2026-07-18T16:49:48+02:00 https://nostr.ae Eniko Fox https://nostr.ae/npub193hvtgq03yy7p96q3u4cuwjnuj4rzt2a2f9gjezmtfen4dv08xtslsphpn https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/accounts/avatars/114/482/863/960/229/387/original/5dd3cda413077254.png https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/accounts/avatars/114/482/863/960/229/387/original/5dd3cda413077254.png https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgl8umns6rn9kqxdp355th0gmwrjg9d9dh55d6mdxlszv2tndp8gszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewz07p2f see this is why nobody actually wants to use duckduckgo<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/744/182/447/048/118/original/6dc75e503ce2d001.png"> <br/> 2026-06-13T20:21:38+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8y5eyje00tt3nx782m5srg4ypn43w556a8tn2s9rh7fcff92dfuczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewmndd73 RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@jplebreton/116709297088742776">https://mastodon.social/@jplebreton/116709297088742776</a><br/><br/>I&#39;ve been saying &#34;if AI is making you so productive then where is all this great new software&#34; and I guess the answer is the software is out there it&#39;s just not great, it&#39;s terrible, and nobody is using it<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note18997q6kzsa4wn6k6v7857ppr5vee7xhj5uk8a7t4h2cxfs3kwf8sd9eqtx" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1899…eqtx</a></span><br/> </div> you can't deny how useful they are!!<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/709/274/170/161/274/original/2030816c0fb1ceb8.jpg"> <br/> </blockquote> 2026-06-08T08:18:39+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrjpfjn7n8lc9qaclyptf3gpq2fjkvzfqclxqpny70e8srsk35j7gzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewvga47l &#34;AI is here to stay&#34;: never backed by any actual evidence<br/><br/>&#34;AI is a bubble&#34;: backed by the actual economics playing out in the real world 2026-05-11T10:14:48+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspylm52ucsjs0adeffzdt9szr6xesuwqqn6qq0fvcgh84n5n5t7tczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewn6r2uj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswpprq9jg437r003484g56ahxy202mej582c8twvyygaz3w6vn9wgl7sjvp'>nevent1q…sjvp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh yeah this is really comin&#39; together now :D<br/><br/>(floor temporarily mirrored to create a ceiling for effect)<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/522/630/922/986/742/original/ec640b35f85328a5.png"> <br/> 2026-05-05T17:18:10+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswpprq9jg437r003484g56ahxy202mej582c8twvyygaz3w6vn9wgzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew34n847 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsva0zt4jp8tq2975j3k0f65y79q6kzq528cqumfjv6mxck5l834rg20n6qd'>nevent1q…n6qd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i made the grout a lighter color before but that was a mistake. it looks much better at this low res if it&#39;s much darker<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/521/822/126/611/878/original/7036b0e037f48b12.png"> <br/> 2026-05-05T13:52:19+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsva0zt4jp8tq2975j3k0f65y79q6kzq528cqumfjv6mxck5l834rgzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewu8kd9u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdv4lztfe6zqezfl44w2puvk24mgk8k3af6w97clv07mrm5uu8w8ckjek2v'>nevent1q…ek2v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah this is kinda doing it for me, actually<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/521/758/269/121/074/original/37001a3aa2896f5b.png"> <br/> 2026-05-05T13:36:12+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdv4lztfe6zqezfl44w2puvk24mgk8k3af6w97clv07mrm5uu8w8czyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewyzgta2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdw2kwzny38pkds7dspze9ghulsyzqwlrz7c830nsx0dcuxshcdpccctvzl'>nevent1q…tvzl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>woof. that is *mighty* crunchy<br/><br/>... but i don&#39;t hate it?<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/521/727/457/749/444/original/0b9f9c51b3931993.png"> <br/> 2026-05-05T13:28:33+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdw2kwzny38pkds7dspze9ghulsyzqwlrz7c830nsx0dcuxshcdpczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew7a7h8g moved my wall tile into my blobber dungeon rendering setup. had to replace the mist pass with compositor nodes. but the dungeon view for You Have Died is starting to shape up<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/521/660/034/361/070/original/b3464057a6dbcf71.png"> <br/> 2026-05-05T13:11:28+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9e6tn22lyueu0aeh0zh0tdvemyhv3kyhlgzzcukn0d9nh2sy0smszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewdr2w6k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyk459x5alzv68ged33klryfgr9ses2hhda0mwgz3dlz7mtp7q49qwwsez0'>nevent1q…sez0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah I don&#39;t think dual booting works anyway. I always hear about people talking about how stuff gets messed up<br/><br/>So I run windows on my workstation and Linux everywhere else &gt;_&gt; 2026-05-05T09:05:59+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8pjzclnpzumgqdtj33fugvuxep4a7t9cuy26qxc5ltuhxm3kvhyqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uueweqg29r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxartes4z7e3rtzky08fjvhfqd9d2hthhfxhv2fmew0xeshn54e8cm3xvcl'>nevent1q…xvcl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>for my 2012 laptop mint worked way better than bazzite which likely isn&#39;t terribly useful but it is a data point 2026-05-05T08:43:11+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8r2tnxawm9f3sx3gpdheh6nh8u56syjlx9vgcs76k5w2gstk054gzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewuacneg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf6la7wuyuqjp2g6m0tlk5t8ydfhatuf2j4a7m6ktgq8xc0uqxmscznkrsu'>nevent1q…krsu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ranting about C/C++ being terrible, though, which has merit 2026-05-04T17:01:53+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsps9uxhmz5reh7p3h8v89qmkrrf4l09tf9s3gugpexykcwtd5mpkszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewky66g2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9tehlej4cj8e539p9rqsvz4jnmda7tm6vwnsw2dnpdqywcssqa0qesqtp8'>nevent1q…qtp8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>some of the more active folks in my feed off the top of my head<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1y5k0awx64gpj6gyq88sr2nwlh9cz4a6tnx9k3fw4360aq45nafdqnd9wnk" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Megan Fox</span> (<span class="italic">npub1y5k…9wnk</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1r47xjtws6p6wmjtzusaawe5nuzqkr05rkms4fuh44xk36f4vywlqel2w6p" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Alien Bob but also</span> (<span class="italic">npub1r47…2w6p</span>)</a></span><br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1vh5wrsqqcwcmyujgpfdjh6qymt5wghvrge4tnjlaytwqw38mlpysj2r3th" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Gabriele Svelto</span> (<span class="italic">npub1vh5…r3th</span>)</a></span><br/><br/>[@alice_watson](<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@alice_watson">https://infosec.exchange/@alice_watson</a> )<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1g8xss90hlwac30xt8f53wnczr3mnr6mud4js95qwtyfy6nd95r0q9r7wul" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Alice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️</span> (<span class="italic">npub1g8x…7wul</span>)</a></span><br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ycvj968p0kv4y48g4tvmph87vz0vc3sh9tzxmq2acmwgwzv4v5pq94j9p5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Björkus "No time_t to Die" Dorkus</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ycv…j9p5</span>)</a></span><br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub139cpf9jkc4swjvx40eqt7dwznkgznpa280nhuhs580h3zzqd4s3qnsw37s" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>aeva</span> (<span class="italic">npub139c…w37s</span>)</a></span><br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1s7thnp4t2vyjn7a2tsa2q8s4rc6wu9ekvh3sejfjtjl4f9uv7drqe3xfa0" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Nikita Lisitsa</span> (<span class="italic">npub1s7t…xfa0</span>)</a></span><br/><br/>[@nina_kali_nina](<a href="https://tech.lgbt/@nina_kali_nina">https://tech.lgbt/@nina_kali_nina</a> )<br/><br/>[@ifixcoinops](<a href="https://retro.social/@ifixcoinops">https://retro.social/@ifixcoinops</a> )<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub15tfqty56xd5w7g4a0zzpsfzlwtvstfrn6q4l3rlv99t00hhwqcvq5tera8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Brianna Townsend</span> (<span class="italic">npub15tf…era8</span>)</a></span><br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub16kg9lwzqksrhasxqtasrey5dhz7dkyur86xtupw08ayxppqkj47smwafn8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch)</span> (<span class="italic">npub16kg…afn8</span>)</a></span><br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1urx3t48an3pv2vh37akfaks6ty5aujgslfccaa2g4egmam4c2czqg3v0z4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Christine Lemmer-Webber</span> (<span class="italic">npub1urx…v0z4</span>)</a></span><br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1h80lu7h64v3w8sxdue77v9tlzup2f97epujpe4sq8p4zrxre4v2sgpvdl2" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Clarissa | making Enigma Heart</span> (<span class="italic">npub1h80…vdl2</span>)</a></span><br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1q8txha4xp6yxhmmlcmv9hakla8adf062uhewtkx76s3dhwy4hu3qw5hhsh" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>molegato</span> (<span class="italic">npub1q8t…hhsh</span>)</a></span> 2026-05-04T15:11:18+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspme3x59la3fw5gvpxxg3l48cemyj6y9ccu0y82u9ej9g88mar3rqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewxnkh24 creating your own business which then employs you, thus granting you access to all the things in society unnecessarily gatekept behind conventional employment feels like a cheat code 2026-05-04T14:30:44+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrgp9w0fqkunsmycju7geh7rxrvyjg04rjlpdc2764lp4kuyz8knqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewg6umdr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0ttpaczvghhp6qd2ywq65n92av9gh3ykm44aajc4y0q9wuphgkqqsjj07h'>nevent1q…j07h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>like, batching is the devil. you know what doesn&#39;t have to batch? the CPU. you tell it to do thing, and shockingly it just immediately does thing<br/><br/>also, wanna do a readback of your framebuffer? no problem! it&#39;s just memory! reading it is as cheap as writing it! no synchronization required, no gpu stalls involved 2026-04-24T10:01:25+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0ttpaczvghhp6qd2ywq65n92av9gh3ykm44aajc4y0q9wuphgkqqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewahduz7 RE: <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@eniko/116455660335531694">https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@eniko/116455660335531694</a><br/><br/>for You Have Died i&#39;m just using software blitting between a front and back buffer held in CPU memory. and it really drives home how doing graphics on the CPU is easily an order of magnitude less complex than having to go through a GPU to do it<br/><br/>just jiggle the bytes around a bit and there&#39;s your result!<br/><br/>to be honest i&#39;m starting to think using the GPU for simple low res 2D indie games is a mistake<br/>nostr:note1s79zmlkys0leq30q59x9fuwhpj5htqvekktwk05v0lp5gh7d43rss0665s<br/> 2026-04-24T09:53:12+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdcrdc4zylmn9p8xa4ujvf4w4dky5397m7ml8ky80tqctz0xcj92gzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewspk9kh Imagine being a coder but thinking there&#39;s no artistry to writing code. What an empty existence 2026-04-18T16:17:34+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfquz40jfgq9ycry7dm84gfy386qmpq2lge5kwq954d99y3j726fszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewwlcj9q The beginnings of a hopefully fruitful long term business relationship today. Feeling good about it 2026-04-17T11:26:44+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyv4s7qd8p6g4fzkm0fqa4yrt73zpfas9vnrwcnk9psmm5grjcftczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewv4u3fs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd9nqsxxs2myjpa7anp9tpm677xpnsc7d9a4hpyg6euh249ggvu5qvm30w0'>nevent1q…30w0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ahhh lisp my love 2026-04-09T12:38:10+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs27p0vcmf3xneq3g2dkqt8nfqe4kgt8zptglxd0945fy8kgry088czyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uueweqr6we In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgzz772n7rl56kd4fdctn3y8w7z7cs9gj7qglpjwe5lmehy2rge7gf8kena'>nevent1q…kena</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i guess parsing isn&#39;t so bad until you get to expressions 2026-04-09T12:31:26+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyqy3pcw7sfatlqzp6pn3ena00te0u07738gn5nhk362r56mkzj2czyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewvfezj3 the problem in programming language development is not writing an interpreter or VM, the problem is writing a parser and compiler 2026-04-09T12:29:05+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz27f79h4xt7fhyuf7xswnl6c7p5jhmcsexfs6gqwea5qu36rm3qqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewd3h9yr can we actually be sure its 2026<br/><br/>like<br/><br/>what if they just forgot to count a year or two along the way. what if its actually like 2031 and we don&#39;t even know it 2026-04-08T17:57:53+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszhr2qcpc7rshfth4adxr77qets3uptm2hg7k9mgxzzvdlapuq2gqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew4nkrdz microsoft: you have to upgrade to windows 11<br/><br/>people: okay. it says my computer doesn&#39;t support windows 11<br/><br/>microsoft: you have to buy a new computer and upgrade to windows 11<br/><br/>tech industry: we just bought all the ram, buying a new computer is now 10x as expensive<br/><br/>microslop: ah well, nevertheless 2026-04-05T17:32:03+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqru6yhyv3qeulwssx0zulmjpaz5pd5w58a9mwvfw7w8rda6685lgzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewxs798x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrhw9c7al4n945ey36pr7sh64alza5qet9kf2w8pde5xxgtqa93pga7xa69'>nevent1q…xa69</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>AI code is definitely slop 2026-03-31T16:52:28+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsttgnd2yng7rj2ya4w0dda8hylj02wdneg9ruvp507ar0ml36qj4czyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew7f0zxx snprintf can safely format a string into a target buffer<br/><br/>it can also, without writing anything, tell you the size needed to safely format a string into a target buffer<br/><br/>however, this being C, there is (as far as i can find) no helper method to use snprintf to find the size of the buffer you need, allocate it, and then write the formatted string, unless you make it yourself<br/><br/>this is great since writing a wrapper function like this is extremely easy to fuck up, leading to buffer overruns 2026-03-30T22:16:23+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs26jkga3ajtqnqe283z0uk39m8mr3skhlagz744tp66w6h0l27vtszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewumz8pl RE: <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@eniko/116316864694769329">https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@eniko/116316864694769329</a><br/><br/>Ate too much delicious Italian food to celebrate. May explode<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1rcfp8zl2jdz6v9n8vh9ymmhfzw939yxas3qwyf9sg48vwnt7klhq9xx47g" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1rcf…x47g</a></span><br/> </div> we *finally* have [@Njord](<a href="https://zeroes.ca/@Njord">https://zeroes.ca/@Njord</a> ) 's cyprus residency card!!! </blockquote> 2026-03-30T19:52:58+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0umpsmwsk9lvak3edvz5d6j33yewy3eu09cyvs46fqru4sreg25qzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewy9y0tj i feel like people who are in favor of age verification are traitors to humanity 2026-03-30T17:18:01+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspuysn304fx3dxzenktjjdam538zcjjrwcgs8zyjcy2nk8f4lt0mszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewvt58z4 we *finally* have [@Njord](<a href="https://zeroes.ca/@Njord">https://zeroes.ca/@Njord</a> ) &#39;s cyprus residency card!!! 2026-03-30T09:08:22+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr99g4nzkndj5wz0zdc709hqsdmdxfknw0qjkvqk3685eks55pxfgzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew0fau2r part of me thinks the PS5 getting *more expensive* at the end of a console generation is kind of funny. like. the tech industry got so ravenously hungry that now the flow of progress is reversing<br/><br/>if they keep it up long and hard enough maybe making games for outdated systems will become a necessity rather than a quirky niche thing some of us do<br/><br/>(probably not though) 2026-03-28T16:51:09+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf9f4nxgp6tsedqvnjkghrx3hm22szs5v0rmjhdgktgay3yrac7hqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewsfm5l5 the idea that the web ecosystem isn&#39;t &#34;open&#34; anymore because of complexity is ridiculous. anyone can still write basic html and javascript and get a site working. you don&#39;t have to use flexbox. you could just use nested tables. nobody gives a shit<br/><br/>the web ecosystem isn&#39;t open anymore because 5 planet spanning companies richer than god monopolize it now and you can&#39;t fix that by buying into the AI slop those very companies are peddling<br/><br/><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/25/ai-might-be-our-best-shot-at-taking-back-the-open-web/">https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/25/ai-might-be-our-best-shot-at-taking-back-the-open-web/</a> 2026-03-27T09:59:00+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0szqwzpgm3uy5qv3hydjldj3xlf4296vdhjuh054p86x6xglkxsczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewx6uylm Have you ever picked a lock?<br/><br/>edit: a practice lock is any lock that you were picking purely for practice which was not securing anything. a lock in the wild is a lock that was in place to actually secure something (love locks count) 2026-03-22T11:53:25+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs84wjqgxc3q943n7cq806jczavldwhhpscfws9k5xh73exgmlep6qzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewm9hwj3 RE: <a href="https://flipboard.com/@associatedpress/business-and-finance-pbj3bpclz/-/a-KgM0TJSFTneadtDwOt9Sig%3Aa%3A3199720-%2F0">https://flipboard.com/@associatedpress/business-and-finance-pbj3bpclz/-/a-KgM0TJSFTneadtDwOt9Sig%3Aa%3A3199720-%2F0</a><br/><br/>I&#39;ll believe it when I see it. It&#39;s not like the last wake-up call (Russia&#39;s war with Ukraine) seems to have stuck<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1fz9cgdrxpw4s7tjhmaxykxu445qsppqr2cu86p267qje65dn99yqj0n5vz" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1fz9…n5vz</a></span><br/> </div> Energy fallout from Iran war signals a global wake-up call for renewable energy<br/>[<a href="https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-wars-renewable-energy-asia-4b5fe0693ce5816472c905db85f7da6e?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub">https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-wars-renewable-energy-asia-4b5fe0693ce5816472c905db85f7da6e?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub</a> ](<a href="https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-wars-renewable-energy-asia-4b5fe0693ce5816472c905db85f7da6e?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub">https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-wars-renewable-energy-asia-4b5fe0693ce5816472c905db85f7da6e?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub</a> )<br/><br/>Posted into Business and Finance [@business-and-finance-AssociatedPress](<a href="https://flipboard.com/@associatedpress/business-and-finance-pbj3bpclz">https://flipboard.com/@associatedpress/business-and-finance-pbj3bpclz</a> ) </blockquote> 2026-03-20T08:00:59+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8g3450kfkugfqmapetck9wf7x8820agmf0m2rmud3h9jptrrw97qzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewllxrea saw a video on youtube about the indie web and now i wanna build a multiplayer social space using my software rasterizer in C with webassembly<br/><br/>like i need more project ideas :| 2026-03-18T19:21:36+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8mv3ullukv6lhun7rma3r28ylxja825pr9t35slegaf9079jnfaqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewr6y95r When you wake up what do you do 2026-03-17T08:39:51+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9x3ct8une0jjqgf23x2tkkrql8vsgawwnnnsq6d6dk0f9lr73j9gzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewqj08eh RE: <a href="https://social.coop/@cwebber/116205343316077705">https://social.coop/@cwebber/116205343316077705</a><br/><br/>i&#39;ve said this before but i&#39;m gonna say it again: it&#39;s *fascinating* watching the software industry rediscover why best practices exist in real time<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1r5l82jhj3zzwdw38lydrc9fk5sssvnfu5ljq7cgu96jszej0s4fs3ex288" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1r5l…x288</a></span><br/> </div> It turns out GenAI code changes are causing serious incidents and outages at Amazon with "high blast radius" <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/7cab4ec7-4712-4137-b602-119a44f771de">https://www.ft.com/content/7cab4ec7-4712-4137-b602-119a44f771de</a><br/><br/>Junior / middle engineers no longer allowed to push GenAI code to production without senior engineer review<br/><br/>(HT <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1dpjjymqszlzp2zyuqvzf3s0ptvgeum2aajn0kdz9eyp5vadge4psum222w" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Kim Perales</span> (<span class="italic">npub1dpj…222w</span>)</a></span> ) </blockquote> 2026-03-10T16:38:15+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswf7wr0sewq46rz06hn8j45sd7a56sehlv05edz5m5trdvccswveszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewvu0e6t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvdcp7czflvpak82h3jf6ya628yr35annh7a2vk03wkjyaadpc6vsc80w4s'>nevent1q…0w4s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yes<br/><br/>scalar<br/>flat random triangles/sec 1,049,510 -&gt; 1,210,082<br/>flat random pixels/sec 460,701,636 -&gt; 529,507,748<br/>+15%<br/><br/>tiled (x4 workers)<br/>flat random triangles/sec 5,440,951 -&gt; 11,253,417<br/>flat random pixels/sec 2,388,405,031 -&gt; 4,924,271,126<br/>+106% 2026-03-10T09:49:30+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspps0d0yezwpgc0hj3usq7sw92nrxf2prjn7xxwe76vu7dphge5sszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew07jtp5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgla7cm27788fgxq2fjxe9akcqe5q5lcrayspllhwhjswl7d9quccpvpygj'>nevent1q…pygj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>not sure offhand and I&#39;m in bed now but my CPU is a Ryzen 7 5600g 2026-03-09T23:45:35+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp05der3c09cpwjdrx0uu80e2t5vzq0kyhdnwy4kms7j8drkfm4rczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewern247 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy5u7xfzr77y629nz6huza7a6vy0wphymtfdnx0fh6ydma3lwf3ng2cka7z'>nevent1q…ka7z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t know? &gt;_&gt; I just split the screen between 4 worker threads that all draw each triangle to their quadrant 2026-03-09T23:37:19+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyedn4m7zqn7u2daw23jhga8s9z5ddw5p96gxkd032j09av0dgyngzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewwvnrgj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqhklsc2rmt7t9ssqdjqjt0cjq5h4axk7hzsjmcq7njh8qt0ru5lgzgxk3c'>nevent1q…xk3c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have completed the triangle rasterizer fixed point conversion<br/><br/>The benchmarks have all improved between 0 and 35%<br/><br/>Except for threaded random triangles with flat color. That metric has increased 106%. As in its twice as fast as before <br/><br/>I have no idea why but I&#39;m fairly sure I&#39;ve ruled out bugs in my benchmarking<br/><br/>I am very confused 2026-03-09T23:25:19+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqhklsc2rmt7t9ssqdjqjt0cjq5h4axk7hzsjmcq7njh8qt0ru5lgzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewgd4c5x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszes8pvunun3537t8vy6mlfr8crvgzwsmwfrhv4w4d2jpnnnh9j8cr2ve3c'>nevent1q…ve3c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>fixed point was in fact *not* a mistake 2026-03-09T20:35:17+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszes8pvunun3537t8vy6mlfr8crvgzwsmwfrhv4w4d2jpnnnh9j8czyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewjh2wc2 fixed point was a mistake 2026-03-09T12:13:39+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0xy99lqf80ps0dxm3hj8selskcprns28wj0jq3zt2nu9tma6ztxczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewmr9sze RE: <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@eniko/116161382313971996">https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@eniko/116161382313971996</a><br/><br/>it&#39;s international woman&#39;s day and i am a very international woman so please buy my gay jumping game so i can pay rent thank you<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1550qd54g4q205xfhgxecnk32svggg487xs6nysqectgdsdztr48q2f4sx2" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1550…4sx2</a></span><br/> </div> kitsune tails is 33% off on steam and itch.io! <a href="https://kitsunegames.com/kitsunetails">https://kitsunegames.com/kitsunetails</a><br/><br/>an award winning gay fox girl platformer sitting at overwhelmingly positive with 800 reviews on steam, in this economy? it's more likely than you think!<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/161/380/691/920/730/original/29924bf44aeeaf88.png"> <br/> </blockquote> 2026-03-08T23:04:42+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0q6g0hwj0s4de3wzhjdj7w6qmlqc7z4ravwz403q0zlyu6jcx3qgzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewm6n0k5 RE: <a href="https://zeroes.ca/@ndrwy/116183773515454356">https://zeroes.ca/@ndrwy/116183773515454356</a><br/><br/>it&#39;s not the flu 2026-03-07T09:34:24+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxdyey57shayhkt2tpj6tkh4vskhv232xrwuzxy6tj44yundnqwhqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewpy2s6d It&#39;s 2006. I&#39;m working with threads in C and it&#39;s awful<br/><br/>It&#39;s 2016. I&#39;m working with threads in C and it&#39;s awful<br/><br/>It&#39;s 2026. I&#39;m working with threads in C and it&#39;s awful 2026-03-06T20:03:13+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0uqptlh77lusdu6llxrpw2l2n2cgz4tk3n02cwg63nln8dh99ngqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewn5xqjg RE: <a href="https://aus.social/@DenisCOVIDinfoguy/116168022775980614">https://aus.social/@DenisCOVIDinfoguy/116168022775980614</a><br/><br/>Can&#39;t believe this is actually news in 2026 when I distinctly remember a scientist talking about seeing covid shred heart muscle fiber cells literally in March 2020 on twitter. Which was the point where I decided I would try my best to never get this disease<br/><br/>Are we just going to keep &#34;rediscovering&#34; how bad covid is every few years while doing jack shit about it?<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1xvputy2ymvfprh7fm9rqxltutaws5m9kftvxkjt5n3ygv307nvvs9jlr4y" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1xvp…lr4y</a></span><br/> </div> COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) can directly infect heart tissue.<br/><br/>"Researchers from the Centenary Institute and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have developed a human heart cell model demonstrating that the virus that causes COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) can directly infect heart tissue, providing new insight into why some people experience serious heart complications during and after infection."<br/><br/>Source: <a href="https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-mini-hearts-covid-virus-infects.html">https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-mini-hearts-covid-virus-infects.html</a><br/><br/>Study: <a href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1758-5090/ae38d7">https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1758-5090/ae38d7</a><br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/116/167/981/075/760/105/original/42ce20825e80c90d.png"> <br/> </blockquote> 2026-03-04T09:29:36+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxk9wtkcu9w4r0t82w3gl9huxldm3vy4846ygxcn3utg9g5ywwj7czyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew742aeg According to my feed today computing is basically over and software engineering is basically over and people buying games is basically over so I guess what I&#39;m getting from all this is my life is basically over thanks 2026-03-04T09:24:21+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs228sx6252s986rym5rvufmg4gxyyy2nlrgdfjgqvu95xcx3936nszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew2qz7u4 kitsune tails is 33% off on steam and itch.io! <a href="https://kitsunegames.com/kitsunetails">https://kitsunegames.com/kitsunetails</a><br/><br/>an award winning gay fox girl platformer sitting at overwhelmingly positive with 800 reviews on steam, in this economy? it&#39;s more likely than you think!<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/161/380/691/920/730/original/29924bf44aeeaf88.png"> <br/> 2026-03-02T21:07:09+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxklc7mwq9p0lq6t49542myflp8rq6m7zfmvht6jv25ekzj85x08gzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewqarxd5 for some reason sales were shockingly bad this month, so we could really use some support to help me and my partner cover our basic cost of living<br/><br/>even a few dollars helps us not fall behind as badly<br/><br/><a href="https://ko-fi.com/sharkhugseniko/goal?g=0">https://ko-fi.com/sharkhugseniko/goal?g=0</a> 2026-02-27T08:36:05+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0r8z0dx4ymfkukp4zvcpn8ukw3z9drjxl7g6ajlvnjll2ggxnkwczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew8tgwza i really like ... blender?<br/><br/>oh god what&#39;s happening to me 2026-02-25T15:22:48+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv7c9d9zv80f4qh5ggqg74u6ah9lfxdmk8a86yhjcs0ul3u379ntczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewy862fh Welp. Bedroom TV is dying. Which is something I can&#39;t afford to replace, but I need it for my sleep hygiene and mental health so I guess we&#39;re replacing it anyway<br/><br/>I hate piece of shit &#34;smart&#34; TVs 2026-02-19T22:54:19+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqh5hu8arrzlyj9efcc8hduevg59ztndtpeyu2d8rqu6uapp9ww3qzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewq6ugyk people keep talking about the shortages like &#34;in the future you&#39;ll only be able to rent a computer in the cloud&#34; and i just want to be clear about the fact that i would rather fucking die 2026-02-17T17:00:08+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgf79dmtaq0wu8gusq9geyrn0kxh5fmn6gqpt9smhrty8urz8vqjszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewcwz5lj RE: <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@whitequark/116085140534424348">https://social.treehouse.systems/@whitequark/116085140534424348</a><br/><br/>we&#39;re sitting on two broken high end laptops (mobo failure) and i&#39;ve started thinking maybe we should sell the old sticks of DDR4 RAM for rent money :| 2026-02-17T11:26:53+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrydqrlur0skg8p6m8zj8wk9qwlpz4j36gchz3c0augw7awku9knqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewqgtfvw should i set up one of those print on demand merch stores? would you be interested in merch for any of the following?<br/><br/>also if you have experience with these things i&#39;d love to hear if it was positive or negative 2026-02-15T12:18:53+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8es7ymds87l3qgjelq9h8qjgghtmmlcjl2t9fgauewv5zeuf7mmqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew0d53js i can&#39;t really put into words how much the neoliberal movement that thinks it&#39;s imperative to kick teenagers off literally all social media &#34;for their protection&#34; enrages me because it doesn&#39;t give a single shit about protecting them from covid despite estimates that as many as 1 in 5 kids develop signs of long covid post infection <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/vulnerable-kids-long-covid-030001649.html">https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/vulnerable-kids-long-covid-030001649.html</a> 2026-02-10T13:26:15+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrhxrc6zk648nxul0a7vfdjyk9gpcgg82aar930c0pjqjkpyhgfaszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew87tf35 As someone who still uses IRC daily please understand that telling people IRC is a replacement for Discord is utter nonsense<br/><br/>IRC does not<br/>- let you post images or other files (DCC send doesn&#39;t count even if you somehow get it to work)<br/>- show link previews<br/>- do voice chat<br/>- do screen sharing<br/>- have offline messaging capability<br/><br/>Please stop saying IRC is an alternative to Discord. It&#39;s not. Or at best it&#39;s a very shitty alternative 2026-02-10T09:05:33+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxyhk4dmqsatdrkfca2kq5esgn6dutplw2sjn3ncjtv5kpwz09s9qzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewpzmvsn i&#39;m making a #QBasic game using mode 13h, 320x200 8bpp. i&#39;m using the line doubling feature of the VGA card to make it 320x100 then manually doubling each pixel horizontally for 160x100<br/><br/>i realized i could use a palette with 3 bits red/green and 2 blue, and then do &#34;subpixel&#34; dither to generate the in between colors. i made a converter to test if that would look good, and it does<br/><br/>here&#39;s a thread of images showing what that looks like<br/><br/>1/5<br/><br/>#PixelArt #QBasic #dos #RetroComputing #RetroDev<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/041/120/217/654/265/original/e7835a05c819eca2.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/041/120/684/668/882/original/5ae698bdbd96e312.png"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/041/121/077/375/411/original/0619e024b9bcf89f.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/041/121/580/186/209/original/ba1a16f6dd282f9e.png"> <br/> 2026-02-09T15:27:30+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs09gf3raeh0wqk5ghwzfsphcte60rhfdrklm8357v5slz77vyq4jczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew6a05er In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfa2040kzj44sxpz5quhhxx7737n7r0w0rgp0jvwmppmarl5lqgpsnjvkxt'>nevent1q…vkxt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i added a 0-1 scalar that biases colors towards non-dithered to make things less busy. here&#39;s factors 0, 0.25, 0.5, and 0.75 in order:<br/><br/>#PixelArt #GameDev #RetroComputing #dos #RetroDev<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/040/105/026/443/212/original/da29896eb8e82087.png"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/040/105/289/640/413/original/db520af3bd6d8f17.png"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/040/105/460/526/206/original/70028fab3056775f.png"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/040/105/617/094/749/original/534089b5ef703a17.png"> <br/> 2026-02-09T11:05:31+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8t55cell9z5t6u2uyrvd68vke6d5l8622vf4k9jxdu33z80cw3yczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewh2zn5k I hate that discussing the facts of the world makes me sound like a conspiracy theorist now 2026-02-09T09:34:58+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfa2040kzj44sxpz5quhhxx7737n7r0w0rgp0jvwmppmarl5lqgpszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew2rvef5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs22ykd9njdm6wmlhwxdvdcdm8uvd6932egfyweej0ynejy0vdemaqf0w5uf'>nevent1q…w5uf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And now that I have a structured palette I know what bits are red, green, and blue, and so I can easily do cool effects using PUTs binary operations, OR, AND, and XOR<br/><br/>Fuck yeah this is going so well! 2026-02-08T23:47:09+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs22ykd9njdm6wmlhwxdvdcdm8uvd6932egfyweej0ynejy0vdemaqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew9r5p6y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyrvpydua5ze2nh8mnultkgwe64wn89gn8ccstjk2vzlkszmcg2rq5hpz20'>nevent1q…pz20</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ok yeah i&#39;m suuuuper happy with this now, this worked out better than i hoped 2026-02-08T23:15:11+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyrvpydua5ze2nh8mnultkgwe64wn89gn8ccstjk2vzlkszmcg2rqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew8muvfn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstxl6nzm40tlcnzxgxxus29x5kyah3gnkcwapjh6epx4ntgnl44pgxvztr5'>nevent1q…ztr5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>huh. interesting. i think the ordered dither was actually interfering with the subpixel dither, because i like the one without the ordered dither (left) better than the earlier one with the ordered dither on top of the subpixel dither (right)<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/037/292/814/221/445/original/ff93f1ae72ad1196.png"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/037/293/569/673/096/original/3f830a55bd3c15a1.png"> <br/> 2026-02-08T23:10:26+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstxl6nzm40tlcnzxgxxus29x5kyah3gnkcwapjh6epx4ntgnl44pgzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewzlkzv9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgmswn053tuuhayhgst32x9l52zn5fafe64yxzw6cg4pctznyxmxg58ent3'>nevent1q…ent3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>btw here is the FF7 with ordered dither but no subpixel dither compared to the one with subpixel dither, and the details just vanish completely. not even a contest<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/037/265/500/969/513/original/c7a69239a35e136e.png"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/037/266/158/738/070/original/20afe3adbfb436d8.png"> <br/> 2026-02-08T23:04:01+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgmswn053tuuhayhgst32x9l52zn5fafe64yxzw6cg4pctznyxmxgzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewwjmykn RE: <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@eniko/116036378192057724">https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@eniko/116036378192057724</a><br/><br/>i don&#39;t... hate... this?<br/><br/>like it&#39;s crumnchy. but is it too crumnchy? 🤔<br/><br/>(full color left, 8 bit color + dither on right)<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/037/181/552/851/319/original/1460422553fa99c7.png"> <blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1y4dtz40xk4c75gckentq474pqg7gmg84yfpx5m0ru5r4w8d2lhas40du84" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1y4d…du84</a></span><br/> </div> i may have just had a brainwave?<br/><br/>in my qbasic engine i have 160x100 logical pixels, but every one of those is 2 *actual* pixels wide. which means i can do dithering within a single pixel<br/><br/>so if i use RGB 332 bit color, i'd get 8 shades of red, 8 shades of green, and 4 shades of blue<br/><br/>but i can dither adjacent colors, effectively doubling it to 16 reds, 16 greens, and 8 blues, or 2048 colors<br/><br/>would... would that work? would it look ok? it'd be nice to have 8-bit "limited true color" </blockquote> 2026-02-08T22:41:18+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz2k432hnt2u02yvtve4s2l2ssy0yd5r6jysn2dh372p6hrk40m7czyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewd27355 i may have just had a brainwave?<br/><br/>in my qbasic engine i have 160x100 logical pixels, but every one of those is 2 *actual* pixels wide. which means i can do dithering within a single pixel<br/><br/>so if i use RGB 332 bit color, i&#39;d get 8 shades of red, 8 shades of green, and 4 shades of blue<br/><br/>but i can dither adjacent colors, effectively doubling it to 16 reds, 16 greens, and 8 blues, or 2048 colors<br/><br/>would... would that work? would it look ok? it&#39;d be nice to have 8-bit &#34;limited true color&#34; 2026-02-08T19:16:58+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyskkvpf97ujz8ncqlz6z5tmpn0je4qfehdsaftrrq3qtgcxq8n8czyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewflfutu My young nephew was recently diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum (and mild adhd) and I&#39;m wondering if there&#39;s any books out there me and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ru3jadhu4xwrpkt6pa5eqyl7szqlda2cveanwqa9d8tvszh085kq5ct4ze" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Njord</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ru3…t4ze</span>)</a></span> could read to be a better aunt/uncle to him<br/><br/>I know there&#39;s a lot of books out there written from by people who have kids with autism that focus on their needs/pov rather than the kids so I&#39;d really like to avoid those 2026-02-08T14:10:50+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvt6m0r93ss9st47ycqh4hkq43fa4d5hptytlmcy5765l0564nh6czyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewghjjsv EU be like: the bottle cap stays *on* during sex 2026-02-06T10:14:30+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspw7yd30m6r7j8l8kam36vp4rnntyq7an8zv6sjep5xr49n9lwrlszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewed4q5e Man I wonder why coders, famed for enjoying writing code but hating reading code, aren&#39;t taking to the tool that turns them into dedicated code readers for the hallucination machine 2026-01-30T19:53:21+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9c0egf08vu77ya05zh66mf4xz3x6mry65e9w4mm6vy3434jp7qhgzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewm6cl3k makes the following in one month, part of which was the holidays:<br/><br/>1. independent order transparency system<br/>2. reflective materials system with actual reflections<br/>3. software occlusion culling system<br/>4. improved skyboxes<br/>5. blog posts about #2 and #3<br/><br/>also me, somehow: i&#39;ve been so unproductive lately 😭 2026-01-23T15:10:33+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy26v4ymdr7xt9n3722v53epvy9am2h270ccnray0c2uxtv0xpg3gzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uueweg3mz6 i&#39;ve started on the block game occlusion culling post for my blog and i&#39;ve created what i feel is a pretty nifty header image where i artistically blended the occlusion map debug texture with the actual in game geometry<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/115/905/294/633/991/074/original/1d9d09246cef5916.png"> <br/> 2026-01-16T15:41:31+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0jf5rlsam53yptafft9e68pu8dxjy4zrqwy7kt5h08ygzztkm77czyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew9wdlgt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2t8wkuw2jhl206qljjh2vk55fca95hhjrq8ewupxtt6yzd59fkas2zjt4l'>nevent1q…jt4l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>uhh what the frick, gold leaf trees look amazing actually??<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/115/898/411/172/052/717/original/833cfa2c79cd47d6.png"> <br/> 2026-01-15T10:30:43+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2t8wkuw2jhl206qljjh2vk55fca95hhjrq8ewupxtt6yzd59fkaszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewpldt8r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswgdl33m35yaduv2k303qr7ggkesje45884yq6kg63ajxfgxjpwsgly69mr'>nevent1q…69mr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and now i can apply reflectivity to blocks without messing up batching<br/><br/>(i encode the block type in vertex attributes and then look up block properties like reflective material id from a texture in the vertex shader)<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/115/898/068/966/705/697/original/735177f8d76353f0.png"> <br/> 2026-01-15T09:04:18+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2uezrq5dc43rqsj0de58gfe5qhhgavswcjqva6xsad9dwhzw36lczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewuuttwf Today I dealt with a shader issue where 160 divided by 32 equals 4, apparently<br/><br/>No, don&#39;t ask me how or why, I don&#39;t know either 2026-01-14T22:07:03+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswgdl33m35yaduv2k303qr7ggkesje45884yq6kg63ajxfgxjpwsgzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewxfr3hc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqhc9z55689c4737a3dp6cmqaec662f2svg69afkjqmuuamfyl37sx086nr'>nevent1q…86nr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i can finally apply a reflective material to only some models! :D no longer do i have to turn all the plants and grass and flowers and ferns and sticks gold just to add a gold nuggie to my world<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/115/893/624/079/162/732/original/ccd8c4d06d7048bb.png"> <br/> 2026-01-14T14:13:27+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqhc9z55689c4737a3dp6cmqaec662f2svg69afkjqmuuamfyl37szyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewancfrf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfuvj9unpzenuhhuhwz80aqukx76r8p24fc2rykedfarp6ptc3dwqt2e923'>nevent1q…e923</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>honestly wondering if it&#39;s even worth adding the reflective system to blocks given that it doesn&#39;t look good on ground planes 🤔 2026-01-14T12:13:43+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfuvj9unpzenuhhuhwz80aqukx76r8p24fc2rykedfarp6ptc3dwqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewyun99g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8wzw0kpwa9hgvz6fx03na94mq4a2vmrswnegklg50kxakyahrt2cvummp6'>nevent1q…mmp6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>trying to turn the reflective materials experiment into an actual system. after much tinkering i think i&#39;ve come up with a way to add texture that i&#39;m happy with<br/><br/>left is steel (metallic) and right is the same but non-metallic, which gives a sort of glossy plasticky look<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/115/892/979/564/324/035/original/3a247ded04d034fc.png"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/115/892/979/899/557/538/original/516183468de79863.png"> <br/> 2026-01-14T11:30:05+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy2q2pyrx9sr020jtk8f8amn74mqf0n54dy2knu6mfy0mkzuxtc5gzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewtl4405 most of us already had some questions surrounding whether people still on twitter enjoyed hanging out with nazis but now i guess we can also add &#34;are ok with CSAM&#34; to that list 2026-01-11T13:17:20+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszpdgnup7a7vel84504twy8fy383hg7a5l8v2ax6s8yha70hc3degzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew09y9m6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstpvfgspsselskglx74qrncqne4yz03xtwf26f4p6rngq03f7z46c5qql2l'>nevent1q…ql2l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>also imagine a ghost. that&#39;s just a non-ghost but translucent! the material doesn&#39;t change 2026-01-06T15:52:03+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstpvfgspsselskglx74qrncqne4yz03xtwf26f4p6rngq03f7z46czyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew24rnt2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst3a0mwczca5wsj99lx4c8ns6r9kuvhv4faazmk0mjeskzhdumy3q58k56r'>nevent1q…k56r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>well for one, i dont have materials at the moment<br/><br/>but i started making a materials file but then i realized that if something has a gold material but is translucent or a gold material that is opaque or a gold material that is both, those should not be separate materials<br/><br/>so now i dont know what to do 2026-01-06T15:49:37+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsverq8r7g3qnadwg3gwc44ga5zmepp9pvwxu40390j5rlz3cnd0xczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew6v4xtk hello i am eniko and i am currently overthinking where to put the information that tells the renderer whether a block or model should be in the opaque pass, transparency pass, or both 2026-01-06T15:45:41+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsypwua7xcjqw8ywymkr682el79me9lmtcve2jdqe5c7pzaccfh02gzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew9vzky5 Imagine watching Facebook do the metaverse and rename themselves to Meta, Musk renaming Twitter to X, and Microsoft renaming Office to 365 Copilot (it apparently skips leap year days) and thinking these people aren&#39;t the most clueless chucklefucks who ever walked the earth 2026-01-05T21:34:21+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8wzw0kpwa9hgvz6fx03na94mq4a2vmrswnegklg50kxakyahrt2czyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewx8ky5y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8n9vyvtav8wg453hjq66r9lll8cfg8lxaxpzr3t5q3y5tnchwd7s87sf3u'>nevent1q…sf3u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it also causes discontinuities/artifacts on spherical objects that are hidden if you only use the back view<br/><br/>no amount of blurring will get rid of these. not even pushing the fov absurdly high fixes it (and degrades all other reflections)<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/115/837/989/740/450/240/original/c6f67f1612caae35.png"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/115/837/993/032/286/041/original/dbd533d81cfc8f20.png"> <br/> 2026-01-04T18:26:40+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8n9vyvtav8wg453hjq66r9lll8cfg8lxaxpzr3t5q3y5tnchwd7szyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewaa5eda In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstwqpanaapydnqn9swn8qhzha6tg7ns3tz7auk4zumws04rxqhm9g4wvr5y'>nevent1q…vr5y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>also unlike the back view, you can never look at the front view &#34;head on&#34;, so the entire center of the front view environment map is never used unless you&#39;re looking at a reflection in a reflection 2026-01-04T18:22:26+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstwqpanaapydnqn9swn8qhzha6tg7ns3tz7auk4zumws04rxqhm9gzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew094qpg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy8hx2lv2wq2q3sm9rx2utsyz7sxglhq70858s7nlh7fksm0kwdxqglzgc2'>nevent1q…zgc2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>because it treats the environment map as infinitely far away it just doesn&#39;t work for a front view which is much easier to scrutinize since the non-mirrored reference is right in front of you<br/><br/>like here you&#39;d expect the reflective floor bits to reflect the bottom of the tree canopy, but it doesn&#39;t<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/115/837/970/373/813/952/original/46bf2bcb65945b5c.png"> <br/> 2026-01-04T18:19:57+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy8hx2lv2wq2q3sm9rx2utsyz7sxglhq70858s7nlh7fksm0kwdxqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew83u0wt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrc6eea2mn7ymr6nek0am0qxwtzryggmz7hnrgauw7lzrcwaug0zqee35tg'>nevent1q…35tg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah. i&#39;ve worked out a couple of the remaining kinks but there&#39;s just too much that makes this approach not work for front reflections<br/><br/>rip front reflections. you had some nice features but you just introduce too many obvious artifacts 2026-01-04T18:07:44+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrc6eea2mn7ymr6nek0am0qxwtzryggmz7hnrgauw7lzrcwaug0zqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew35przg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8p462gwzyw4gk9fky4x0666mspna5k38pv79csd0q79j0587rgwq7z5kdu'>nevent1q…5kdu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>sadly this approach doesn&#39;t work for front reflections, at least not for large flat surfaces like this. it&#39;s just way too obviously wrong<br/><br/>though it does make for 1 level deep of reflected reflections which is kinda neat i guess<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/115/837/146/496/453/155/original/e02366e1e5ec442c.png"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/115/837/151/405/292/082/original/b68adff5cc703ec1.png"> <br/> 2026-01-04T14:52:04+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8p462gwzyw4gk9fky4x0666mspna5k38pv79csd0q79j0587rgwqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewxr8qev In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdqfl5cp3vkp226z2shy4plvs93g3weudhw9z268apngwqjsskzug0k90re'>nevent1q…90re</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ok did it. its funny, this teeny tiny little square in the center is the original render<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/115/836/803/743/693/062/original/f5abe6756dfd5b5b.png"> <br/> 2026-01-04T13:23:54+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdqfl5cp3vkp226z2shy4plvs93g3weudhw9z268apngwqjsskzugzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew8s0ja6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0558jx6ql589jt29eav9auz4wzu4lqc2r4eq8njjc76lnvet3rlsknjwep'>nevent1q…jwep</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ugh now i gotta unproject the corners of the regular front view frustum and then reproject them onto the high fov this sucks lol 2026-01-04T13:02:52+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0558jx6ql589jt29eav9auz4wzu4lqc2r4eq8njjc76lnvet3rlszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewq3dpg8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8cfpq484zjmw296vudmtntnwyt0pw5fmeqp4kza7avd6va9pwufslmt6wx'>nevent1q…t6wx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>not satisfied with just having back view reflections, i am pleased to report that i am back on my bullshit<br/><br/>i&#39;ve tweaked the shader to jitter the reflection vector so that it blurs across the edge seam between front/back hemispheres (front is just red atm for testing)<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/115/836/469/322/544/002/original/a320dcbb88a379aa.png"> <br/> 2026-01-04T11:58:36+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvxma77mrfcclyhxhc3v0qa0rrxvjxd6grzzdmt2yv3848xlaan8czyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew749u9e So they can&#39;t do anything about what happens at cecot cause they have no jurisdiction but they can totally kidnap the Venezuelan president, am I getting this right? 2026-01-03T16:42:05+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfhymuxmqf9r5svk2w07zyenef05lj7fu0tl5gjhem6tj6jxa7wwgzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew20jur5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswcwlxycp5yjgtc4wkwg62c90xypxclzmg34jvlj9rfulqx4vq69gs3g0pa'>nevent1q…g0pa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>good luck! 2026-01-02T22:47:39+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2fm6xctt6dphvsa5pkx524cflzz5hpf52gk3c938kch9kzzyg6uqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewwpy374 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsftfqma8cwvwgn2wfrfmpgnmcetd2t2jafdj5dft34nvfzjesjyeglea6dp'>nevent1q…a6dp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>maybe! Steam makes it pretty hard though<br/><br/>Do you have a set release date? 2026-01-02T22:39:37+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst9t8ay59w7s2x4yyyz0r4mxpke2rpppmy5lm3pwdry7u5u4murlczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewczvcg3 the steam/itch sales end monday so if you wanted to pick up the gayest SMB3-like with fox girls better do it soon<br/><br/>our other games are also on sale: turnbased body snatching roguelike midboss ($5), kitsune tails&#39; prequel kitsune zero ($2.50), and cute block pushing puzzler ultra hat dimension ($1.64)<br/><br/>steam: <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/15673/Kitsune_Games_Complete_Pack/">https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/15673/Kitsune_Games_Complete_Pack/</a><br/>itch: <a href="https://eniko.itch.io/">https://eniko.itch.io/</a><br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/115/827/368/832/391/064/original/57e2b171ffbffaac.mp4"></video><br/> 2026-01-02T21:25:36+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8cfpq484zjmw296vudmtntnwyt0pw5fmeqp4kza7avd6va9pwufszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew5wpdg5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx94sjhul3lduzd03w2mp39ulclcv92phee5qpy6a9c5vtgg3zgzcp3l77c'>nevent1q…l77c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the cool thing is since the &#34;gold&#34; part is just a matcap image, and the blurring is done on the fly, i can change materials by just selecting a different matcap image and changing the blur<br/><br/>for example here&#39;s a quick and dirty attempt at steel<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/115/826/236/756/757/349/original/d7529121302380a1.png"> <br/> 2026-01-02T16:36:17+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx94sjhul3lduzd03w2mp39ulclcv92phee5qpy6a9c5vtgg3zgzczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewcwaz7s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsywxpr6zfzrpa847vz9xqywvp7fhnlmfe4jq2stsyq0rg7ewkjjssu5l0ds'>nevent1q…l0ds</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>so for mirrors (when i actually make em) i&#39;ll use these reflections but fade them out to a foggy gray if the viewing angle is too askew or if you&#39;re too far away<br/><br/>then probably do some stencil buffer shenanigans to render player models inside the mirror surface 2026-01-02T16:21:35+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsywxpr6zfzrpa847vz9xqywvp7fhnlmfe4jq2stsyq0rg7ewkjjsszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewxgwgsx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrg9dgpexq789gh73udww0z6y4rwcksf6fwzv7tnncfw3h5yvqnncrugj29'>nevent1q…gj29</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>someone asked to see it in motion so i made a video<br/><br/>i just edited the model shader so everything that isn&#39;t a full block is gold so things look a bit weird. and the grass is shell textured so those are just horizontal planes<br/><br/>anyway plz enjoy<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/115/826/054/671/182/481/original/2eb3da79025d1c96.mp4"></video><br/> 2026-01-02T15:50:35+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrg9dgpexq789gh73udww0z6y4rwcksf6fwzv7tnncfw3h5yvqnnczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew7q264r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy6qjm09l7507547m62smh3p47jdrueml805h80egulw2gx4rp3js6qseeg'>nevent1q…seeg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>help i cant stop playing with it<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/115/825/870/623/476/323/original/dcb9f02422232220.png"> <br/> 2026-01-02T15:02:44+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy6qjm09l7507547m62smh3p47jdrueml805h80egulw2gx4rp3jszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewt8872r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdjqkcw0hzx6ej6rdkae7cvay9zyc47vsvlzval95jsdrrfzdj0ygv8mnw4'>nevent1q…mnw4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i said i was gonna add mirrors to block game, and so i did &gt;_&gt;<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/115/825/682/388/170/319/original/33859fabee0b5e82.png"> <br/> 2026-01-02T14:15:08+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdjqkcw0hzx6ej6rdkae7cvay9zyc47vsvlzval95jsdrrfzdj0ygzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew6hz6c8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8608k6jjgzlsuzr95n9d7kuadc44gyym4pgyjpf3t7dmy0swzhtgsdc4xh'>nevent1q…c4xh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>also all of this only reduces fps from 310 to 270. and 30 of those lost 40 fps are just from rendering the back view environment map, which you could turn off if you have a slow computer and you&#39;d still get the metallic material effects just without the reflections<br/><br/>so i&#39;d say this is very potato-proof<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/115/825/436/592/634/200/original/5fc160a122be5acc.png"> <br/> 2026-01-02T13:12:36+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8608k6jjgzlsuzr95n9d7kuadc44gyym4pgyjpf3t7dmy0swzhtgzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewdn6jcv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9e9lyecjh45gx5vhfdhrvhffgv28qp0vkapk423crvwg620av68q5n3d2m'>nevent1q…3d2m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh another advantage of this approach is that your environment map can be bigger since you don&#39;t need to preprocess it for every material, there&#39;s just the one instance of it 2026-01-02T12:51:32+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9e9lyecjh45gx5vhfdhrvhffgv28qp0vkapk423crvwg620av68qzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewc7y6tq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswdkpflrurczvme3f7szvpwfgjndxm5tu3029jua3fatp72x42cdgn79hvt'>nevent1q…9hvt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>now i&#39;m wondering if i can use the previous frame as a sort of front reflections environment map for rays that don&#39;t bounce back towards the player 🤔 2026-01-02T12:38:46+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswdkpflrurczvme3f7szvpwfgjndxm5tu3029jua3fatp72x42cdgzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew2rx0jl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9qyxdxugwzlv4jdqd8csqmytghmj4x8mdw4syyzk80tpcsc9pq3sswcja9'>nevent1q…cja9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the really nice part is that the environment reflections, overlayed matcap, and blur are all composited in the fragment shader so i can control how strong the blur is and what matcap is overlayed and even how strong the reflections are 2026-01-02T12:16:58+01:00