Monthly Unreal Quiz

[elder dew]

Mods organize an event in quiz channel where the people in the channel get chosen randomly to answer a randomized question related to Unreal Engine, the Game Industry and Game development in general.

The purpose of the quiz is to get people to explain concepts that are difficult to put in words, and the moderator has the opportunity to add/correct explain more about the question presented.

The Goal of the Quiz is to create a consensus on information and to get newer devs used to using the right terms and definitions within the industry.
The environment should not be toxic, it should have an effect to prep people for example job interviews or presentation/teaching skills.

[serene breach]

This assumes three things:
1 - Users want to be randomly selected for questioning in discord
2 - The moderator in question is never able to correct with misinformation
3 - The moderator in question is of equivalent or greater knowledge than the answerer.

That also assumes that everyone here is aiming for the industry or to develop presentation skills

[elder dew]

1. it's a dedicated channel, and an event
2. the moderator should want to organise this, if there arent any than bad luck ig
3. it's not a competition, the mod does the moderation and can also allow others that are more proficient to elaborate.

[elder dew]

you are assuming that everyone should want it. the people that want to put themselves to the test, and want to get better at talking about etc. will have an oppertunity

[serene breach]

your second point doesn't respond to my second point.
I was referring to how the moderator has the opportunity to add/correct where it would be entirely possible to be corrected with misinformation.
Having enough people there that know enough on every single one of the presented questions is going to be impossible

You're gonna get questions there that likely at the time no one is around to provide verifiable truth

[elder dew]

2. there is ways of getting the correct answer, the other server I got this idea from has the correct answer included in the quiz

[serene breach]

please bear in mind when i initially wrote the above there was no mention of a dedicated channel :P

[elder dew]

so theres no need to know everything

[elder dew]

yea good that you ask

[elder dew]

corrected it for u

[serene breach]

Not always.
Sometimes, especially for unreal the answer you want isn't out there.
You only really get answers to beginner questions commonly, and even then the info is mixed, see the "BP structs are great" vs "the BP structs are evil crowd"

[elder dew]

the quizes are organised with answers included

every person in the server that is in the industry can submit a challenging question + asnwer

[serene breach]

That's what I'm saying, the available information for unreal can be frustratingly vague to the point where you might not have an engaging question pool.
Especially with the now just added thing of submitting a question. An expert might know something but have nothing backing it up.

A lot of Unreal is also highly opinion based

If you could post some examples of this quiz event that would be great for me to understand it 🙂

Because it sounds interesting, but unfeasible in my interpretation

[elder dew]

the quiz shouldnt be aimed to misslead and ask arbitrary questions that arent there to help people understand technical information

yea i guess im not the one that should mod cause im new to unreal, but here are some that i made with gpt:

3 Ideas

1. State Machine: In Unreal Engine's Animation Blueprint, how does a Transition Rule between two states within a State Machine determine when an animation state should change, and can you give an example of such a rule?

2. Blueprints: Explain how Blueprints Visual Scripting in Unreal Engine differs from traditional coding, and provide an example of a scenario where Blueprints would be particularly advantageous.

3. Lighting and Rendering: Describe the key differences between dynamic and static lighting in Unreal Engine, and provide an example of a situation where dynamic lighting is preferred over static lighting.

Answers:

1. State Machine Answer: ||A Transition Rule in a State Machine uses conditions based on gameplay variables, like character speed or actions, to determine the change, for example, transitioning from 'Idle' to 'Running' when character speed exceeds a certain threshold.||

2. Blueprints Answer: ||Blueprints Visual Scripting allows developers to create game logic visually using a node-based interface, offering a more intuitive and accessible approach compared to traditional text-based coding, particularly beneficial for rapid prototyping and non-programmer developers.||

3. Lighting and Rendering Answer: ||Dynamic lighting is real-time and adjusts to changes in the game environment, ideal for interactive elements like moving characters or changing weather, whereas static lighting is precomputed and more performance-efficient but lacks real-time interactivity.||

this is jjust an example, i think the industry people know better quiz questions to ask

and btw, this is just an idea, I'm in another server where they organize these quizes but related to web development. The quiz does well. most people come only when the quiz happens, as it helps to have a dialog that efficiently opens a discussion about facts. I only join the channels when they do the quiz and sometimes i fail and sometimes you answer correctly. It's really eye opening.

could also be very simple questions about 3d geometry in general, like explain what are uvs etc... 🙂