Vercidium
@vercidium.com
Game engine developer from Australia, I’m keen to share what I’ve learned about optimising games.
youtube.com/vercidium
youtube.com/vercidium
My life changed when I discovered block select and multiple cursors
May 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
My life changed when I discovered block select and multiple cursors
This looks incredible! I love skyboxes like this
January 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This looks incredible! I love skyboxes like this
All of this was rendering incredibly slowly, so I switched to an instanced rendering system.
This was also initially buggy, producing some strange images:
This was also initially buggy, producing some strange images:
January 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
All of this was rendering incredibly slowly, so I switched to an instanced rendering system.
This was also initially buggy, producing some strange images:
This was also initially buggy, producing some strange images:
Shadows were finally working, and I also fixed specular lighting
January 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Shadows were finally working, and I also fixed specular lighting
I then enabled shadows. Initially my engine only supported Cascaded shadows, which is overkill for this.
I added a new 'Spotlight' shadow system, which only renders the scene to one depth texture.
I messed up some OpenGL calls which led to these strange glitches:
I added a new 'Spotlight' shadow system, which only renders the scene to one depth texture.
I messed up some OpenGL calls which led to these strange glitches:
January 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I then enabled shadows. Initially my engine only supported Cascaded shadows, which is overkill for this.
I added a new 'Spotlight' shadow system, which only renders the scene to one depth texture.
I messed up some OpenGL calls which led to these strange glitches:
I added a new 'Spotlight' shadow system, which only renders the scene to one depth texture.
I messed up some OpenGL calls which led to these strange glitches:
I then animated it appearing from the void below.
All these blocks were being rendered one at a time, which was very slow!
I changed to an instanced rendering system, which brought it up from 48 up to 560 FPS.
All these blocks were being rendered one at a time, which was very slow!
I changed to an instanced rendering system, which brought it up from 48 up to 560 FPS.
January 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I then animated it appearing from the void below.
All these blocks were being rendered one at a time, which was very slow!
I changed to an instanced rendering system, which brought it up from 48 up to 560 FPS.
All these blocks were being rendered one at a time, which was very slow!
I changed to an instanced rendering system, which brought it up from 48 up to 560 FPS.
Started very basic with a smaller world
January 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Started very basic with a smaller world
Destroying the lootboxes looks so satisfying! Added to my wishlist
January 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Destroying the lootboxes looks so satisfying! Added to my wishlist
Smaller clovers are darker to create the illusion of depth
January 18, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Smaller clovers are darker to create the illusion of depth
Each clover is constructed of 20 vertices and sways in the wind.
January 18, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Each clover is constructed of 20 vertices and sways in the wind.
It's not realistic but they also look great underwater.
I'll definitely need to add some underwater vegetation next
I'll definitely need to add some underwater vegetation next
January 18, 2025 at 7:14 AM
It's not realistic but they also look great underwater.
I'll definitely need to add some underwater vegetation next
I'll definitely need to add some underwater vegetation next
Wishlisted and signed up for the playtest. Keen to try it out and share my feedback!
January 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Wishlisted and signed up for the playtest. Keen to try it out and share my feedback!
Hot off the press! Watching now
January 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Hot off the press! Watching now
Here's another before and after - I love these streaks of light
January 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Here's another before and after - I love these streaks of light