Epic’s Lyra sample project is often praised as the gold standard for CommonUI and UI architecture in Unreal Engine. But there’s a massive gap between a system that works for a demo and one that works for a full-scale game. Here is a look at where Lyra’s UI architecture breaks down in production, and how decoupling your systems can unblock your design team.

What began as a scrappy streaming experiment became our secret weapon: live, unscripted UI problem solving that shows exactly how we think, where we struggle, and why studios now trust us long before we ever hop on a call.

What began as a three-day game jam has quickly grown into a full-fledged project. In just two weeks we have built the foundation for The Office Rooms, a walking simulator of liminal spaces, anomalies, and eerie office corridors that is now headed toward a demo for Steam Next Fest.