This is what the Dreamcast VMU SDK looked like in 1999 (April 22), with a tool to simulate/emulate it on your development environment

Today's update on the #SonicMania port to the #Sega #Dreamcast... while our leader is fighting the uphill battle to implement the per-pixel/per-scanline visual effects, I've been... errrr... laying the foundation for the goodies we plan for our Visual Memory Unit. 🤣

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There's still so much to do for #dreamdisc25, but at least the game loop is almost complete. The visuals also got some love.

And yes, you are a Tomato.

Here are some screenshots (debug cam and gameplay), captured from my #dreamcast

One of the biggest challenges since the Gamescom demo for MD was figuring out animation skinning. Thanks to @kazade.bsky.social 's work on implementing the base framework for gltf anim channel import and @falcogirgis.bsky.social 's sh4zam work, Jeenie can smoothly move!

#SonicMania Plus for the #Sega #Dreamcast finally has audio! Here's a 2 minute direct hardware capture of me playing the latest build of @sonicfreak94.bsky.social's port on my actual DC to hype up the Blue Blur's epic comeback to a Sega console... where he has always belonged!

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Can you imagine if this and GTA3 were released on DC back in the day? SEGA might still be in the home console market!