Been a bit since I've done a weekly update, so here's what we're up to! Lots of stuff is in the works: - Achievement support (Hyper) - Physics-based high FPS fixes and APIs for character controllers (Rei) - MSAA & resize support (Rei & I) - External cross-platform XNO editor (Me) Stay tuned!

Making a thing...

THAR SHE BLOWS 🐋 🫧

Deep cut but all I could come up with

Soon™

Yeah this pretty much sums up the Democratic party lol

Me trying to understand 06's render code

Rest in piss Dick Cheney

After almost a month of work, the '06 recomp options menu has been merged! This comes with a few new options, along with some improved existing ones to make them work at runtime. It's still not 100% there yet though, as many of the video settings available are yet to be implemented on demand.

I once again find myself writing Java on paper

First run of Unleashed Recompiled on Mesa's new KosmicKrisp driver! Definitely room for optimisation, but this is seriously impressive.

To defeat the "vibe-coded gradient" allegations, I've redesigned my website! The palette is inspired by R. Kikuo Johnson's graphic novel "No One Else" I'm sure there are bugs so lmk if something breaks :) isaacmarovitz.com

This week we got the infinite lives patch in! Hyper is still hard at work on the options UI, so stay tuned for when that makes it in.

This week we got more progress from @hyperbx.bsky.social on the options menu! All of this is implemented outside the game's UI engine in ImGui :)

I'm sorry, we're doing what now?

For those interested in a deeper dive into Sonic 06's visuals, I've written a blog post on the main techniques used (and their many limitations). isaacmarovitz.com/posts/sonic-...

Nothing much to report this week, but here's a sneak peek at what @hyperbx.bsky.social is cooking up :)

The Summer Hikaru Died was peak as a manga and is peak as an anime, excited for season 2

Time to take a break from the race track for an update :) This week, we got two restorations, chain jumps flips, and Sonic's action gauge! If infinite hops aren't your thing and you want something more like Sonic Team intended, Sonic's gems will now (optionally) consume the action gauge.

Can I buy Tylenol with my Antifa rewards card?

Recomp delayed due to CrossWorlds, real (In all seriousness, progress might be a bit slower this week lol)

This week, we've fixed several more high FPS issues, including particles, UI animations, and bullet collision, improvements for the debug camera, and added patches for rendering Shadow's shadow-Mephiles in crispy high res!

Here it is! The most anticipated patch yet... Ultrawide support in the UI, along with several restoration patches and high frame-rate fixes. This took a lot of work, so make sure to give your thanks to @hyperbx.bsky.social

So here we have the main menu scaling to aspect ratios like 16:10, 4:3 and AAAAAAAAAAAA

did a little media criticism www.theverge.com/politics/777...

1. In the immediate aftermath of Charlie Kirk's shooting, the WSJ laundered claims that "transgender symbols" were found with the shooter's gun. Now, a press conference reveals that NO such symbols were found. WSJ owes a full retraction and apology. Subscribe to support our journalism.

How about that.

Excellent job, @glennthrush.bsky.social and Devlin Barrett. I'm sure there are no consequences for publishing highly dubious and inflammatory reports furthering the fascist myth of transgender shooters. Really, bang up reporting @nytimes.com.

Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

Melissa and Mark Hortman were murdered in their home. To frame this is a leftist issue is an outright fabrication and an outrage.

I think there might be a problem

When a right-wing man murdered Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota, progressives asked MAGA to tone down the rhetoric to prevent more violence. Within hours of Kirk’s murder, motive still unknown, the right is demanding that the government wage a campaign of violence against their enemies.

What a shit show, this is not gonna end well for anyone

Donald Trump has confirmed Charlie Kirk is dead.

Russian incursion into Poland is an act of war. Invoke Article 5.

No one asked, but I created a CSV database of all shader effects used in Sonic 06 objects. Have fun: gist.github.com/IsaacMarovit...

Well, the week is done, and we got in some MAJOR fixes! Enjoy this 4K Kingdom Valley footage showing off fixed point lights and enhanced motion blur! youtu.be/I4JixuGUW2M

Btw, no update this week, but trust we are working on stuff :)

POV: You're the sniper about to shoot Sonic the Hedgehog

Welp, Rei broke CrossWorlds on day -3, fun game tho :)

Here's what we cooked up this week, some big things coming soon... - Ultrawide support for pre-rendered videos - Voice language config, you can now play with JP VAs in English locale! - Autosaves at all vanilla save prompts! - Audio popping fixes for macOS - Cleanup & additions to several patches

ultrawhyde @isaacmarovitz.com

Would you look at the time... - We've fixed issues with reflections in stages like Crisis City - Started implementing fixes for high refresh rate (>60 FPS) - Added support for volume attenuation on Linux and Windows aaand started work on autosaves!

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Another week already? We've added several graphical improvements: - Pedestrians animate at further distances - Some objects have shadows at longer distances - Configurable shadow & reflection resolutions!

We have been busy, busy, busy! Here's some screenshots and a brief summary of what's been added to Marathon Recompiled in the last few days. - Metal & D3D12 support - Several shader fixes - Several mod manager patches ported (HUD colours seen here) - Improved colour accuracy - Working installer

Marathon Recompiled is not finished, any tutorials for setting it up in its current state do not use binaries provided by us. Any official updates will come from either @isaacmarovitz.com or myself. Refer to the official GitHub repository for development updates. Thanks. github.com/ga2mer/Marat...

Petition: Repeal the Online Safety Act petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

It's been another week, and we've been hard at work resolving lots of big GPU and CPU problems. Although this looks pretty complete, we're still a long way from release, so please bear with us as we make this game the best it can be. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnOh...

Once again, payment processors continue their crusade to rid the internet of any NSFW content. Complete bullshit; Visa, MasterCard and every payment processor have no business policing what consenting adults can purchase with THEIR money.