Perforce.com/podcasts/p4/in-development
• Linkedin.com/company/perforce