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You will NEVER be able to optimise better than a compiler. But it's worth doing because it helps the compiler figure out what you're doing and do it better

Bary Garlow and the Cursed Gloryhole @beansinyourbum.bsky.social · 5h

Compiler optimisations saved my arse from having to set up a thread pool

Bary Garlow and the Cursed Gloryhole @beansinyourbum.bsky.social · 7h

I have devoured the Big Sandwiche

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Bary Garlow and the Cursed Gloryhole @beansinyourbum.bsky.social · 7h

I have acquired the Big Sandwiche

Bary Garlow and the Cursed Gloryhole @beansinyourbum.bsky.social · 7h

I am awaiting handover of the Big Sandwiche

Bary Garlow and the Cursed Gloryhole @beansinyourbum.bsky.social · 10h

Like I knew division wasn't great for speed but I didn't realise just how much difference it makes

Bary Garlow and the Cursed Gloryhole @beansinyourbum.bsky.social · 10h

So I'm quickly learning one of the best things you can do to optimise a per pixel renderer is swapping division for multiplication

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Bary Garlow and the Cursed Gloryhole @beansinyourbum.bsky.social · 11h

Spent 10 minutes looking for the lighter.. it was in my hand

Bary Garlow and the Cursed Gloryhole @beansinyourbum.bsky.social · 12h

Hungy like the wuf

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Bary Garlow and the Cursed Gloryhole @beansinyourbum.bsky.social · 20h

Charlie and the Weed Factory

Bary Garlow and the Cursed Gloryhole @beansinyourbum.bsky.social · 21h

Think I'm gonna see if I can use threads to speed rendering up a bit. Not totally sure if my idea will work but it's worth a try

Bary Garlow and the Cursed Gloryhole @beansinyourbum.bsky.social · 21h

No special agent Mulder, that's not an alien.. that's just what my penis looks like when it's cold

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Bary Garlow and the Cursed Gloryhole @beansinyourbum.bsky.social · 22h

If Avatar was made by an American they'd called it Ava-tarnation

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Bary Garlow and the Cursed Gloryhole @beansinyourbum.bsky.social · 22h

So this renderer isn't like Minecraft with each block containing its own surfaces. Each grid cell can either be solid or open. If it's solid it has north, east, south and west wall faces but if it's open it has floor, ceiling and light level. It's not a perfect match for a clone but I can do it

Bary Garlow and the Cursed Gloryhole @beansinyourbum.bsky.social · 22h

I could take Ian Watkins in a fight

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Bary Garlow and the Cursed Gloryhole @beansinyourbum.bsky.social · 23h

And after having to rediscover the maths we have multiple layers :D Don't really know what I can do about those black pixels around the edges. I'll leave that until tomorrow

Screenshot of a 2.5D raycaster like Wolfenstein but with Minecraft textures and 2 multiple floors

Bary Garlow and the Cursed Gloryhole @beansinyourbum.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine not knowing that I'm planning on getting another Big Sandwiche tomorrow

Bary Garlow and the Cursed Gloryhole @beansinyourbum.bsky.social · 1d

Just discovered the random intrinsic function and how is it slower than the base rand function. Like massively slower

Bary Garlow and the Cursed Gloryhole @beansinyourbum.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine living in a yellow submarine

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