"If all these big companies are shouting from the rooftops that AI is up to production code the money relies on, then zero open source contributions of substance is a glaring absence."
(Original title: If AI is so good at coding … where are the open source contributions?)
The web feels so broken. Subscription and login gates at every corner. Using Google on a phone now means being periodically quizzed on which of the buttons to press to *not* be redirected to the app store. Opening an Instagram link casually throws up a browser alert dialog because it tries to automatically open an unsupported URL scheme, presumably their own app, and apparently everyone is fine with it. I'm proud that Mastodon never locks public content behind login walls.
New #gamedev blog dropped. In it we take a look at welding and geometry importance in Simplygon. This settings can improve extremely low poly asset optimizations.
https://simplygon.com/posts/b6ed75c9-eaaf-4669-bee8-eeb16c1987e9
Mom can we have Scratch? We have scratch at home. Scratch at home:
In two weeks I'll drop by #NordicGame. Want to meet up and drink tea and nerd out about game optimization?
@tsdgeos very funny idea with the drawing. I see what you did there! ;D
Another #Unity focused Simplygon blog post is out.
This one addresses the quite common issues developers face when using assets from lots of different sources, outsourcers, asset packs and so on. It a common thing that the assets have a wide range of poly count, some over tessellated.
This blog shows how to script a system that allows you to tackle that and ensure consistent quality.
https://simplygon.com/posts/6e848b24-fec4-4e4e-b584-adac96abfdb1/
Season Two is up for preorder NOW! Starts on May 29. Get new games weekly along with the rest of the Playdate community. This is going to be so great!
I really dig the style of this #videogame
#vargålder was amazing to see live.
@haukethiessen Very interesting, I did not know of Laplacian pyramids by name, but I think I've encountered the concept.
Part II of my look at automating #Unity optimization is out. In this we look at SkeletalMeshRenderers; how to automatically generate LODGroups for your character prefabs.
https://simplygon.com/posts/7942ba84-54b3-4db4-a677-25d998494ccc/
@haukethiessen very interesting, what metric do you use to determine that?
I'm tinkering with ways to visualize how much information is stored in each mip of a mip chain. Mainly to help artists better understand how textures are composed of different frequencies, but it can also be used to identify unnecessarily large textures.
#gamedev #Python
The internet of things is truly a wonder. 😝
This blog is for all #unity developers out there. In it I showcase how to construct a script that handles automatic generation of LOD levels and connecting these to a LODGroup!
https://simplygon.com/posts/94de6bef-3d9b-4ed8-8ae8-d4be80519280/
GIMP 3.0 is released, check it out!
https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/03/16/gimp-3-0-released/
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who contributed in any way - from testing and submitting bug reports through to designing, coding, fixing, packaging, testing some more, translating, documenting, hosting, administration, so many people, so much work, so much to be thankful for!
Welcome to GIMP 3.0!
It’s cool how all of YouTube is funded by lying about the security of public WiFi
@nosequels loose tea because fuck tea bags at hotels
