Can't wait for the heatwave to stop. My backlog is so detailed that the next step would be pseudo-code. Btw, I'm using Marktext (marktext.me ) to edit my roadmaps and other documentation. #indiegamedev

Trying to make a #Godot plugin out of my graph editor "framework." The biggest task is documentation (godot plugin system is hopefully rather simple). I'm considering reorganizing source files (scenes and scripts) into directories containing their dedicaded documentation (in markdown). #gamedev

I've shifted my gamedev activity from coding obscure algorithms to specifying and micro-planning my next activities. The idea is to turn on my BIG computer, code&test for 10mn, and turn off before the temperature on my flat goes too high ... #indiegamedev #climatechange

I'm not dead ! Just very slow. The heat almost got me yesterday. Take care ! Be very careful, hydrate, and all.

Sketching over screenshot. It helps to design UI somehow. Will it be the final design ? Let's try out with another sketch. #krita #gamedesign #uiux #indiegamedev

Back at the lil buddy and its inventory system. Simple item disposal with inventory rearrangement. But this is only the beginning : item composition and decomposition are next in line. In short : basic crafting. And this will trigger a mini-game (sounds familiar ? ;) ). #indiegamedev #GodotEngine

Just received my very first tip on ko-fi. I didn't expect it would affect me that much. I'm very grateful (and proud). On the same topic, I still have almost 100 bucks stuck on Steam cause of taxes ... #kofi

I've finally published a rough version of the stand-alone game : casual-garage-coder.itch.io/disc-align #indiegame #puzzle

I've been asked to make a standalone webgame out of this. So, expect it to be released, web-based, on itch.io. I've planned difficulty levels and some game modes. Should i add a leaderboard ? #indiegame #GodotEngine

Made a simple prototype of a "Annoying Game-Loop-Breaking Mini-Game". Of course, I've set it to some nightmarish difficulty. The goal of this minigame is to align all the green sections. Before launch, one can choose the number of rings, the min/max number of influences and max shift. #indiegamedev

While working on the player controls, i came across my input event mapper. One could think I've reinvented the wheel as Godot already has input control management system, but mine comes with a twist I'd be happy to explain if interested. #GodotEngine #indiegamedev thegodotbarn.com/contribution...

Day 9 of part-time prototyping. This time, a real inventory with a selector (even if it does nothing for now). Btw, everything is placeholder here, courtesy of @kenney.nl for the models (go get the all-in-one package !) and game-icons.net for the icons (go contribute !). #indiegamedev #GodotEngine

Instant loot (for now) and oversimple inventory. The inventory is meant to be as simple as that with a little twist. The loot will have a dedicated animation and even some more complex interaction. The radial menu seems to be shaking 'cause it's tied to the character head. #indiegamedev #GodotEngine

Highlighting nearest interactable object (but without using a stencil buffer for some reason, and without using any CollisionShape3D). #GodotEngine #indiegamedev

Will I be able to make a totally procedural animated character without using the Animation* nodes ? #procgen #GodotEngine #indiegamedev

I'm torn between using raymarching (expensive) or some tricks to bring my shader to life through polys rasterization (less computation, more thinking). In those days of resource scarcity in terms of CPU/GPU computation power/memory, that's a question that needs to be addressed. #indiegamdev

Preparing the next big phase of the water mesh procedural generation about rapids and waterfall. However, I'm hesitating between creating a mesh OR painting a supersampled texture that will be used by a dedicated shader. This could address a lot of issues plus offering a nice per-pixel rendering.

There's a small bug in my ultra-fast lakes and rivers computation for small terrain. Will you find it ? thegodotbarn.com/contribution... #procgen #GodotEngine #indiegamedev

Nightmarish situation : parallel streams, merges and splits next to each others, with small ponds here and there ... The mesh generation algorithm is not ready yet, but i sense difficulties right there ... #procgen #water #heightmap #indiegamedev

After Pierre Bézier, it's time to use another french scientist's algorithm, this time from Paul de Casteljau.

Experimented a continuous path-finding to resolve streams curve generation. It works. Unfortunately, it is really too slow for some tricky cases, and I think there's some smokes and mirrors I could use to hack my way to a simpler solution. #procgen #GodotEngine #indiegame

Switched back to "Rapids and Waterfalls" mesh generation. I'm solving issues one by one. Once it will be totally solved, the result will be gorgeous. Until then, I need to fight against artifacts and invalid water cell classification. #procgen #meshgen #indiegamedev #terrain

New blog post! I really hope I'll get a decent amount of people mad with this one 😈😈😈 #programming #computing #floatingpoint #geometry lisyarus.github.io/blog/posts/i...

Sometime it's good to have a reminder that the maps I'm using are only 128x128. The bicubic Bézier interpolation on GPU is fast enough to achieve good results. But that's only the foundation of the "small worlds" I want to create : Terrain is one thing, not all. #procgen #indiegame

Just made a video about the whole process. It's a bit long (about 18 minutes), but it gives you a precise idea of how I use my tool (which will be released someday in the future). youtu.be/uqN3E8rVTN0 #procgen #gamedev #GodotEngine

Spent the whole day trying to make a better erosion post-processor just to discover that I already had the tools to make a simple (and very cheap) gradient-based erosion. Water will wait a bit longer. (There's no water yet, only conveniently placed colors 😛 ). #procgen #GodotEngine #indiegamedev

Added comments for convenience. Should add a button to toggle bigger terrain preview. Anyway ! Now, i'm ready to refactor my water body computation. For now, I relied on one solution (random water source placement). Now, i'll experiment further as I'll be able to tune parameters easily. #procgen

Post processing is doing well. I've implemented an algorithm inspired by "snowball" based erosion (see jobtalle.com/simulating_h...). Thanks to the editor, I've been able to tune the value correctly to achieve a satisfying result. #indiegamedev #procgen #GodotEngine

Started to migrate terrain post-processors : - First, the terrain is generated using raw data from a noise function. - Second, the terrain is post processed to be smoothed, be eroded, generate additional data (water distribution and more). #indiegamedev #procgen #GodotEngine

I have lowered the price of my last (and only) steam published game, Jump'N'Brawl, to $1.99 (the price is adjusted depending on location, so it might be lower for some countries). It's a fun small local co-op brawling game. #indiegame store.steampowered.com/app/2174440/...

When coding in C++ for #GodotEngine, I usually perform internal computation using my flavor of C++ and then return/expose data in a more "godot way" (for script usage, usually). But I'm curious. How would you have done this ? (for me, it's fine ;) ). #cpp #coding

I have started a ko-fi page. I'll post devlogs and (almost certainly) propose various services. If you want to support me or if you like what i'm sharing, it's here : ko-fi.com/casualgarage...

Refactoring my native terrain generator to use it instead of computing the terrain with gdscript. The heightmap computation is now lightning fast. And i've changed the visualizer : no more blocks ! My good old bicubic Bézier interpolation is back. #GodotEngine #procgen #heightmap #terrain

Colors for #GodotEngine nodes and resources icons. (I've dug into the 'editor/icons' folder just to see that all the colors were defined in the 'editor_color_map.cpp' source file 😅). #GodotTips

Demonstration of noise composition for terrain landscape using the graph editor youtu.be/AbtGhl8XSaQ #procgen #gamedev #GodotEngine #terrain

Now, it's time to refactor my good old terrain generator module. I've started it 1.5 years ago (time flies !!). And given the work i've done with the graph editor framework, I could easily streamline complex terrain generation, including water distribution and more. #GodotEngine #procgen

The graph editor framework is done ! Applied to noise composition, it's the ideal tool to design terrain biomes. I've added custom node like the histogram to get an idea of the data distribution. The gradient color is purely decorative but somehow handy. #GodotEngine #procgen

Hopefully, last day of work on my generic graphic editor framework. Can't wait to actually use it for tooling and experimenting cool #procgen stuff. I've started with the heightmap generator, and it is very promising. Once it is clean enough, I'll release that framework as a #Godot plugin.

I'm considering starting a ko-fi or patreon account ('cause even if I'm not earning anything rn, i still have accountant bills, minimum social taxes, and additional costs related to a company). But what kind of content should I offer ? I'm already sharing most of my work at @thegodotbarn.com. 🧵

Resuming work after some days off. In fact, I've never stopped working even if i was on vacation in another country. There's always one hour or two to spare at the hotel before bedtime. But now, it's time to speed up a bit.

Next dev keywords : transform-aware image quilting and pyramid synthesis. This brings me back to early 2000, but it should be fun. Dunno if I'll code this in #gdscript, tho, as it requires some tricky parallel computing. #gamedev #procgen

There was a naughty bug in the code ! It's all fixed now. Enjoy :) #GodotEngine #bugfix #uiux #gamedev

Can't wait to implement data evaluation and preview in operator nodes. Again, everything is defined using resources. Of course, there's sub-scene for type edition/preview. But that's all. #GodotEngine #procgen #noise #graph

After the nice @enderprism.bsky.social take on Blender-Like value selector, here is my take on the subject. I've choose a very minimalistic approach. Min/max value, dragging using existing theme values. That's all. thegodotbarn.com/contribution... #GodotEngine #UIUX

In-game Curve Editor for #GodotEngine is now available. Check it out and don't hesitate to ask me for help in case you're struggling (which should not be the case). #UIUX thegodotbarn.com/contribution...

Grid Displaying Stylebox code is now available. #GodotEngine #UIUX thegodotbarn.com/contribution...

Custom `StyleBox` to handle value grid is in the submission queue of @thegodotbarn.com . It's not my best code AT ALL. But it does the work. Can't expect more for a single hour of code. The in-game curve editor is also in the submission queue and is waiting for peer-review. #GodotEngine #UIUX

My take on custom `StyleBox` displaying a grid, here shown in use in a curve editor. The value indicators are not ideally placed tho. But as I'll publish the code very soon, feel free to make it better ! #GodotEngine #uiux

Working on a `StyleBox` that will manned graduated backgrounds. I think this will be used in more than Control node in #GodotEngine. Of course, in my custom curve editor, but i have this feeling it could be useful somewhere else. Do you have any use case idea for that can of StyleBox ? #uiux

Today, made an in-game curve editor custom control for #GodotEngine. The curve is theme-able. The edition capabilities can be disabled (so one can choose to only give access to point edit but not the value/domain range or even tangents). Code soon be available at @thegodotbarn.com #UIUX