Alan Wolfe
@demofox.bsky.social
Invented spatiotemporal blue noise, created Gigi rapid graphics prototyping & dev platform.
https://github.com/electronicarts/gigi
20+ year game dev, and graphics researcher. Currently at EA SEED.
Tech blog:
https://blog.demofox.org/
https://github.com/electronicarts/gigi
20+ year game dev, and graphics researcher. Currently at EA SEED.
Tech blog:
https://blog.demofox.org/
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the only time i ever gave back to my community (cinephile dorks whose parents claim they can't see it but we suspect are messing with us a little)
November 27, 2025 at 1:19 AM
the only time i ever gave back to my community (cinephile dorks whose parents claim they can't see it but we suspect are messing with us a little)
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ahah IT WORKS look it's a C² dual quaternion B-spline!!
this is interpolating *poses* in dual quaternion form, coupling position and rotation, instead of treating them independently (this is a really neat thing!!)
this is interpolating *poses* in dual quaternion form, coupling position and rotation, instead of treating them independently (this is a really neat thing!!)
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
ahah IT WORKS look it's a C² dual quaternion B-spline!!
this is interpolating *poses* in dual quaternion form, coupling position and rotation, instead of treating them independently (this is a really neat thing!!)
this is interpolating *poses* in dual quaternion form, coupling position and rotation, instead of treating them independently (this is a really neat thing!!)
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All Sources of DirectX 12 Documentation - a new post on my blog
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All Sources of DirectX 12 Documentation
asawicki.info
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
All Sources of DirectX 12 Documentation - a new post on my blog
asawicki.info/news_1794_al...
asawicki.info/news_1794_al...
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The path back from burnout is so much longer than you can anticipate, and it gets harder the more it happens. Learning to be patient and kinder to myself has been a big process, and a year and a half later I'm still not back to where I once was.
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The path back from burnout is so much longer than you can anticipate, and it gets harder the more it happens. Learning to be patient and kinder to myself has been a big process, and a year and a half later I'm still not back to where I once was.
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Working in games means your answer to the question "If you could do anything you wanted in life, what would it be?" isn't a different career, but the same career in a kinder version of the same industry.
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Working in games means your answer to the question "If you could do anything you wanted in life, what would it be?" isn't a different career, but the same career in a kinder version of the same industry.
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What I learned today: rendering with Vulkan - finally ... youtu.be/0M9A379fNvk
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Someone (Rubio?) is MEGA pissed at the Ukraine peace plan situation if they leaked a full on *recording* of this Witkoff call (with transcript, lol).
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Someone (Rubio?) is MEGA pissed at the Ukraine peace plan situation if they leaked a full on *recording* of this Witkoff call (with transcript, lol).
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Valve allows lots of porn games on Steam. Valve allows infinite sex and violence. Valve allows games where you as the protagonist spy on and sexually assault characters.
But this creepy artsy game isn't allowed? And for no stated reason, with no chance to fix it.
This monopoly is fucked.
But this creepy artsy game isn't allowed? And for no stated reason, with no chance to fix it.
This monopoly is fucked.
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Valve allows lots of porn games on Steam. Valve allows infinite sex and violence. Valve allows games where you as the protagonist spy on and sexually assault characters.
But this creepy artsy game isn't allowed? And for no stated reason, with no chance to fix it.
This monopoly is fucked.
But this creepy artsy game isn't allowed? And for no stated reason, with no chance to fix it.
This monopoly is fucked.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Here's some cute bounding box functions for 2D shapes. A longer list here: iquilezles.org/articles/bbo...
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Here's some cute bounding box functions for 2D shapes. A longer list here: iquilezles.org/articles/bbo...
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The people interested in playing my game can be categorised into two groups:
November 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The people interested in playing my game can be categorised into two groups:
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This is an estimate of our cashflow up until shipping Forbidden Solitaire (final spike is a launch estimate based on wishlists).
x axis is an approximation to time. y axis is £ in the bank. It goes negative in the last month. Been there before, can weather the storm. Got a good feeling about it.
x axis is an approximation to time. y axis is £ in the bank. It goes negative in the last month. Been there before, can weather the storm. Got a good feeling about it.
November 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This is an estimate of our cashflow up until shipping Forbidden Solitaire (final spike is a launch estimate based on wishlists).
x axis is an approximation to time. y axis is £ in the bank. It goes negative in the last month. Been there before, can weather the storm. Got a good feeling about it.
x axis is an approximation to time. y axis is £ in the bank. It goes negative in the last month. Been there before, can weather the storm. Got a good feeling about it.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
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Want to know why attempting to take over a capitalist party is a futile endeavor that wastes our time and resources? 86 out of 213 House Dems voted to openly condemn socialism when recent polls have found 74% of Dem voters approve of democratic socialism. The party IS the problem.
86 Dems vote with Republicans to condemn socialism in wake of Mamdani's mayoral victory
The House voted along bipartisan lines to condemn socialism in a resolution highlighting the ideology's historical failures.
www.foxnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Want to know why attempting to take over a capitalist party is a futile endeavor that wastes our time and resources? 86 out of 213 House Dems voted to openly condemn socialism when recent polls have found 74% of Dem voters approve of democratic socialism. The party IS the problem.
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This study is the most cyberpunk thing that has ever existed.
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This study is the most cyberpunk thing that has ever existed.
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#gpc2025 was great! Met a lot of folks who I haven't seen in decades, or only know them from the internet, or haven't known them at all! I was a bit scared that after a decade out of rendering, everything would be way over my head, but turns out I could follow along just fine.
Graphics Programming Conference
The Graphics Programming Conference is a conference for graphics programmers, from student to industry veteran, taking place in November in Europe.
graphicsprogrammingconference.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
#gpc2025 was great! Met a lot of folks who I haven't seen in decades, or only know them from the internet, or haven't known them at all! I was a bit scared that after a decade out of rendering, everything would be way over my head, but turns out I could follow along just fine.
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“are the fae open source” is the greatest sentence i’ve read all day and i’m 300 pages into gideon the ninth
November 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
“are the fae open source” is the greatest sentence i’ve read all day and i’m 300 pages into gideon the ninth
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Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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Just for fun: here's p=0.99 and p=1.0. The last image clearly shows why you can't use direct light sampling alone and need to combine it with something else (uniform/brdf sampling/etc) via MIS or NEE:
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Just for fun: here's p=0.99 and p=1.0. The last image clearly shows why you can't use direct light sampling alone and need to combine it with something else (uniform/brdf sampling/etc) via MIS or NEE:
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Met lots of internet people at GPC already! Shame there are all these presentations interrupting our conversations
Note for next year: print my profile picture on my badge so that people recognize me (apparently I don't look like that)
graphicsprogrammingconference.nl
Note for next year: print my profile picture on my badge so that people recognize me (apparently I don't look like that)
graphicsprogrammingconference.nl
Graphics Programming Conference
The Graphics Programming Conference is a conference for graphics programmers, from student to industry veteran, taking place in November in Europe.
graphicsprogrammingconference.nl
November 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Met lots of internet people at GPC already! Shame there are all these presentations interrupting our conversations
Note for next year: print my profile picture on my badge so that people recognize me (apparently I don't look like that)
graphicsprogrammingconference.nl
Note for next year: print my profile picture on my badge so that people recognize me (apparently I don't look like that)
graphicsprogrammingconference.nl
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If you are curious about other people's interpretations, and in case you haven't seen it, John Harris made this painting:
www.alisoneldred.com/john-harris/...
www.alisoneldred.com/john-harris/...
November 18, 2025 at 6:03 AM
If you are curious about other people's interpretations, and in case you haven't seen it, John Harris made this painting:
www.alisoneldred.com/john-harris/...
www.alisoneldred.com/john-harris/...