Calvin Wilkinson (Kinson Digital)

Welcome!! Stop by github.com/KinsonDigital & help support 2D game, tool & library dev. 🚀 Discord: discord.gg/qewu6fNgv7 Support everything I do by going to: github.com/sponsors/Kinso… opencollective.com/kinsondigital

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🧱 Simplify your 2D rendering with #velaptor! Stop worrying abt call order. Every Render() call uses a 'layer' parameter to handle depth: ☁️ Layer -20: Background 🌱 Layer 0: Ground ⚔️ Layer 1: Player 📊 Layer 100: UI/HUD Just assign a layer and move on.🚀 #gamedev #dotnet

@Mike_Preston17 @indy_singh_uk @James_M_South Agree!

@indy_singh_uk @James_M_South @KDCoder We must always hold MSFT accountable. If we don't complain, no one will.

github.com/microsoft/vsco… Ok...this is garbage. Enabling this by default is not cool and should remain something users have to opt into. Most people will not even know this is happening. Wtf?

@kswilky 🥰

@KDCoder Awwww! Thanks hon! 🥰 Happy to help!

Thanks to my biggest supporter, @kswilky. 🥹 This industry is so brutal and demanding, but she has always pushed me to keep going. Thanks, babe!

@James_M_South 🤣

@KDCoder The odd thing was that it was someone from open source. They told me to adopt open core instead.

“The current approach is highly destructive to the open-source ecosystem.” Some unsolicited feedback I got regarding the new licensing system I’ve implemented. 🙄😒

@jamesperkins Where are you? We live in Porto.

portugal kinda slaps

Rendering text in #Velaptor is a breeze! 🍃 1️⃣ Create Font Renderer & Batcher 2️⃣ Initialize Content Manager 3️⃣ Load & Render! Stop fighting with glyphs and start building. Docs: docs.velaptor.io #gamedev #dotnet

We're really proud of these releases and believe that we have delivered something really special to the #dotnet ecosystem. Enjoy!

We've completely revamped our documentation site for these releases adding detailed supplementary documentation for all our libraries. Check them out! docs.sixlabors.com #dotnet #oss

Finally: Announcing PolygonClipper v1.0.0 Polygon clipping, self-intersection cleanup, and stroke-outline generation for .NET 8+. sixlabors.com/posts/announci… #dotnet #oss

Next: Announcing ImageSharp.Web v4.0.0 .NET 8+, builds on ImageSharp 4, and updates web delivery defaults for orientation, ICC conversion, and encoder settings. sixlabors.com/posts/announci… #dotnet #oss

Next: Announcing ImageSharp.Drawing v3.0.0 A new canvas API, retained scenes, new CPU renderer, optional WebGPU support, PolygonClipper geometry, painted glyphs, and .NET 8+ sixlabors.com/posts/announci… #dotnet #oss

@DenisGajcew @James_M_South What would be nice is if they stopped that cycle and just continued to make good versions.

@James_M_South I fear Microsoft might be unable to fix it this time. Then again, Windows has always followed a trend that after a great version comes a shit version and then a great one again. So I'm waiting for win12 to be as good as w10, w7, wXP, w98se...

I like to complain about Windows 11 as much as anyone else, but I also really want them to suceed. It is so good to see the roll-back of forced AI and a focus on performance. Let's hope it's the start of a new positive era for the OS.

Tired of messy state logic? 🎮 The #velaptor ISceneManager handles game flow with a simple stack. ✅ Add, swap, or jump by scene ID ✅ Built-in wrap-around scene navigation ✅ Clean .NET code for game scenes Stop coding menus, start coding games. 🚀 #gamedev #dotnet

@James_M_South Grats! I would have a drink for ya but I am all "drinked" out and exhausted. Travelling right now. Almost home.

And now.... we rest. I think I've earned this.

Next : Announcing ImageSharp v4.0.0 .NET 8+, SIMD updates, decode-time color conversion, expanded metadata, new formats, and faster hot paths. sixlabors.com/posts/announci… #dotnet #oss

First up: Announcing Fonts v3.0.0 .NET 8+, SVG and COLR v1 color fonts, variable fonts, Unicode 17 data, shaping updates, FreeType v40-compatible hinting, and new layout APIs. sixlabors.com/posts/announci… #dotnet #oss

It's Release Day! 🚀 New releases across the Six Labors ecosystem are here, alongside revamped docs. I'll be sharing release posts for each library. Please share the posts far and wide. It really helps support the project. #dotnet #oss

@James_M_South Uh oh....🤞🏼

All I can say is GitHub better behave itself tonight....