GarageCraft Games
@garagecraft.games
Indie Game Development 🕹️
https://garagecraft.games | https://thorsten.suckow-homberg.de | @thorsten.suckow-homberg.de
https://garagecraft.games | https://thorsten.suckow-homberg.de | @thorsten.suckow-homberg.de
🕹️ Finally wrapped up my technical report for the #university project built with #helios - time to push forward to the next milestone! 💡
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #gameengine #cpp #linearalgebra #programming
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #gameengine #cpp #linearalgebra #programming
I'm using #helios as the #framework for a #university project .
I've published an accompanying technical report that outlines the key architectural decisions behind the #prototype and discusses its further #development. 👉
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames
I've published an accompanying technical report that outlines the key architectural decisions behind the #prototype and discusses its further #development. 👉
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames
(PDF) helios: Design and prototypical implementation of a C++ game framework
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November 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
🕹️ Finally wrapped up my technical report for the #university project built with #helios - time to push forward to the next milestone! 💡
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #gameengine #cpp #linearalgebra #programming
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #gameengine #cpp #linearalgebra #programming
going live with #helios! continuing work on gamepad input visualization after cleaning up mesh & material class hierarchy. come watch me debug analog sticks in real-time 🕹️ www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
#gamedev #indiedev #backseatcoding #indiegames #gameengine #twitch #streamer #youtube
#gamedev #indiedev #backseatcoding #indiegames #gameengine #twitch #streamer #youtube
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November 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
going live with #helios! continuing work on gamepad input visualization after cleaning up mesh & material class hierarchy. come watch me debug analog sticks in real-time 🕹️ www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
#gamedev #indiedev #backseatcoding #indiegames #gameengine #twitch #streamer #youtube
#gamedev #indiedev #backseatcoding #indiegames #gameengine #twitch #streamer #youtube
#GTA6 got delayed so naturally I'm like 'time to ship MY game!' Join me on #Twitch as I commit various crimes against the gamepad API! 💀
#helios #backseatcoding #gamedev #gameengine #indiedev #indiegames #streamer #youtube #gtaVI
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#helios #backseatcoding #gamedev #gameengine #indiedev #indiegames #streamer #youtube #gtaVI
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Twitch is the world
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November 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
#GTA6 got delayed so naturally I'm like 'time to ship MY game!' Join me on #Twitch as I commit various crimes against the gamepad API! 💀
#helios #backseatcoding #gamedev #gameengine #indiedev #indiegames #streamer #youtube #gtaVI
www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
#helios #backseatcoding #gamedev #gameengine #indiedev #indiegames #streamer #youtube #gtaVI
www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
After finishing a technical report on helios, I’m diving back into #helios development this weekend! Focus is on #Gamepad #Input! Planning to build a small graphical demo to show the progress - visuals avilable in my #twitch stream! 🎮
www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames
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#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames
Twitch
Twitch is the world
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November 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
After finishing a technical report on helios, I’m diving back into #helios development this weekend! Focus is on #Gamepad #Input! Planning to build a small graphical demo to show the progress - visuals avilable in my #twitch stream! 🎮
www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames
www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames
Working on #milestone 2 of the #helios project. Today, I'm implementing #gamepad input #management with a focus on efficient per-frame state capture and processing. 🕹️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rciL...
#gamedev #indidev #gameengine #backseatcoding #indiegames
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rciL...
#gamedev #indidev #gameengine #backseatcoding #indiegames
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November 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Working on #milestone 2 of the #helios project. Today, I'm implementing #gamepad input #management with a focus on efficient per-frame state capture and processing. 🕹️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rciL...
#gamedev #indidev #gameengine #backseatcoding #indiegames
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rciL...
#gamedev #indidev #gameengine #backseatcoding #indiegames
Just make it exist first: From #SceneGraph to #Snapshot to #RenderPass to an animated cube - Rendering pipeline for #helios is taking shape! 🕹️ Ready for the next subsystem. Details in my latest #devlog: garagecraft.games/devlog/2025/...
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #programming #coding #games
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #programming #coding #games
October 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Just make it exist first: From #SceneGraph to #Snapshot to #RenderPass to an animated cube - Rendering pipeline for #helios is taking shape! 🕹️ Ready for the next subsystem. Details in my latest #devlog: garagecraft.games/devlog/2025/...
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #programming #coding #games
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #programming #coding #games
Coffee, #progressive #house (Adriatique's Cercle set from Alpe d'Huez is 😙👌), and a dialed-in IDE.
That's the vibe for pushing code on weekends.
What keeps YOU in the zone? 🕹️
#CodingLife #FlowState #gamedev #indiegames #indiedev #cpp #streamer #twitch
www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
That's the vibe for pushing code on weekends.
What keeps YOU in the zone? 🕹️
#CodingLife #FlowState #gamedev #indiegames #indiedev #cpp #streamer #twitch
www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
October 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Coffee, #progressive #house (Adriatique's Cercle set from Alpe d'Huez is 😙👌), and a dialed-in IDE.
That's the vibe for pushing code on weekends.
What keeps YOU in the zone? 🕹️
#CodingLife #FlowState #gamedev #indiegames #indiedev #cpp #streamer #twitch
www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
That's the vibe for pushing code on weekends.
What keeps YOU in the zone? 🕹️
#CodingLife #FlowState #gamedev #indiegames #indiedev #cpp #streamer #twitch
www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
Happy with how the #renderengine semantics and syntax for #helios turned out!
Aiming to wrap this up this weekend, write some intro docs, then on to the next #subsystem! 🕹️
#gameengine #gamedev #indievev #indiegames #backseatcoding
🕹️ www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
Aiming to wrap this up this weekend, write some intro docs, then on to the next #subsystem! 🕹️
#gameengine #gamedev #indievev #indiegames #backseatcoding
🕹️ www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
October 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Happy with how the #renderengine semantics and syntax for #helios turned out!
Aiming to wrap this up this weekend, write some intro docs, then on to the next #subsystem! 🕹️
#gameengine #gamedev #indievev #indiegames #backseatcoding
🕹️ www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
Aiming to wrap this up this weekend, write some intro docs, then on to the next #subsystem! 🕹️
#gameengine #gamedev #indievev #indiegames #backseatcoding
🕹️ www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
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GAZAR is an intense vertical arcade space shooter where you fight against an alien fleet destroying the galaxy. - And the Nextfest demo update is already live!^^
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#indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #arcade #indiegamedev #gaming #games #retrogames #retrogaming
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#indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #arcade #indiegamedev #gaming #games #retrogames #retrogaming
October 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
GAZAR is an intense vertical arcade space shooter where you fight against an alien fleet destroying the galaxy. - And the Nextfest demo update is already live!^^
store.steampowered.com/app/3656330
#indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #arcade #indiegamedev #gaming #games #retrogames #retrogaming
store.steampowered.com/app/3656330
#indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #arcade #indiegamedev #gaming #games #retrogames #retrogaming
Time to make #meshes and uniforms play nice together 🤝
This weekend 🕹️ adapter #architecture so #shaders know what they're dealing with!
#gamedev #gameengine #backseatcoding #indiedev #indiegames #twitch #streamer
www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
This weekend 🕹️ adapter #architecture so #shaders know what they're dealing with!
#gamedev #gameengine #backseatcoding #indiedev #indiegames #twitch #streamer
www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
Twitch
Twitch is the world
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October 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Time to make #meshes and uniforms play nice together 🤝
This weekend 🕹️ adapter #architecture so #shaders know what they're dealing with!
#gamedev #gameengine #backseatcoding #indiedev #indiegames #twitch #streamer
www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
This weekend 🕹️ adapter #architecture so #shaders know what they're dealing with!
#gamedev #gameengine #backseatcoding #indiedev #indiegames #twitch #streamer
www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
👉 git branch scene. Working on the SceneGraph implementation! #helios #gameengine is shaping up nicely.
#gamedev #indiedev #gameengine #backseatcoding #livestreaming #indiegames
www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
#gamedev #indiedev #gameengine #backseatcoding #livestreaming #indiegames
www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
Twitch
Twitch is the world
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October 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
👉 git branch scene. Working on the SceneGraph implementation! #helios #gameengine is shaping up nicely.
#gamedev #indiedev #gameengine #backseatcoding #livestreaming #indiegames
www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
#gamedev #indiedev #gameengine #backseatcoding #livestreaming #indiegames
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Trick or treat - some enemies are wearing masks during Halloween season!
Now I really have to get this Towebound update out before Halloween.
#gamedev
Now I really have to get this Towebound update out before Halloween.
#gamedev
October 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Trick or treat - some enemies are wearing masks during Halloween season!
Now I really have to get this Towebound update out before Halloween.
#gamedev
Now I really have to get this Towebound update out before Halloween.
#gamedev
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Someone on #StackOverflow nailed the essence of #defensive #programming:
"When writing industrial-strength code, you should always assume that your coworkers are psychopaths trying to get you any way they can (especially since it's often yourself in the future)"
"When writing industrial-strength code, you should always assume that your coworkers are psychopaths trying to get you any way they can (especially since it's often yourself in the future)"
October 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Someone on #StackOverflow nailed the essence of #defensive #programming:
"When writing industrial-strength code, you should always assume that your coworkers are psychopaths trying to get you any way they can (especially since it's often yourself in the future)"
"When writing industrial-strength code, you should always assume that your coworkers are psychopaths trying to get you any way they can (especially since it's often yourself in the future)"
Sure, #thelifeofashowgirl is wild, but have you ever built a #gameengine from scratch? 🕹️ Today: wrapping up refactoring + adding API docs ✌️
#backseatcoding #gamedev #indiedev
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#backseatcoding #gamedev #indiedev
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Twitch
Twitch is the world
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October 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Sure, #thelifeofashowgirl is wild, but have you ever built a #gameengine from scratch? 🕹️ Today: wrapping up refactoring + adding API docs ✌️
#backseatcoding #gamedev #indiedev
www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
#backseatcoding #gamedev #indiedev
www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
"It's dangerous to go alone! Take this:" - Smaller than a tweet, mightier than a thousand Polygons ⚔️: How 32 #bytes are the building block of every #rendering #engine: My latest #devlog has (almost) all the details 👇
garagecraft.games/devlog/2025/...
#gamedev #indiedev #helios #indiegame
garagecraft.games/devlog/2025/...
#gamedev #indiedev #helios #indiegame
Onwards to the rendering model | garagecraft.games
The first abstractions for the rendering model have found their way into helios, and the first example application has already rendered its first primitives onto the screen (aka the Hello World! of 3D...
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September 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
"It's dangerous to go alone! Take this:" - Smaller than a tweet, mightier than a thousand Polygons ⚔️: How 32 #bytes are the building block of every #rendering #engine: My latest #devlog has (almost) all the details 👇
garagecraft.games/devlog/2025/...
#gamedev #indiedev #helios #indiegame
garagecraft.games/devlog/2025/...
#gamedev #indiedev #helios #indiegame
It's #saturday, ya'll. Time for your weekly dose of #ducktales cartoons, or coding on your favorite #gameengine as an #indidev. Pick your poison! 🕹️ (Today's episode: The Golden Lagoon of Subsystemia)
#gamedev #backseatcoding #twitch #programming
www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
#gamedev #backseatcoding #twitch #programming
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Twitch
Twitch is the world
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September 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It's #saturday, ya'll. Time for your weekly dose of #ducktales cartoons, or coding on your favorite #gameengine as an #indidev. Pick your poison! 🕹️ (Today's episode: The Golden Lagoon of Subsystemia)
#gamedev #backseatcoding #twitch #programming
www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
#gamedev #backseatcoding #twitch #programming
www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
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September 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
No reason not to order one of those gems.
Diving head first into the #gameloop! A Weekend full of coding kicked off by EventDispatchChains. Let's put that SceneNode-abstraction to good use.
#gamedev #twitch #streaming #indiedev #gameengine #backseatcoding #helios
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#gamedev #twitch #streaming #indiedev #gameengine #backseatcoding #helios
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September 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Diving head first into the #gameloop! A Weekend full of coding kicked off by EventDispatchChains. Let's put that SceneNode-abstraction to good use.
#gamedev #twitch #streaming #indiedev #gameengine #backseatcoding #helios
www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
#gamedev #twitch #streaming #indiedev #gameengine #backseatcoding #helios
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September 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Housekeeping - refactoring interfaces into implementation units.
#backseatcoding #gamedev #indidiev #helios #gameengine
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#backseatcoding #gamedev #indidiev #helios #gameengine
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Twitch is the world
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September 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Housekeeping - refactoring interfaces into implementation units.
#backseatcoding #gamedev #indidiev #helios #gameengine
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#backseatcoding #gamedev #indidiev #helios #gameengine
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A cycle of building, evaluating, and sometimes discarding prototypes, fueled by "Game Engine Architecture" insights. Plus, a new event system! 🕹️
A new episode of my #devlog: garagecraft.games/devlog/2025/...
#cppdev #gamedesign #gameengine #indiedev #gamedev #programming
A new episode of my #devlog: garagecraft.games/devlog/2025/...
#cppdev #gamedesign #gameengine #indiedev #gamedev #programming
Event Queue and Application Controllers | garagecraft.games
The endless tale of yet-another-framework
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September 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
A cycle of building, evaluating, and sometimes discarding prototypes, fueled by "Game Engine Architecture" insights. Plus, a new event system! 🕹️
A new episode of my #devlog: garagecraft.games/devlog/2025/...
#cppdev #gamedesign #gameengine #indiedev #gamedev #programming
A new episode of my #devlog: garagecraft.games/devlog/2025/...
#cppdev #gamedesign #gameengine #indiedev #gamedev #programming
September 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Saturday #programming bliss with the #Helios #gameengine 🎮 Nothing beats that weekend #devflow ✨ #GameDev #indiedev #twitch #streamer
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www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
Twitch
Twitch is the world
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September 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Saturday #programming bliss with the #Helios #gameengine 🎮 Nothing beats that weekend #devflow ✨ #GameDev #indiedev #twitch #streamer
www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
#TGIF - time to crank up the #IDE and put the learnings to good use! Continuing work on #helios and striving for #RAII Guard and RenderDevice Abstraction. Say #hello if you find the time!
#twitch #streaming #gamedev #indiedev #gamedev #backseatcoding #programming
www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
#twitch #streaming #gamedev #indiedev #gamedev #backseatcoding #programming
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Twitch
Twitch is the world
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September 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
#TGIF - time to crank up the #IDE and put the learnings to good use! Continuing work on #helios and striving for #RAII Guard and RenderDevice Abstraction. Say #hello if you find the time!
#twitch #streaming #gamedev #indiedev #gamedev #backseatcoding #programming
www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
#twitch #streaming #gamedev #indiedev #gamedev #backseatcoding #programming
www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...
I'm continuing my exploration of the #OpenGL rendering pipeline's mathematical foundation, examining #projection #matrices, one of the final computational steps before #rasterization.
#indiedev #gamedev #math #linearalgebra #computergraphics #games #programming
garagecraft.games/devlog/2025/...
#indiedev #gamedev #math #linearalgebra #computergraphics #games #programming
garagecraft.games/devlog/2025/...
September 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I'm continuing my exploration of the #OpenGL rendering pipeline's mathematical foundation, examining #projection #matrices, one of the final computational steps before #rasterization.
#indiedev #gamedev #math #linearalgebra #computergraphics #games #programming
garagecraft.games/devlog/2025/...
#indiedev #gamedev #math #linearalgebra #computergraphics #games #programming
garagecraft.games/devlog/2025/...