I revised the basic effects Orthonormal Basis again✨I really hope I finally got it right this time! ✨Imagine using only 2 textures, Base color and a Normal Map. It’s honestly amazing how something so simple can create such an eye-catching result 💕🎀 💃 #Vulkan #GameDev #IndieDev #DotNet #CSharp

Yayyy!! 💃💖✨ My 𝗙𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 and UI 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹 object are finally working and ~ honestly? After all that stress, they decided to cooperate like the icons they are 💅😂 #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #DotNet #CSharp

This is the transform behavior I’ve always wanted for a 2D system. 🥰💃 A 2D object should allow its position to be set either in "World space" or in "Screen space." When one is set, the other should be automatically derived and kept in sync.✅ #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #DotNet #CSharp

I guess this is the final list of Blend States💕: SOLID_OPAQUE, ALPHA_SOLID, ALPHA_COVERAGE, ALPHA_ADDITIVE and ALPHA_TRANSLUCENT being fully respected by shadows✨ They can be effortlessly applied to pretty much any model ~ not just the boring boxes😉💖 #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #DotNet #CSharp

All Blend States are now working on both 𝟯𝗗 (Quads) and 𝟮𝗗 (Sprites)💃Alpha to Coverage is basically the budget bestie of Additive Alpha, it gets the job done w/o fancy sorting, just a little rough dithering that remembers the last color it saw😄 #GameDev #Vulkan #IndieDev #DotNet #CSharp

My 𝗔𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗮 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 has finally decided to wake up and work ~ fashionably late, as usual💅✨𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 and 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 are divas and absolutely need sorting to behave properly. Meanwhile, 𝗔𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗮 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱 and 𝗔𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 are low -maintenance queens, no sorting needed💃👑💖 #GameDev #Vulkan #DotNet #IndieDev

I'm adding Alpha Additive blend state coz, well… #Vulkan 🙃It’s definitely not just “set the state to ONE and ONE MINUS and call it a day.” but I accidentally created an edge-detection filter 😭💖Not mad~just slightly surprised and impressed, honestly. 💃� #GameDev #IndieDev #DotNet #GraphicsProgramming

50K White Knights vs 50K Blue Knights. At first it sounds like a cute medieval fashion showdown~Team Ivory Chic versus Team Royal Blue Drama. But nope. Turns out medieval war is actually very bloody, very scary, and absolutely not a fairy-tale. #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #DotNet

A single QuadBatch could handle Millions of Quadlets. But once I let those quads get animated and dynamically update individually💅I’m “only” doing about 100,000 yes, ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND ~fully dynamic, animated quads. Still cute @ 60-70 FPS💖✨ #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #DotNet

Ahaha,😀 there’s absolutely no harm in dreaming big, okay? A girl’s gotta manifest somehow! ✨ I just need a fabulous, powerful, slightly dramatic title for my engine, because if I’m going to build it, it might as well sound iconic. 😅💃💅🚀 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #DotNet #CSharp

QuadBatch! Serving one million QuadLets ✨Every QuadLet is fully manipulatable ~ no clones, all dynamics 💎60 FPS at half a million,30 FPS at the full million 💃All wrapped up in one shader resources, buffer, and one shader module 💖🚀 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #DotNet #CSharp

Testing of debug normal lines on Single-group and Multi-group meshes💅 A total of 1,777,884 dynamic debug normal lines, the frames did drop dramatically from 1.5K+ FPS💅BUT still serving 500-700 FPS on a volatile frames using my low-end GPU✨ #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #DotNet

That is NOT grass u dev...!!! 😆🌱🚫It’s actually a debug normal visualization of vertices 💃📐double-checking that my normals re-creation are behaving themselves, coz let’s be real, some models come into my life with their normals COMPLETELY F* up🤡 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #DotNet

I haven’t played in a while, but I’ve already completed BOTW, TOTK, HW, Links A, and Skyward💫Someone just gifted me Echoes OW this Christmas, and honestly… how could I say no? 💕🎮Looks like it’s time to dive back into Hyrule again ✨ Someday, I’ll create something like this. 😊 #Gaming #GameDev

Okayyy, 👍 looks like the camera view frustum culling functionality is doing her job 💁‍♀️✨ She’s working, she’s efficient, and she’s only rendering what deserves to be seen. She said “out of view? out of my life!” 💃😁. #GraphicsProgramming #Gamedev #Vulkan #DotNet #CSharp #IndieDev

I mentioned “Culling” in my post… and BOOM💥I accidentally summoned Mr. Kulling himself.😀 YES. @kimkulling.bsky.social liked my post. The legendary guy who created the Assimp importer/exporter💃Manifestation?Witchcraft?Pink-coded destiny?💅💖 #GraphicsPrograaming #GameDev#IndieDev #Vulkan #DotNet

Another super-duper useful thing about my debug lines is that I can finally see the visual of my frustum view! 🎉✨ I mean, I haven’t done any culling yet (don’t judge me 🙈), but the frustum view looks good now from any angle🐱💫 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #GameEngine #IndieDev #Vulkan #DotNet

Yes! Ehehe,💃🥰This is exactly what I'm talking about – like, we’re talking about fast generation of 1 million dynamic lines and in a single draw call?! 💅✨ That’s next-level, honey. 👩‍💻I'm working on my BVH (Bounding Volume Hierarchy). 😊 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #DotNet #CSharp

Yayyy!! 💖✨ After way too much tinkering, my debug lines for AABB (Axis-Aligned Bounding Box) and OBB (Oriented Bounding Box) are finally working! 🎉💅 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #DotNet #CSharp

Dad got angry, so I nuked all my pics, including my last flawless selfie 😭💅 😅Welcome to the “Low-Profile Era,” population: me 💀✨ Anyway, I’m having a hard time and struggling with collision bounds for AABB and OBB. I can manage this 💃 #GameDev #GraphicsProgramming #Vulkan #DotNet #IndieDev

Vacation’s done tragic😲Back 2 the office on Monday 😭I need to create 3D lines for my visual debugging ✨Think bounding boxes (AABB/OBB), frustum views, and a slight emotional struggle while researching how to render a massive 3d lines💖🎀 #GameDev #GameEngine #IndieDev #Vulkan #DotNet

Happy New Year! 💥🥳Hoping for a NORMAL year, some much needed RELIEF, and minimal BUMPS! Nope! I’m not referring to texture maps. 🤞 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #Dotnet #CSharp

Hohihi🎄✨𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀! Just casually dropping a 2D sprite Santa living his best life, fully affected by 𝗢𝗺𝗻𝗶-𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹-𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄𝘀. He’s festive and technical💅 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #Dotnet Images: CraftPix, GameArt

Merry Christmas!🎄💖Dropping a WIP of my 2D Sprite Animation Real-Time Shadow proof of concept 💃because even sprites deserve good lighting and a little holiday sparkle ✨🎮 🎅 All images are from GraftPix 🥳 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #GameEngine #IndieDev #Vulkan #DotNet #CSharp

OH! MY POST BUZZED😱🔔 That little bzz bzz was NOT just a notification, that was tapping me like🔔🥰💃 A popular person in #Vulkan community like @saschawillems.bsky.social 😱liking your post is basically social media saying 🌟Validated, moisturized, thriving✨💅🌸😅 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #DotNet

Alpha shadows are like chef’s kiss for trees with alpha leaves. ✨🌟The leaves are all light and see-through, and the shadows are like,“Yes bestie, I’ll match that.” 🌿💅Using alpha shadows makes everything look way more natural. #GraphicsProgramming #GameEngine #Vulkan #DotNet

🚀 Houston, we had a problem! No panic, she’s FIXED 💅✨Objects w/ Alpha and Translucent materials are now w/ duh same energy in their shadows. That means their shadows are finally alpha and translucent too. As they should be. 💖🌸 #GraphicsProgramming #Vulkan #GameDev #Dotnet

Altogether now! 💃 using one default Shader Effect with all the lights, because subtlety is cute… but glowing is cuter with soft shadows using PCF💕✨ #GraphicsProgramming #GameEngine #gamedev #IndieDev #Vulkan #DotNet #CSharp

Yep!! 💖✨ I think PCF is finally doing its thing 💃 the shadow looks much softer now, and that weird blocky thingy is basically gone (RIP 🪦). 💅 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #GameEngine #IndieDev #Vulkan #DotNet #SCharp

WIP💅✨Battling this piece for 2 days now. She’s still ugly AF (we’re not gonna lie to ourselves), BUT! the shadows are finally starting to show,😌🎨 Progress is progress, even if she’s currently in her awkward phase. #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #Vulkan #Dotnet #CSharp

Small project, but happy to say there's no AI-generated code in my project😊As a self-taught coder, I go straight to the official #Vulkan docs and example code. The learning curve has been very steep,coz there are very few #CSharp examples available in the wild. #GraphicsProgramming #DotNet #GameDev

Before your post can be attacked by Grammar or spelling police 🚔👮‍♂️ Now we've got an AI police 🚓 👮‍♂️Next stop the Emoji police 🚨😊

I was experimenting with my 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, and it looks like it’s somehow creating a real-time 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰t. I wasn’t expecting that at all-pretty wild! 😱I like it 💃 #GameDev #GameEngine #IndieDev #GraphicsProgramming #Vulkan #DotNet #Csharp

My omni light uses three distinct color components:💡a 𝗗𝗶𝗳𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿 for lit vertices, a 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿 for semi-metallic surfaces, and a 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿 for metallic surfaces. Each component has its own power or intensity setting. #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #DotNet #CSharp

Ugh, I seriously thought my normal mapping was working this whole time… but something just felt off. And guess what? I was right, finally got it working properly! ✨💖 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #GraphicsRenderer #Vulkan #DotNet #CSharp

Measuring mipmap generation performance 📐 On average, generating a 1024×1024 texture with 10 levels of detail (LODs) is estimated to take only about 100 milliseconds. #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #Vulkan #DotNet #CSharp

Yay! Finally got the auto mipmaps generation working! 🎉 I can now select it when loading a texture. Let’s see how it looks with a 512x512 image at different LOD biases, overriding the default 0 auto mipmaps! 💖✨ #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #DotNet #CSharp

It's been 3 days trying to incorporate automatic mipmap generation into my mini engine, but still no luck. 😭 I'm having a hard time getting it to work - struggling with the source and destination barriers. 🙁 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #Vulkan #DotNet #CSharp

Yes! I'm actually being productive today! 👩‍💻🔥 I added 𝗔𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗮 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 and 𝗔𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗮 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 to the scene. Single-pass rendering with no duplication of front or back faces. ✨🌟 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #DotNet #CSharp

Applied several fixes to the spotlight system. Illumination is now restricted to pixels with surface normals oriented toward the light direction, while pixels facing away from the light source receive no lighting. 💡 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #Vulkan #DotNet

An unlimited number of lights💡can be created in the Light Manager. But, each object can only receive contributions from up to 8 lights when using the DefaultEffect. These effects automagically select and apply the most relevant lights to each object. #GraphicsProgramming #Vulkan #GameDev #CSharp

It seems that I’m hitting the standard maximum push-constant limit of 128 bytes. It’s time to pack four (4) integers into a single float. 👩‍💻➗🧙✖️ 📐➕🔮 Imagine if I have 8 floats, that is already 32 pieces of data, each piece in the range of 0-255.💡 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #Vulkan #Shader

I still find Visual Studio a good editor for writing my shaders. It’s like coding in C# with all the bells and whistles of the editor features. No! I don't like dark mode😊 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #Vulkan #HLSL to #SpirV

✨ Ladies and gentlebeans, we finally have a gorgeous Spotlight - along with Ambient, Directional, and Point (omni) lighting, 💡 plus dreamy Fog and object Diffuse! And the best part? Every object is rocking a single, unified shader and material effect. ✨ #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #Vulkan #CSharp

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟲𝟬 𝗙𝗣𝗦 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟱𝟮𝟬+ 𝗙𝗣𝗦! 😱 I just did a major overhaul, and the performance gains are unbelievable. I use 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘀 (optional), which adds even more flexibility. I honestly can’t believe it’s running this fast - and it’s all pure written in C#. #GraphicsProgramming #Vulkan #GameDev

Stone and fabric objects should not display high-intensity or tight specular highlights, as this causes them to appear plastic or overly glossy, like in my previous post😱I want to make sure everything here is just using a single shader and material. #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #Vulkan #DotNet

Fixed the Blinn–Phong term and the specular highlight for my point light. The issue was that the Blinn half-vector wasn’t being calculated correctly, so the specular contribution never appeared. The specular highlight now renders as expected.😓 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #Vulkan #DotNet #CSharp

Yeah, making your own game engine isn’t all that common these days, but honestly, I’m having a great time with it. It’s a lot of work, but I’m really enjoying the process and learning a ton along the way. #GraphicsProgramming #GameEngine #GameDev #Vulkan #DotNet

Fog mode: activated! ✨ I just added fog to my DefaultEffect, and honestly? It looks like my project is about to spill some tea and vanish into the mist. 🧙🔮 #GraphicsProgramming #GameEngine #GameDev using #Vulkan in #DotNet on #CShart

Well, since MSAA is already handled, why not add Anisotropic filtering? After all, Anisotropic filtering is just a texture-sampling technique, and on most GPUs its performance cost is very low - often close to negligible. #GameDev #GameEngine #Vulkan #DotNet #CSharp