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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 10h

i knew someone would make that joke and i had a good hunch it might be you

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 17h

did the important work of switching index buffers over from 16 bit indices to 32 bit indices in the unlikely but potentially possible case of a vertex buffer having more than 65k vertices in it

this change is invisible so have a screenshot of a cool hole

#EniBlockGame #GameDev 🎮

a hole flanked by grass with ferns and wildflowers. it goes almost straight down and darkens far away from the camera

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 13h

thats cause its still all synchronous

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 13h

because of jack

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 14h

I'm sorry but anyone going to nostr is just officially the biggest rube on this website

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 14h

Oh thats something else entirely :'D

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 15h

Yeah I'm already doing that

Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 17h

yeah using 16 bits as much as possible is a nice way to save memory but you do actually have to handle overflows >_>

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 17h

yeah this is an eventual polish thing i wanna do. right now i'm still trying to not overcomplicate things

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 17h

did the important work of switching index buffers over from 16 bit indices to 32 bit indices in the unlikely but potentially possible case of a vertex buffer having more than 65k vertices in it

this change is invisible so have a screenshot of a cool hole

#EniBlockGame #GameDev 🎮

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Unnamed Cursed Doll - A Jeb @namelesswrench.bsky.social · 1d

Last boost for tonight

Unnamed Cursed Doll - A Jeb @namelesswrench.bsky.social · 9d

My rent is paid, so October starts now for my finances.

Of course, disability pretty much runs out immediately once rent is paid, so I'm going into the month on the ropes.

Plus, it's my birthday month. (The 8th!)

So here's the fundraising.

ko-fi.com/jebwrench

Buy Jebwrench a Coffee

Become a supporter of Jebwrench today!

ko-fi.com

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 1d

optimized chunk generation/rebuilding, and added basic visibility culling for chunks. still all synchronous code, but the terrain gen keeps up with the camera even at a visible chunk radius of 16, and i get 60-90 fps with a radius of 12 on my weak pc. which looks like this:

#EniBlockGame #GameDev 🎮

voxel forest extending into the distance, viewed from high in the air

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 1d

it hasnt rained here for 3-4 months (which is also how long it's been 85F+ every day)

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 1d

i really like that i can make lil posts on mastodon and then they show up on my game's site at enikofox.com/blockgame/#d...

it's so nice! free devlog!

Block Game | Ultima/TES meets Minecraft

Ultima/Elder Scrolls meets Minecraft voxel sandbox game with building and crafting.

enikofox.com

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 1d

holy shit its raining!

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 1d

bonus video: generating new terrain at dawn with a visible chunk radius of 16

#EniBlockGame #GameDev 🎮

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 1d

:D

Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 1d

optimized chunk generation/rebuilding, and added basic visibility culling for chunks. still all synchronous code, but the terrain gen keeps up with the camera even at a visible chunk radius of 16, and i get 60-90 fps with a radius of 12 on my weak pc. which looks like this:

#EniBlockGame #GameDev 🎮

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 1d

i'll have to give this a try, thanks!

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 1d

Lowtax's wife was in the replies saying what she saw felt so familiar that she wondered if they'd been possessed by his spirit so I'd say we're definitely way past Mullenweg

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 1d

I'm baffled people apparently struggle with this

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 1d

is there any way to get visual studio to profile a specific method rather than the whole program? in C# using VS2022, preferably using the built-in profiler

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 1d

yeah. i just miss some features pmg has that gamedev dot place doesn't

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Henrique @kelzor.bsky.social · 1d

To all my followers, go give some love to st1ka's channel in the meanwhile. He's a real one: www.youtube.com/@st1ka

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 1d

yeah back when PMG was having major tech issues i moved cause i got scared the server might just grind to a halt and my account couldn't migrate

i've been seriously considering moving back now that things are better though

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