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@Dispatch_Graph Dismissal and negativity are unfortunately way too common. We should all be more appreciative of the successes of others. LLMs are a tool, you still need to know what you are doing. Termina is very condensed. It is great for learning, where other codebases are often too complex.

Ok, I see some controversy about my LLM usage in Termina engine, so I wanted to rant a bit 🧵

Here is a DEBUG build of #ezEngine executing 900 individual, complex animation graphs, each blending multiple animation clips, running well enough to develop in. Performance matters, not only in release builds. And in release it's 5x faster, of course.

@Dispatch_Graph Happy to hear that we have a positive impact. It is also meant for learning (both for ourselves and others). I think by now we are working for 15 years on the engine. It's definitely an open-ended endeavor :D

Game engine made in 5 days complete Features: - Vulkan/Metal backend with bindless and RT - macOS/Windows/Linux support - Audio system with spatialization - Input system - C++ scripting with hot-reload - Automatic shader hot reload - Actor model and world serialization/deserialization - Asset system with ref-counting - Fully fledged editor, launcher, and project system - Physics system - Physically based BRDF - Point/Spot/Directional lights - Deferred shading - CPU frustum culling - Raytraced shadows - Procedural sky - FXAA - Debug renderer - HDR rendering

@SebAaltonen That's surprisingly little, never thought about it this way. Thanks for the explanation!

How much RAM can CPU read every frame? 16GB at 120Hz = 1920GB/s 1GB at 120Hz = 120GB/s (almost) 512MB at 120Hz = 60GB/s (OK) You can read ~512MB (3%) out of your 16GB RAM. RAM has become our storage system. Can't read it fully :(

Release 26.3 of #ezEngine is out! github.com/ezEngine/ezEng… Among many other improvements, this release adds a water volume component, custom particle shaders, new spline tools, improved RmlUI, and better visual shader editing. Check out the release notes for more details.

@turanszkij Looks like Crysis! Really nice :)

Wicked Engine demo games are now available for Mac OS!

@dangreenheck That's really awesome! I did something similar many years ago, was a fun project (github.com/jankrassnigg/K…). There's definitely a need for more such tools!

I was tired of hunting for good looking tree assets that didn't cost a fortune, so I decided to make a tool to generate my own. 50+ parameters, direct export to GLB, 100% free. Try it out 👉🏻 eztree.dev

@StutterFox Really pretty! I like how you use the large asteroids in the backround to add a sense of scale.

Last post of 2025. Just some good old fashioned destruction. See you all in the new year.

@AlientrapGames That's really cool, thanks for sharing! How do you handle shapes that are very fuzzy at the edges? Does the 3D model need to be pixel-perfect there, or do you use pixel discard to make rough shape match the 2D asset?

Hi everyone! Ariane here to dive into how we tackled the environmental art for our game Dunecrawl. By using 2D hand drawn artwork projected onto 3D meshes, we were able to create a unique aesthetic while also saving us some production headaches.

@80Level Very nice. Nearly identical to what we've done in #ezEngine: ezengine.net/pages/docs/gam…

Take a look at dacaffee's procedural spider bot movement system built with IK in Godot. Inverse Kinematics returns in Godot 4.6: 80.lv/articles/ik-dr…

@bmarci7 Wow, that looks incredible! Great job! Wish you all the best for the release!

I've been developing my hobby racing game for years in my free time, and now it is approaching the final hair-pin before the main straight. Yes, it's coming to Steam !!! Please enjoy and share if you like it. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #IndieGameDev store.steampowered.com/app/3993370/Gr…

@JussiKemppainen Gamedev is all about making a convincing illusion. A lot can be done with little technology. Great to see when people know how to accomplish such things!

Proof #6 that #gamedev is a lie: (in Drivers of the Apocalypse's airship interior scene there are no realtime lights at all.)

@ShawnTheMiller That looks really good, and really smooth :)

@Abad_Juancho Awesome trick, thanks for sharing!

Proof #256 that #gamedev is a lie: (the level transition we used in Go Mecha Ball is literally just a horn-shaped mesh spinning or scaling.)

@zeuxcg Awesome, thank you for all the hard work! We use meshopt for generating LOD meshes, it wouldn't have been possible without your library.

After nine years of development, meshoptimizer has reached its first major version, 1.0! This release focuses on improvements in clusterization and simplification as well as stabilization. Release announcement with more details on past, present and future is below; please RT!

@raylee9919 This looks like it could come in very handy! Thanks for sharing :)

stb-style dynamic triangulation library written in C. Targeted at game devs who want to build navmesh. Trying hard not to hinder the spirit of Sean Barrett. User-facing API polishing in progress... almost there! github.com/raylee9919/cdt

@NathanGDQuest Very well said, that's exactly it. If you have the abilities (and time) to write your own engine, it CAN be worth it (if your game is a bit "special"). In all other cases, there are many engines to choose from, all with their own pros and cons.

The more an engine generalizes and the more features it has, the more complex it gets and the more trade-offs it has to make. General purpose code can be convenient but also slow. But also not everyone can or should make their own engine. Many people are making games as small teams or solo, with limited experience, and would need to invest a lot of time to not necessarily get big gains (because you have to know what you're doing). But it's certain that as you gain experience, by tailoring an engine to your projects, you end up with less code and potentially much higher performance.

@_lobotomyx @TheCodeTherapy Interesting idea, thanks for the tip!

@ezEngineProject @TheCodeTherapy For ico format I recommend just writing a python cli using pillow library to open an image from arguments and save with ico format. This is one of those tasks AI can do in a matter of a few seconds with no room for error and can adjust to your workflow

The total time it took me to write a Rust WebGPU application that builds cross-platform native and web (WASM): about 40 minutes. Time taking me to figure out how to make Windows 11 show a proper fucking icon for the app: 1 hour and counting. I fucking hate Windows so much.