Geez, I'm in my early 30s ( latest selfie ) ~ this is normal 💃🤭 #StellarBlade #Gaming #GameDev

Busy refactoring my workflow🥲 Instead of stuffing an object data to limited size push constants, I now push only world matrix n related indices and fetch the actual data from a storage buffer. Cleaner, scalable, more future-prof for PBR data etc💃 #GraphicsCoding #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #CSharp

Alright bestie,🥰 it seems like 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗫 𝗫𝗜𝗻𝗽𝘂𝘁 is actually super easy to use in C# with my 𝗫𝗕𝗢𝗫 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿. 🎮 She connected, she slayed, she understood the assignment. ✨💃 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #GamePad #Vulkan #CSharp #DotNet

Yes, yes this time around, I'm really making a game out of my Vulkan C# mini-engine, Inspired by the Retro Game Background music from Irem 🕹️ If you know the game, you know 🎮 this will be a long journey 💃 #GameDev #IndieDev #GraphicsProgramming #Vulkan #CSharp #DotNet

Now let’s redo the party!💃This time around, the animated models received all the available lighting effects: Env. lights, Diffuse, Directional, Omni, Point, and Spot lights. They also received shadows, self-shadows, and fog.🥳 #GraphicsProgramming #Gamedev #IndieDev #Vulkan #DotNet #CSharp

Handling animated meshes is really a pain, all of my previous posts didn't receive lights outside of the environment, also why the f* HLSL doesn't have an inverse function! lol, nywayz it's working now with exaggerated light colors to test 💃 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #CSharp

Computing bone animations is costly. I tested multiple models with different animations, and there was still no cost on the main thread since the model animations are computed on another thread. 💃 #GraphicsProgramming #Vulkan #GameDev #IndieDev #DotNet #CSharp

Anyway, just a quick update~after months of trying, I finally got this running on a Mali-GPU Tablet. 💃 Dealing with Vulkan on Mali has been challenging, at least on my end.😐 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #MaliTablet #CSharp #DotNet

Yay! Lights💡are now in SSBO. She’s handling only light data and no longer messing with the environment and camera UBOs anymore. Unli-lights for forward rendering. Some spot, omni, and directional lights for this test. 💃 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #DotNet #CSharp

Crunch time. Coz I just switched my light data from a fixed array in the uniform to a storage buffer for unlimited lights, and boom~no lights 😑🤔 this may take a while to work 😢 #GraphicsProgramming #Vulkan #GameDev #IndieDev #CSharp

I’m honestly obsessed with what just a simple two-texture map can do ~ like, give me a base color and a normal map, and suddenly everything looks so much more alive. It’s giving min effort, max impact energy✨ #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #CSharp #DotNet #MarcusFenix

The Khronos 3D Formats Working Group has launched an Education, Insights, and Outreach (EIO) Subgroup to help developers and creators get the most from #glTF and #KTX — closing the gap between specification and real-world practice. www.khronos.org/blog/from-sp... #Khronos #OpenStandards

I’ve been working on this basic effect, and OMG I just realized the normal wasn’t even working until now 😭 this hangar has sooo many details, geez ✨ #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #DotNet #CSharp #NoVideCode

Satisfied!💃of adding full control over front and back shadows~ being able to make them subtle or adjust them using subtract or multiply modes. There’s still no PBR yet, just Albedo and Normal maps w/ max sampling of 8. #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #CSharp #NoVibeCode

This is a nice mesh to test for PBR. There’s no PBR applied yet~this uses only base color and normal maps. Credit to Kerem Kavalci on SF, who was very generous in allowing others to use his 3D mesh under a very liberal license. 💃 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #DotNet #CSharp

Had some free time today to fix self-shadowing. 💃Shadow mapping gets pretty crazy with multi-sampling enabled ~ needs a lot of tweaking, at least on my end. 😐 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #DotNet #CSharp

The issue with skinning is Normals, Tangents, and BiNormals need to be Recalc😪, coz the lighting must correctly conform to the light direction. a bit complex on my part, but I hope I got it in the main environment light source.💃 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #GameEngine #Vulkan #DotNet

I think this time around, the shadow is correctly positioned against the light, 💡 and the objects are darker too, but brighter facing it ~ but it still needs a lot to improve. 💃 #GraphicsProgramming #Vulkan #DotNet #CSharp #GameDev #indieDev #HobbyEngine

I’m bad at math, but who even am I without the fascinating Cos and Sin?💃My environment light depends on Latitude and Longitude using Cos, Sin - and honestly, the right lighting position can have a visual impact✨ #GraphicsProgramming #Vulkan #GameDev #indieDev #HobbyEngine #DotNet #CSharp

Marcus Fenix model from Gears of War 💖 Just testing my character animation, and I’m so happy it worked smoothly from — Mixamo → Blender → GLTF -> Znb( My mesh format ) with zero fuss ✨💃 #GraphicsProgramming #Vulkan #GameDev #HobbyEngine #DotNet #CSharp

If you know who this dude is, you know!✨ finally GLTF ascii or bin files exported from Blender are now working.🔥It's been such a struggle to get it working on my part, but it's all coming together now, even with those packed joints✅ #GraphicsProgramming #Gamedev #IndieDev #Vulkan #CSharp #DotNet

MG! OMG~it’s happening!😱Model animation with skinning supports up to a max of 255 joints!🎉This means more complex and detailed character rigs are possible💃 allowing for smoother deformations and more expressive animations.💃 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #CSharp #DotNet #Animation

Tarisland Dragon! 🎮💃 #Gaming #GameDev

I can now select animation keys!😱 Joint animation calculations are really expensive. The animation computation now runs on separate threads, so everything stays smooth ~ no camera stuttering on game update🚀💃 I’m still getting 700+ FPS on my cheap GPU.😊 #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #CSharp #DotNet

Almost done!💖The joints are animated, everything’s moving now, and I’ve been taking my time with it (slow cooking, hehe✨). All that’s left now is adding it to the shaders and it’ll be complete!💃🥳💕 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #DotNet #CSharp

Been busy at work, but I’m almost there. No animation yet, but I think I’ve got the joints set up correctly. 💃 This is the famous Cesium Man (from the glTF sample assets), and of course, the Tarisland Dragon. #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #CSharp #DotNet

I can now load any format supported by Assimp. 😊 I’ve tested it with FXB and GLTF. 💃This example uses a GLTF file. I’m hoping to finish the animation routine later this week. 👩‍💻 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #CSharp #DotNet Tarisland Dragon:by Hallow:shetchfab:CC-BY-4.0

Slow development on my Vulkan framework/engine. I'm currently in the middle of creating the asset/content cooker using AssimpSharp. Right now, my mesh loader only supports OBJ and MS3D, which I wrote from scratch... #GameDev #IndieDev #GraphicsProgramming #Vulkan #DotNet #CSharp

Yes, yes! I love retro games!

Some are confused about whether it is a console or a PC. Many argue that it’s basically a PC because it will have a desktop OS. However, a PC can function like a console, and a console can be a PC. 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶-𝗯𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴?

I just had to make sure it runs on the real Linux platform because the file handling is different from Windows or on its WSL. And ta-daa! It works on 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝘁! I’m so happy! ✨🐧💚 #GameDev #IndieDev #GraphicsProgramming #Vulkan #Linux #MintDistro #DotNet #CSharp

Yay!! OMG OMG OMG!! 🎉💻Linux build actually worked!! X11/XCB is living its best life… but Wayland said “not today” and failed. Probably some missing dependencies on my WSL being dramatic again. 🙄✨ Thanks to Sir Willems for the tip on using WSL!✨💃 #Vulkan #GameDev #IndieDev #Linux #CSharp #DotNet

Touch input on my Vulkan (Android) project is all set ~ test play : “Touch and Blow” 😘💃😅 #Vulkan #GameDev #IndieDev #DotNet #CSharp #Android

Not much today,💅~just out here slaying a dramatic little orientation change bug 😊and teaching the Android project how to properly pause, stop, and resume w/o throwing a tantrum. Yep, it took a while since I’m not using any windowing library. 💃👩‍💻✅ #Vulkan #GameDev #IndieDev #DotNet #CSharp #Android

The Vulkan Working Group has published, Building a Simple Game Engine, a new in-depth tutorial for developers ready to move beyond the basics and into professional-grade engine development. Learn more: www.khronos.org/blog/new-vul... #vulkan #tutorial #programming #gpu #gameengine

Hooray!🎉I can’t believe I’ve pulled this off ~ this #Vulkan project is now running on Windows ✅ and Android ✅Next step: I need to install Linux to test it there as well and maybe grab a Steam Deck too, just for testing purposes.💃 #GraphicsProgramming #Gamedev #IndieDev #DotNet #CSharp #Android

C# is an amazing languages ever created. It was designed by the same genius behind Delphi (Object Pascal/Turbo Pascal) and TypeScript, and it combines power with clarity. I wouldn’t trade C#’s clarity and ease of use in game development for a few extra FPS gained by using another language.

It's happening!💅✨That’s the iconic CornflowerBlue Graphic API background color 💙And yessss, finally the framework is running on Android!! 💃📱 Also, can we talk about how even Samsung is out here proudly showing the GPU name? Like okayyy hardware queen, we see you👑✨ #Vulkan #GameDev #IndieDev #CSharp

One step at a time! 🙂 At least now I know I can successfully load the Vulkan API and retrieve the Vulkan version using pure C#. This is a small milestone, but it confirms that the core integration is working. 💃 #GraphicsProgramming #Vulkan #GameDev #IndieDev #Dotnet #CSharp #Android

If you wanna know if #Vulkan @vulkan.org is the right graphics api for hobby developers (tl;dr: yes), you might find an answer in my #Vulkanised 2026 talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eshk...

Yay! 🎉 Finally, the base (pillbox) barriers are done! It still needs some polishing, and I still need to add the mystery ship. #GraphicsProgramming #Vulkan #gamedev #DotNet #CSharp #RetroGame

This is the structure my mentor taught me to follow when writing classes in C#. With this foundation in place, I just need to implement the functionality. Since most of my classes follow this structure, debugging is much easier because I always know where to look. 🙂 #GameDev #DotNet #CSharp

I truly believe that Tomohiro Nishikado, the creator of Space Invaders, is a remarkable genius. He managed to create something revolutionary. It’s not easy to replicate the precise and synchronized movement of the aliens in the game. 🕹️ #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #Dotnet

Completed the enemy ships’ dance routine 💃🚀 Yes ma’am ~ the villain ships are officially serving choreo.✨ This is my little prototype game, built to test how easy and fun the engine is to use. 👩‍💻✅💃 #GraphicsProgramming #Vulkan #Gamedev #IndieDev #DotNet #CSharp

I’m doing some modeling in Magical Voxel lol, and let’s just say… if you know, you know👾Think retro arcade vibes. Think pixelated chaos. Think tiny alien cuties plotting world domination in the most aesthetic way possible. 💅🚀👾 #GraphicsProgramming #Vulkan #GameDev #IndieDev #DotNet #CSharp

It's always a total lifesaver when your engine can gracefully check the maximum hardware capabilities against your settings and adjust itself accordingly👩‍💻💃 ~instead of dramatically throwing an error and crashing the system 😜 #GraphicsProgramming #Vulkan #GameDev #IndieDev #DotNet #CSharp

I find it extremely hard and ridiculously tricky (at least on my end 😅) to implement 𝗠𝗦𝗔𝗔 (𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶-𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴) together with 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 in Vulkan. 𝗠𝗦𝗔𝗔 × 𝟴 (yes, the maximum my GPU can handle 😊💅 #GraphicsProgramming #Vulkan #Gamedev #Indiedev #DotNet #CSharp

I’m just so tired of over manually controlling the camera 📸So, I finally let the camera do the work and slapped a LookAtTarget method on it💖. but under the hood ~ still calculating the Euler angles as seen on debug label camera rotation. 💁‍♀️✨ #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDecv #Vulkan #DotNet

Worked on the skybox today ☁️💗 Took almost half of the day to connect all the sky planes because apparently the sky likes to play hard to get. But she’s aligned, she’s flawless, she’s serving atmosphere ✨ #GraphicsPrograaming #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #DotNet #CSharp

Implemented a different QuadTypes : 💃 Quad – A standard 3D quad. Billboard – A quad that always faces the camera. DirectionalX – A directional quad but still faces the camera. DirectionalY – A quad that faces the camera on the Y axis only. #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #Dotnet #CSharp