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LambdAurora
@lambdaurora.dev
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Software engineer & architect, funky #Splatoon enthusiast, sometimes a Minecraft modder #mcdev, and even artist. I am 23.
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Mmmhh 🤔

#LambDynamicLights #mcdev
October 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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#LambDynamicLights and #LambdaBetterGrass have been updated for #Minecraft 1.21.9!

Go get them on your favorite mod website!

modrinth.com/mod/lambdyna...
modrinth.com/mod/lambdabe...

#mcdev
A Copper Golem in the snow, transporting a Copper Lantern from a Copper Chest on the left back to a Chest on the right. The Copper Lantern lights up the area around it.
September 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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#LambDynamicLights v4.5.0 is out for both #FabricMC and #NeoForge!

This update might be quite huge for some people preferring NeoForge!
Same JAR, both platforms. Can't get it wrong ;)

Read more on my blog: lambdaurora.dev/blog/2025/09...

Download now on Modrinth/CurseForge!

#mcdev
Promotional picture showing a Minecraft fox running away from someone, while holding a lantern and lighting up the area around it. Large text on top says "LambDynamicLights", and the bottom text says "Now available on NeoForge".
September 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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#LambdaBetterGrass v2 is now also out for Fabric 1.21.3, 1.21.4, 1.21.5, and 1.21.8!

This was quite the update rush, with a lot of internal changes 🥲
But finally! It is done! The missing 1.21 versions are now also covered!

Available on Modrinth and CurseForge:
modrinth.com/mod/lambdabe...

#mcdev
A Minecraft screenshot featuring a dried ghast snug in the snow, some leaf litter under a dandelion, a firefly bush in the middle of moss carpets. The scene is at the border of a Pale Garden, where a small spruce fence section delimits it, some of it is covered in pale moss.
August 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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#LambdaBetterGrass v2.0.0 is now out for Fabric 1.20.1 and 1.21.1!

Quite a few significant changes to up the quality of the mod, and back on Fabric! Still lot of work to do for the other 1.21s 🥲

Available on Modrinth and CurseForge:
modrinth.com/mod/lambdabe...
modrinth.com/mod/lambdabe...

#mcdev
A Minecraft screenshot subtly showcasing LambdaBetterGrass on 1.21.1 with a Fabric logo to celebrate its return to Fabric.
August 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Sneak peek of what I'm cooking lately!

#LambdaBetterGrass is coming back! Who needs runtime resource packs anyway? The mod now directly injects the runtime-generated textures instead, which easily removes any reliance on Quilt, allowing to move back to Fabric, and should be faster to load.

#mcdev
A screenshot of a landscape in Minecraft with the debug HUD opened, displaying the presence of LambdaBetterGrass with the grass blocks connecting to each other. The debug HUD mentions this is a screenshot from Minecraft 1.20.1 with Fabric.
August 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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#LovelySnails is now out for #Minecraft 1.21.6-1.21.8!

Get it now on your favorite mod hosting platform!
modrinth.com/mod/lovely_s...

Time for the age of tactical snails.

#mcdev
A screenshot of two Happy Ghasts each transporting a snail using leashes, with one of the snails being a big snail with a quad leash attachment.
July 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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#LambDynamicLights v4.2.3 is now out for 1.21.5!

The mod is now updated for the Spring to Life update.
Notable new feature is dynamic lighting for fireflies!

Available on Modrinth and CurseForge:
modrinth.com/mod/lambdyna...
curseforge.com/minecraft/mc...

#mcdev
March 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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What do you mean this is not how a train should follow the tracks??

Continuation of my little #rendering adventures with #SDL3 GPU and #Java 23 with some relatively solid MSDF text rendering.
February 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Been having some fun with #SDL 3 GPU API and #Java 23's FFI.

Been rough, but I'm happy that I managed to reproduce the DepthSampler example.

#rendering
February 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Since #Minecraft just got the Firefly Bushes with some neat Fireflies, here's a preview of how they will look like once #LambDynamicLights is available for 1.21.5! ;)

#mcdev
January 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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smh you're late /j
Glow squids making light
January 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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What if you could modify how entities are lit up using resource packs?

New feature for #LambDynamicLights' next major release,
this should streamline most mod compatibilities too!

#mcdev
November 1, 2024 at 11:35 PM
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#LambDynamicLights v3.2.0 for #Minecraft 1.21.2 and v3.1.0 for #Minecraft 1.21.1 have been released!

Those updates contain crazy performance improvements thanks to my wonderful partner @akarys.bsky.social !

Out now on Modrinth and CurseForge!

#mcdev

More info below 👇
Screenshot featuring 2 Minecraft instances running at the same time. On the left, the Minecraft instance has 950 magma cubes emitting dynamic light in a flat basalt deltas biome with a lot of particles, with the frame rate dropping to ~5 FPS, with the old LambDynamicLights code. On the right, the Minecraft instance is featuring the same scene but with the latest mod update, and a steady ~70FPS and a much more stable frame time graph.
October 22, 2024 at 10:00 PM
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#LambDynamicLights has been updated for #Minecraft 1.21 with version 3.0.1!

It introduces an improved resource pack API for item light sources, fixes, and a road paved for improvements!

More at: lambdaurora.dev/blog/2024/10...

Download: modrinth.com/mod/lambdyna...

Banner by @akarys.bsky.social
Banner of a foxgirl in a trial chamber, with a large stylized text at the top stating: "LambDynamicLights for Minecraft 1.21", and in the bottom left corner the Modrinth and CurseForge logos and the text "Now available! (and with more JSON)"
October 17, 2024 at 6:46 PM
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No matter the longing for the past, nor the pull from the future, you should always appreciate the present moment to its fullest.

#Splatoon #GrandFestival #TeamPresent
Art piece for Splatoon's Grand Festival depicting my character Aurora in the center, wearing a themed outfit, smiling. She extends her right arm to the left, trying to reach a hand representing the past. She's pulled by a leash by the future from the right. Her outfit is: her iconic beret but in a beige color, beige hand gloves, a sparkling top covering her chest, gray small shorts with a blue-purple as accent, and beige Converse shoes.
September 13, 2024 at 3:24 PM
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#sploonfruits days 17 & 18: EmperaPomegranate & EmperaStarfruit!

I've nearly forgot to post them, woops.
Not the best ones so far, and we've reached the end of the pre-determined fruits.

Now I only have the day 19 left to do (custom veggie: Octato).

#Splatoon
April 19, 2024 at 10:46 PM
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#sploonfruits days 15 & 16: SquidMangosteen & EmperaPear!

I was too lazy yesterday, so today is another duo!
Quite happy with this one as well, I feel like I'm starting to be consistent about it, which is super nice!

#Splatoon
April 16, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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#sploonfruits days 13 & 14: SquiddyPineapple & Squid Dragon Fruit!

Shapes were hell on this one, but I've tried new things when it come to coloring and shading based on what I've learned so far and with some splatstyle references.

AND I AM SO PROUD OF THE RESULT!!!

#Splatoon
April 14, 2024 at 7:55 PM
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#sploonfruits day 12: SquidHoneydew!

Not much to say about this one, happy about the result, I think I'm starting to grasp how shading works in Splatstyle.

#Splatoon
April 12, 2024 at 6:03 PM
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#sploonfruits day 11: Squidapple! 🍎

After being super frustrated with the Ink Tomato yesterday, which I will attempt another day, I managed to draw something I'm quite happy with for the Squidapple and it was fast too!?

Quite the funky texturing.

#Splatoon
April 11, 2024 at 6:08 PM
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#sploonfruits day 9: Squid Banana 🍌

Literally a banana, uh...

Tried something different for shading, instead of using the shimmer brush I've been using I used another texture brush.

Extremely proud of the gradient on this one!
I'm slowly understanding each part of splatstyle.

#Splatoon
April 9, 2024 at 9:35 PM
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#sploonfruits day 8: Squiddymelon 🍉

Quite proud of this one, which makes me super happy as I think Squiddymelon is my favorite Splatoon fruit. I think I'm starting to grasp splatstyle well.

Also, the perfect fruit to wave goodbye to #Splatoon 1 as it's the game who gave it life.
April 8, 2024 at 9:29 PM
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#sploonfruits day 7: Squidplant 🍆

Honestly, not a fan of the shading on this one, but given I'm not the biggest fan of that vegetable anyway I'll let it slide. I also might have misplaced some colors but oh well.

On the bright side, I love experimenting with the brushes.

#Splatoon
April 7, 2024 at 10:39 AM
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#sploonfruits day 5 & 6: 🥬 Squidage and carrot 🥕

Was too tired yesterday so it's time for another duo! I'm quite proud of the carrot, even though I think it might need some more texturing work on the leaves.
I'm a bit frustrated by the Squidage roots tho.

#Splatoon
April 6, 2024 at 2:48 PM