Added movement on spline with position offset for visualization during editing. I'll never get used to how fast modern CPU is. It does so much stuff every time I move a point, even more when I delete or insert one. Yet it doesn't even register on a profiler.
#screenshotsaturday
Done! Spline is a single proper mesh now. No more gaps or discontinuity.
#gamedev #indiedev
Btw, don't search for "triangle strip" on duckduckgo images with safe search off 😂
Almost done with the spline editor. I draw the spline mesh as vertex shader generated instanced quads between each t in position LUT (I didn't want any CPU side data beyond indices). But it causes gaps in tight turns, time to implement a proper triangle strip.
#gamedev #indiedev
Sucker Punch deep dives are pure gold. Wish more companies shared their processes online, without waiting for GDC or similar events.
Thanks! Your blog post inspired me to share my compile times actually. I hope you can improve yours too. I’ll be following the devlog 👀
30kloc C codebase + bunch of system headers on a Ryzen 5 3600. No build system or precompiled headers. Compiling the whole thing from scratch, every time.
I don't know, I've returned early at room.population == 0 🙃
Yes, that's also a good idea I think, more artistic control. And for the thickness, instead of making it view dir dependent like HOMAM, that can also be controlled by a gradient. Less thickness at the base, more at the top maybe.
I think you can improve them drastically by making them directional and instead of using a constant black, darken the edge pixel color instead. HOMAM: Olden Era has the best outlines I've seen so far.
Finding closest spline point to mouse ray.
Implemented Catmull Rom splines with constant speed LUT. Next up, interactive editing tools and then to make visualization pretty!
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev
Updated my personal website with the current feature set of my custom game engine. Feel free to check it out if anyone is interested.
#gamedev #indiedev
But soon I won't be able to fit these anywhere. Even with a 10× speedup and aggressive compression, they don't fit within the limits of any social media platform. Oh well, maybe that's a good thing! (3/3)
I love recording a short clip of each new feature I add, and after a long period, compiling them into a single video. It makes gauging progress much easier and, if the result is good, serves as a great source of motivation. (2/3)
A year worth of development on my custom engine, from a humble window to its current state (1/3)🧵
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #enginedev #devlog
And it's part of the editor UI now just like the color picker, positioned right next to whatever setting invoked it.
Also it can never be made to leave the screen area, always positions itself inside with some margin, without overlapping it's parent window.
Thanks! And sorry if I came across as impatient, it was meant as a playful reminder :). That doesn’t sound very scalable. I hope you can automate the whole process for your own sake.
Pleased with my new direction helper/gizmo.
Been doing a ton of refactoring, bug fixing, cleaning up on the engine and the editor lately. Need such tiny toy additions for my sanity.
#gamedev #enginedev #indiedev
@gameengines.bsky.social Hello, it has been 12 days 😅
4.5 hours of brand new Ken Thompson interview, fuck yes.
Added selection and transform tools to my game engine editor. Inspired by Blender, love its keyboard centric style.
- Global vs. local space switch.
- Axis and plane locking.
- Rotation uses mouse angle, scale maps mouse distance.
#gamedev #indiedev #solodev #enginedev #devlog #screenshotsaturday
Not just resume, but also seek of course. Never saw such a feature in a game and never felt the need :).
I wouldn't worry about `resume` functionality. It would be annoying to me in the context of a game even. Btw, you can find great royalty free tracks on pixabay.com/music/.
Thanks James! I'll be keeping an eye on the progress of your engine for inspiration.
@gameengines.bsky.social
I would like "Custom/In-house Engine" please!
Hi! I’m a solo #indiedev building a custom game engine in C for a 2.5D shoot ’em up. This account will share dev progress, demos, and technical insights as I build it from scratch.
Excited to connect with fellow developers and get feedback!
#gamedev #indiedev #gameengine #cprogramming #devlog
