the matrix was a documentary
Put together a new cyberpunk-themed scene in Degine so I have something “somewhat professional” looking to showcase at GDC 2026. Feel like the graphics are in a good spot, though I have about a month to do some optimization and clean-up the code (which is honestly full of
First developer vlog for 2026 is live. Mostly showcasing editor improvements for Degine, my custom OpenGL-based 3D engine I’ve been working on for nearly 3 years. Started integrating more radial menu icons (that were designed around 2 years ago) and prototyping the main user interaction. Most of the
Got a new demo video up with the almost final motion capture pipeline and alternate costume for the character. Despite looking highly erotic, it’s not a hentai game. Not sure the project really fits exactly any specific genre, though might best be described as a chatbot (though perhaps
Made some improvements on the motion capture pipeline using iPhone recorded video and processed with QuickMagic and Cascadeur. Using LiveLinkFace and all compiled together in Blender. Getting close to final quality, though there are still some kinks with the animation (I think the rig is working, this is
Started testing a new character design for the real-time project. Even though I was happy with the artist I had, rigging and retargeting the animation was turning into a massive headache due to the extreme amount of bones. These would allow things like clothing physics and costumes, however
Calling the character for my real-time project done. Had paid an artist for the model (this is one configuration, there’s various outfits and styles), just took some effort to get everything connected on Blender. I’m using tools designed for Unreal Engine, so manual effort was necessary to get
Managed to get a good deal of work done while my internet was down for almost a week (it’s always something else). Just fixing bugs, and things that were half-working, so research was not required. Pretty amazing what you can accomplish just reading headers and with IDE auto-complete
Trying to validate and finalize all the shaders on my GL project. Still a bunch of editor features left to do, but the graphics are where I want so will just need to work on the boring stuff now and optimize. Brought back the old skin shader (screen-space
New demo showcasing a higher quality model with improved image-based lighting. Using spherical harmonics here (SH2), which I had from the beginning, but added automatic dominant light extraction when loading an HDRI image. This detects the sunlight, ambient environment lighting, and controls the shadowing. So basically everything in
Really happy to be a part of the 2025 edition of GP-Direct, a compilation of around 20 different “from scratch” 3D engines made by people from the graphics programming community. I submitted my Degine graphics demo as part of this, and also designed the YouTube thumbnail. Super stoked
