Tomasz Stachowiak
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Tomasz Stachowiak
@h3r2tic.bsky.social
Washed-up renderologist working on #TinyGlade with @anopara.bsky.social; ½ of Pounce Light, ½ making sense ½ the time; he/him; 🦀
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Hey, y'all! 👋 I'm Tom (or Tomasz if you enjoy Hungarian Notation or Klingon)

I cause graphics devices to become lost, and generate all sorts of technical, design & artistic debt in Tiny Glade, together with @anopara.bsky.social, @lydmartin.bsky.social & @odaodaoda.bsky.social
Reposted by Tomasz Stachowiak
This is pretty insane 😳😳
The nominees for Technical Achievement are…

ASTRO BOT
BLACK MYTH: WUKONG
CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 6
SENUA’S SAGA: HELLBLADE II
TINY GLADE
WARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2

#BAFTAGamesAwards
March 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
And this right here is why ye olde tiled lighting would never fly in Tiny Glade :D

(build by Omayli)
Hey, y'all! Hope you're well and feeling festive ⛄ We've just released a winter update for Tiny Glade, lifting the light count limit and adding the ability to move clutter 🧵
December 16, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Reposted by Tomasz Stachowiak
Finally online, the brilliant talk Pondering Orbs by Mikkel Svendsen on the rendering of the similarly brilliant game Cocoon youtu.be/8kS17jt38XQ?...
Pondering Orbs: The Rendering and Art Tools of COCOON
YouTube video by Graphics Programming Conference
youtu.be
December 7, 2024 at 3:42 PM
In our next Tiny Glade update we'll bump the light limit from 32 to 32k while keeping the cost more or less the same.

The small limit has been a cop out, as we didn't quite know how to render huge numbers of (screen-space) shadow-casting lights without severe performance degradation.
December 5, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Here's a recording of my Tiny Glade presentation from the Graphics Programming Conference 2024:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jusW...

It's an any% speedrun of our GPU-driven rendering, shadows, global illumination, water, and DoF, involving a few weird tricks.
Rendering Tiny Glades With Entirely Too Much Ray Marching
YouTube video by Graphics Programming Conference
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2024 at 2:19 AM
Reposted by Tomasz Stachowiak
Graphics Programming Conference 2024 talks are up. Looking forward to learning the new Tomasz magic :) www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Graphics Programming Conference 2024 - YouTube
The Graphics Programming Conference is a three day event in November. We have keynotes from industry experts, presentations, and “masterclass” workshops with...
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Hey, y'all! 👋 I'm Tom (or Tomasz if you enjoy Hungarian Notation or Klingon)

I cause graphics devices to become lost, and generate all sorts of technical, design & artistic debt in Tiny Glade, together with @anopara.bsky.social, @lydmartin.bsky.social & @odaodaoda.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 1:49 AM