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vazgriz @vazgriz.bsky.social · 17d

Oh yeah, I still know how to cook. New tutorial video on autopilot systems coming eventually.

This landing was done entirely by the autopilot. It's also capable of takeoff and navigation, but landing is the most complex mode.

The whole thing is driven by like 10 PID controllers.
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Yoyoyollie @yoyoyollie.bsky.social · 26d

Games called DELIVERY MUST COMPLETE now
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Double Flash Studios @doubleflashstudios.bsky.social · 23d

Dogfight with two enemy planes
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Double Flash Studios @doubleflashstudios.bsky.social · Sep 12

The first plane game with a melee kill system

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Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! @claradoth.bsky.social · Aug 16

Commandeering my own #screenshotsaturday to show off some other games you'll probably like!

@gabrielsolon.bsky.social's Supermaneuver
@mackerelskydev.bsky.social's At Sky's Edge
@fleetwoodzak.bsky.social's Project Red Sun
@yoyoyollie.bsky.social's Cloudbreaker
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A screenshot of Supermaneuver, a game which has absolutely nailed the vibes of PSX era aerial combat games in...well, every way I can think of, really.

A screenshot of At Sky’s Edge, a very promising work-in-progress title that’s slowly building out into a bigger, fancier world full of things to fire missiles at and, hopefully, not get blown up by.

A screenshot of the latest indie flight game to have “Project” in the name: Project Red Sun. The demo’s not too far away from releasing on Steam, after which we might finally learn what the phrase “orbital debris field” means.

A screenshot of Cloudbreaker, a Smokin’ Sexy Stylish over-the-top roguelite with an arsenal of absurd weaponry and also explosions. Lots of explosions.

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vazgriz @vazgriz.bsky.social · Aug 12

Actual bars

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Double Flash Studios @doubleflashstudios.bsky.social · Aug 12

torturing my chud son who I hate
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Double Flash Studios @doubleflashstudios.bsky.social · Jul 14

I HATE UNITY WHEEL COLLIDERS

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vazgriz @vazgriz.bsky.social · Jul 5

Git sucks but it's basically the best version control tool out there

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Zakary Gray | Project Red Sun @fleetwoodzak.bsky.social · Jul 2

This fall, Project Red Sun takes its first public test flight as a new combat flight action game on PC; Wishlist us on Steam, and follow us on our social media accounts to keep updated on development, demos, cool frogs we find, and info about our game!
store.steampowered.com/app/3437690/...

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vazgriz @vazgriz.bsky.social · Jun 19

If you stuck the landing, that would have looked really cool.

Are you actually flying while the camera is in this perspective?

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vazgriz @vazgriz.bsky.social · Jun 11

You can fly it yourself right now: vazgriz.itch.io/f-16-flight-...

F-16 Flight Sim by vazgriz

Play in your browser

vazgriz.itch.io

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vazgriz @vazgriz.bsky.social · Jun 11

Go ahead and pull the circuit breaker for the FCS. What's the worst that can happen?
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vazgriz @vazgriz.bsky.social · Jun 11

The book is “Aircraft Control and Simulation” by Brian L. Stevens, Frank L. Lewis, and Eric N. Johnson

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vazgriz @vazgriz.bsky.social · Jun 11

I found a textbook that has the source code for a flight simulator included. The only problem: it's written in Fortran. Check out my article on the process of translating it into C# using Unity3D
vazgriz.com/762/f-16-fli...
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Translating a Fortran F-16 Simulator to Unity3D – VAZGRIZ

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vazgriz @vazgriz.bsky.social · Jun 9

And people say there's no money in game development😏
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itch.io dashboard that shows $12 in gross revenue

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vazgriz @vazgriz.bsky.social · Jun 4

What are you going to use instead? WWise?

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vazgriz @vazgriz.bsky.social · May 15

Normal day in the embedded software industry

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vazgriz @vazgriz.bsky.social · Apr 27

How does this compare with Harfbuzz? Like does it solve the same set of problems?

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · Apr 7

it causes me distress that video games are so interesting. i wish i could go back to not really knowing or caring how they're made

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vazgriz @vazgriz.bsky.social · Apr 7

Naughty aircraft get placed in the test harness to atone for their crimes
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vazgriz @vazgriz.bsky.social · Apr 4

Did you mean to put this in your bio?

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vazgriz @vazgriz.bsky.social · Jan 25

I'm sorry is that a swing wing A-10?

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vazgriz @vazgriz.bsky.social · Dec 30

Part 3 of my flight sim tutorial. Weapons and AI
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The HUD developed in the series, showing an AI plane being targeted by the player

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Rabbit Engineering @rabbitengineering.com · Dec 20

TOOL RELEASE: ScaleMaker allows you to parametrically define and render the faces of round gauges as you would see in an airplane cockpit. github.com/rabbitengr/S...

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