Xiazee

Attacking has been implemented. You can now beat up your favorite evil-doer or innocent civilian. Gotta clean the code up a bit and give the enemies a way to fight back. #devlog #gamedev #solodev

@CodeRed_dev Yes

Is this Roblox for adults?

Someone mentioned to me that they missed a file tree view in the RAD Debugger, so they could easily browse their project folder hierarchy. I then realized I had inadvertently already implemented it in the watch window.

I love being a solo indie dev. playtesters asked to be able to buy weapons, but an ammu-nation doesn't really make sense in 1970s istanbul. so i had to improvise. buying weapons out of the trunk of a car definitely fits the vibe much better.

@cmuratori Gotta change your name to Maximumian 'Max' Maxmax for max maxmaxxing.

If you're not maxmaxxing, then anything else you maxx will not actually be maxed. Let that sink in.

Just finished work on rendering grass tiles, when suddenly only a portion of the screen would render. I had already tested it and it worked as intended. And i had done some refactoring before committing. (cont.) #devlog #gamedev #gameengine #cpp #sdl3 #solodev

i am using supermaven again and i have something to say about this whole AI thing. I think as a group (swe) we rushed so fast into Agents when inline autocomplete + actual skills is crazy. A good autocomplete that is fast like supermaven actually makes marked proficiency gains, while saving me from cognitive debt that comes from agents. With agents you reach a point where you must fully rely on their output and your grip on the codebase slips. Its insane how good cursor Tab is. Seriously, I think we had something that genuinely makes improvement to ones code ability (if you have it). Truly acts as a multiplier, and we left it in the dust because it is not sexy. hurts me on the inside.

@3131hue @tsoding Would that be a way to implement switch-cases without fall-through too? Potentially a `finally` section too...

Very often I want to temporarily disable a piece of code. I comment it out, but then I'm faced with a problem that since the code is never compiled it gets "stale". Some functions it uses may have changed and it is never type checked. So the next time I enable it, it doesn't compile and I spent a lot of time fixing it. The solution I came up with so far is to "comment out" the code with the runtime `if (0)`. The code will never be executed, the optimizer will very like eliminate the code entirely, but before doing so the compiler will type check it, and will force me to fix it on the spot.

Just getting back into the flow of things. Say hello to mister Crate 😃 Goodbye mister Crate... #devlog #gameengine #gamedev #indiedev #cpp #sdl3

Alright interns, we need to have some real talk here I am tired of vibing on stream. I dont really like vibe coding unless its a tool i have no desire to build (how i manage things on my stream / how i write my youtube videos are great examples of things i would never build but i have). I dont like vibing the things i care about. I hate the code it generates, i hate the feeling of getting everything i ask for and nothing i want. I hate the subtle offness around vibe coded things. It is just driving me nuts. So for the next while i am going to be done vibing on stream. I genuinely have been trying my hardest to make this work and i cannot quite put a finger on why i hate it, but i do. And i just feel so horribly guilty and wrong because i am not getting the results of "everyone else on twitter." How am i, someone who prides themselves on making youtube videos that i think are actually good for people. To make videos that help people laugh at the silliness of tech or learn something new. But here i am not able to keep up with all these people claiming the sky is literally coming down. I just feel horrible and guilty about it. Now i know the world is changing fast, and i want to be able to understand that change super well, be able to talk about it, be able to give really accurate opinions about it so for the last 3 months i have vibe coded an absurd amount of things. But now... i am just tired of it. I dont want this any more. I want to be a tradcoder. I dont know why i told everyone this, but i just have this growing sickness that is just eating me alive around vibing and i dont know how to express it. You all are fired, CEO ThePrimeagen

The United Kingdom is escalating its censorship and mass surveillance. When Mullvad tried to criticise this with the TV ad “And Then?”, it was banned on British television.

Just messing around with a few things... character rendering.... UI.... #devlog #gamedev #indiedev

On an unrelated note, I am currently working on a custom game engine in C++/SDL3, focusing on an RPG demo for now. Check it out if it catches your eye or if you you would like to follow the development x.com/Xiazee/status/…

Just having some thoughts. You know how when you play an ARPG or MMO, and you attack a mob to pull it and a small pack aggros on you, you kill them, rinse and repeat? #gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign

@Tuatara_Games This looks really interesting. Is it completely flat or would you ideally curve it slightly?

Fake volumetric smoke using a camera-facing mesh deformed in world space, with an Unlit shader and no particles or SubUVs. Directional lighting faked with a dot product between a normalized direction and a normal map #gamedev #VFX #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngine

Huh, did something change? Flipped the direction of the y-coordinate in world space, so that +y is now pointing up/north as the Lord intended. And fixing some logic to make that work. Also allows rendering of UI elements in normal screen space... #devlog #indiedev #gamedev

@terrascapegame So how do they get around, by boat?

Sometimes, I prefer to build my villages on tiny islands 🤏🤏 #IndieGame #IndieGameDev

Starcraft

Check here for attacking... x.com/Xiazee/status/…

Got the Monsters chasing the player. Just a basic aggro range, and they only care about a single target for now. Also testing some y-sorting, which will be useful for any kind of 2.5D graphics. Maybe it's time to pick up a sword...⚔️ #devlog #gamedev #solodev #gameengine

@kriegsfront But.... you cut off the best part 😢

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