Almas Baim

The door finally opens! The demo is running fully inside #FXGL using an adapted subset of #FXyz (for loading models). Happy holidays to all developers reading this, including #javafx #java #kotlin #gamedev communities! Here's hoping 2021 will be a safe one. Cheers!

#FXGL 25 is released with lots of goodies. Go check it out! Full changelog: github.com/AlmasB/FXGL/re… #JavaFX #java #kotlin #gamedev

High #fantasy #novel about the adventures of two rangers in Zephyria. The book’s contents are largely AI generated. The goal is to evaluate the effectiveness of AI as a tool to aid authors in storytelling. Get chapter 1 here: fxgl.itch.io/zephyria-a-tal…

If you've used ossrh in the past for publishing, it's now done via central. Here's a quick migration guide: central.sonatype.org/publish/publis… tldr: change server from ossrh to central, recreate auth token, enable snapshots if needed

Found it funny that I've completed Star Wars KotoR countless times, yet I've only now started to grasp its combat mechanics having finished Baldur's Gate 3. Well, time to replay.

Another fantastic example from the community: a racing game demo in #JavaFX #FXGL github.com/AlmasB/FXGL/di…

@brunoborges @starbuxman @GeraldVenzl Certainty of determinism, small chance of surprise. What are we waiting for?

I like boring. Boring is good.

Just a quick proof-of-concept demo running WebGL inside #FXGL Given native GLSL support is on its way, WebGL support is unlikely to reach production. #JavaFX

@seinecle Thanks, not on it I'm afraid. Most development updates will be featured on GitHub and LinkedIn, might be an option.

@AlmasBaim are you on Blue sky? Leaving twitter, I'd like to follow you there. Thx!

#FXGL 25 will ship with an upgraded integration with MediaPipe hand tracking. The demo below uses a built-in laptop webcam. The demo consumes raw tracking data with no fine-tuning. So improved user experience results are certainly possible. #JavaFX

@DystopianSnow Cool stuff, looking forward

@AlmasBaim Wow. I think if I ever lift our speed test application to make version 3, I need to use your library as its base and add some shaders to the background... 😱

There are some really cool shaders available online. Here's one from shadertoy.com/view/XfyXRV The demo shows a property bound to a shader variable, hence the ability to control the rotation speed. The glass effect and reflections are just🤩 #JavaFX #FXGL

One of the use cases I envisaged for a combined JavaFX scene graph and OpenGL context. The majority of the game is rendered by JavaFX / FXGL, but some complex visual effects are done with OpenGL shaders. From performance point of view, this is also sensible. #JavaFX #FXGL

#FXGL editor 1st step drag the view component and place it

@maxandersen My .so generation skills are a bit rusty, but technically all we need is a dynamic lib out of github.com/AlmasB/FXGL/bl… Any volunteers?😉

What's up with windows needs these days ? Jreleaser need windows testing for Monday support and now fxgl shader demos only on windows. Y'all making me boot up virtual machines after Xmas!

First public demo of #FXGL shaders is available: github.com/AlmasB/FXGL-Sh… If you are on Windows and feel bored, give this demo a try and play with different shaders. If anything fails / crashes / doesn't work, please report an issue on the main FXGL repo. #JavaFX @maxandersen

Any shader resolution up to 1080p is now supported. Not particularly happy with performance (the demo below is 720p, an integrated Intel UHD), but I hope we can improve on that. Native code is up, Maven snapshot release tomorrow: github.com/AlmasB/FXGL/bl… #JavaFX #FXGL

@shakilmith Indeed it has been a busy year. Starting another project at work in January, so trying to build this quickly over the holidays.

@AlmasBaim After a long time, I have seen your post in my feed, what the hack of twitter algorithm! I thought, as a prof you may be busy with your research papers or pupils.

A minimal example of the user code with 2 shaders and the resulting visual. Each GLImageView is driven by a GLSL shader. Using FXGL properties, any uniform variable can be set directly, at runtime. Those with a Windows box will be able to play with this shortly. #JavaFX #FXGL

@carldea @DystopianSnow @SeanMiPhillips Yes, OpenGL is deprecated on Mac. After getting a simple PoC to work, I'm hoping it'll work on Mac as is (older 4.x bindings probably still work). If it doesn't, then a migration to Vulkan might be required, but I don't have yet enough Vulkan knowledge for a simple integration.

@AlmasBaim @DystopianSnow @SeanMiPhillips Agreed. I look forward to your approach. Out of curiosity does a native api need to be created for Apple’s Metal API? Or is the OpenGL bindings sufficient? I thought Apple was deprecating OpenGL.

If anyone can it’s you Alamas! Do it! Do it! Everyone is chanting😁

@carldea @DystopianSnow @SeanMiPhillips I looked at it a while ago. In essence, that's kind of the aim, just without touching the internal javafx rendering pipeline. Ideally, the user should have a plug'n'play ability with 0 prep.

@DystopianSnow @AlmasBaim Almas, have you looked at a library from @SeanMiPhillips? github.com/Teragam/JFXSha… Happy holidays!