BlankMauser

SPLAT

Take 3D model, generate depth map, multiply blend and enjoy

Programming / indie dev is crashing way faster than ppl think. No AI = no job exp using the latest tools + reading industry slop code manually, but use it and everyone hates you and none of your work / intelligence matters because claude left 🤖 emoji in your PR.

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github.comGitHub - jbikker/tinybvh: Header-only dependency-free BVH construction and traversal library.Header-only dependency-free BVH construction and traversal library. - jbikker/tinybvh

You can't just "do what we did for years" because AI has obfuscated what was originally human language into something unparseable. This is why I started programming my entire stack from scratch last year. I knew this would happen and didn't want to trust a single line without my own tooling.

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Jacco Bikker 🎦

@jbikker.bsky.social

New in TinyBVH 1.9.1, dev branch: github.com/jbikker/tiny... Initial RDNA3/4 hardware ray tracing support! By Alessandro Salo, Utrecht University. The OpenCL kernel uses intrinsics for ray/tri & ray/aabb intersection, as well as stack management. For primary rays it matches native DXR performance.

I can get using AI to automate tedious tasks or improve ergonomics but bragging about sicking multiple claude accounts on someone elses fan project to finish it is just insane.

I want to yap about all the different things Ive learned over the years to make this engine, but ironically im a bit paranoid of AI plagiarism lol. I am grateful to remember every single blog post, siggraph video, arxiv paper, and graphics youtubers I studied for every little detail of this engine.

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The benefit of knowing exactly what kind of game you want to make is that you already know the problem space ahead of time. Large draw distances and real-time low latency dynamic lighting is quite tricky to do right. This video has a lot of flaws I've already fixed after just a week or so.

dubiousconst282.github.ioA guide to fast voxel ray tracing using sparse 64-trees

Some reading material for anyone interested: dubiousconst282.github.io/2024/10/03/v... advances.realtimerendering.com/s2025/conten... github.com/EmbarkStudio...

One hope I have as many vibecoders are pumping out pretty three.js games, is that most people won't understand the different tradeoffs of each technique and how to synergize them not just for performance, but also artistic intent.

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ChipsGoWOAH

@chipsgowoah.bsky.social

sidequest for spoonedclown on X

So much effort for this fun little visual but it was worth it :3

Many years of studying Dreams SDF rendering has led me to this moment. GET EXCITED

Totally have to make a game with this artstyle so badly now...

Ever have an idea that might just change how people draw anime forever

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Im not exacerbating when I say that this drawing app is the culmination of all the graphics programming knowledge Ive learned in my life.

The crazy thing is I just got this idea a week ago. No uv unwrapping, voxel rigs on the fly. You dont need to learn proprietary software anymore. The software adjusts to you.

Ever have an idea that might just change how people draw anime forever

Shoutouts to Eric Lengyel

I've watched Code Geass 4 times and yet every now and then my psyche is penetrated by the immense weight of its story and it brings me to tears.

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In the end, the only thing eternal is change. While no form of government is perfect, Code Geass has one underlying beacon. Which is that change needs to come from below. That it's those who suffer and persevere who need the power to build it.

It's emphatically anti-fascist while still understanding the pain and grief it requires to upset the status quo. If one person's death can change the world, then so can one person's life. We fight to build, and we only build freely when the last king is dead. But why do we wait?

I've watched Code Geass 4 times and yet every now and then my psyche is penetrated by the immense weight of its story and it brings me to tears.

It was easy for me as a child to write it off as political fantasy that relied on shock value to entertain, but as I grow older I feel its heart was based on truths that felt paradoxically timeless. A show that puts every form of government under criticism, and still has its own answer.

We are oft to believe singular people don't have the power to change the world, and yet its this unyielding hope for it that drives people to follow others without question. The central dogma that Lelouch questions out of pure boredom are sensationalized specifically to prove this point.

19 Aug

Using the dark web to learn guitar

14 Aug

My favorite character in Deltarune is onion-san. As many layers you can peel back, the more you pull the more you cry.

10 Aug

Didn't fix some stuff but wanted to try messing with filters in aseprite. Def easier to just do them in photoshop next time...

10 Aug

God I tried upscaling it but I think bluesky does worse with pixel art than twitter.

6 Aug

I haven't talked about Deltarune chapter 5 yet but I did play it! It was fun but I don't think I'll delve too deep into it this time. I have my own worlds to create after all. The most emotional moments in the game might be the ones we may never hear. That alone is powerful enough for me.

6 Aug

I've been trying to do art again because I got a new tablet, but I still end up getting sucked in to doing pixel art on mouse which is pretty bad for my wrists. Anyways this isn't exactly how I want Duriel's design to look but its most the concept!

2 Aug

Forcing myself to draw more paws. I might color this one.

27 July

We really let the AI genie out of the bottle with this guy didn't we

27 July

Despite everything, you're not who you were yesterday and its beautiful

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CRITTER 🍀🏝️

@fourleafisland.art

26 July

attack on confettiusagi for #artfight!!!!

25 July

Sometimes I feel like I'm so fake. Pobody's nerfect I guess.

25 July

The people who care for me are some of the kindest in the world and deserve the best version of me. Just gotta do better.

24 July

fantasy villains are always comparing humans to ants as if its an insult like if we WERE ants our internet and plane rides would be significantly faster

11 July

I missed posting this for pride month but this has become one of my favorite outfits :3

10 July

LLMs are making me wish I didnt spec into programming even more than I already did. The one positive I had going was the idea of a stable income for the people I care about and now I can't even provide that.

9 July

Having interesting people to talk to is really bad for farming social media points.

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🦇 Hexavier 🎃

@xavierck.com

10 Oct 2024

If you're looking for work in gamedev, here's a thread of guides I've written about everything from setting freelance rates to writing a good cover letter I've been in gamedev for over 13 years and been on both sides of the interview table a lot, so these are all the things I wish I'd known 🧵 1/6

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Fotts

@fotts.bsky.social

23 Jan

this was the last stage track i composed for dragon drop - verve! i'm sure i'll end up doing more in the future, but i had the BEST time working on this game's soundtrack. dragon drop really helped shape my style into what it is today! #vgm

8 July

History is so patriarchal. I mean what happened to she/herstory? We even have five movies dedicated to/toys

8 July

My wife's entire team got laid off so I'll probably be looking for contracts again soon. Yippee

4 July

Gave birth on America weekend like a true patriot

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4 July

youtube.comHow Modern Christmas was InventedYouTube video by Jonas Čeika - CCK Philosophy

29 June

Lies are just truths that aren't yet mutually agreed on.

29 June

The art which is most ephemeral is yourself. It's the act most difficult to appreciate.