Sven
@embersarc.bsky.social
hobby gamedev working on a spaceflight simulation game
Alright let's build a megastructure!
I've been reading Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks and can't resist adding a ring world to the game.
Starting a thread for this one 🧵
(image by @alexjaybrady.bsky.social for inspiration)
#gamedev #bevy
I've been reading Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks and can't resist adding a ring world to the game.
Starting a thread for this one 🧵
(image by @alexjaybrady.bsky.social for inspiration)
#gamedev #bevy
October 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Alright let's build a megastructure!
I've been reading Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks and can't resist adding a ring world to the game.
Starting a thread for this one 🧵
(image by @alexjaybrady.bsky.social for inspiration)
#gamedev #bevy
I've been reading Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks and can't resist adding a ring world to the game.
Starting a thread for this one 🧵
(image by @alexjaybrady.bsky.social for inspiration)
#gamedev #bevy
I realized that the frame rate of my game was going down the more I played.
Let's debug!
Let's debug!
October 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I realized that the frame rate of my game was going down the more I played.
Let's debug!
Let's debug!
Currently porting the GUI from egui to #bevy UI and quite happy with it so far! The only thing I'm missing is the ability to render arbitrary meshes as part of the UI.
Image nodes are super useful. I'm using one to show the navball which is a 3D scene rendered to a texture.
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Image nodes are super useful. I'm using one to show the navball which is a 3D scene rendered to a texture.
#gamedev
September 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I switched to the Avian physics engine! Its excellent documentation made this a pretty simple process.
The physics now run at a fixed rate, independent of the frame rate. This helps a lot with determinism and things keep their velocity, even if the rendering isn't fast enough.
#bevy #gamedev
The physics now run at a fixed rate, independent of the frame rate. This helps a lot with determinism and things keep their velocity, even if the rendering isn't fast enough.
#bevy #gamedev
September 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I added a hover mode to the spacecraft controller! It tries to keep the craft level at a fixed altitude so that the player can precisely maneuver across the ground.
Oh and also it's now possible to load in any 3D scene with colliders, like this makeshift landing pad.
#gamedev #bevy
Oh and also it's now possible to load in any 3D scene with colliders, like this makeshift landing pad.
#gamedev #bevy
September 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
One reason I enjoy shader programming is that at least bugs are entertaining
August 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
One reason I enjoy shader programming is that at least bugs are entertaining
Currently writing a controller to enable some cool takeoff and landing modes. The idea is that the controller should make such maneuvers relatively easy and intuitive as long as the ship's construction makes them physically possible.
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August 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Currently writing a controller to enable some cool takeoff and landing modes. The idea is that the controller should make such maneuvers relatively easy and intuitive as long as the ship's construction makes them physically possible.
#gamedev
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Working on a new aesthetic for the spacecraft model. The technology in the game should be more of the "far future" kind. This will do for now.
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#gamedev
August 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Working on a new aesthetic for the spacecraft model. The technology in the game should be more of the "far future" kind. This will do for now.
#gamedev
#gamedev
The new terrain system had one drawback: The generated lower detail chunks did not have enough texture detail. A quick fix would have been to just subdivide them more, but that quickly blows up the memory and we do not actually need the additional geometry.
July 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The new terrain system had one drawback: The generated lower detail chunks did not have enough texture detail. A quick fix would have been to just subdivide them more, but that quickly blows up the memory and we do not actually need the additional geometry.
I should stop taking screenshots on a bright screen in a dark room.
But hey at least the brightness is somewhat appropriate for the distance from the sun.
But hey at least the brightness is somewhat appropriate for the distance from the sun.
I finally got to merge the new terrain system! Really happy with how it turned out. Now it's just a matter of writing a fancy position -> (elevation, color) function for every planet and moon. Here are some impressions of the icy moon.
July 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I should stop taking screenshots on a bright screen in a dark room.
But hey at least the brightness is somewhat appropriate for the distance from the sun.
But hey at least the brightness is somewhat appropriate for the distance from the sun.
I finally got to merge the new terrain system! Really happy with how it turned out. Now it's just a matter of writing a fancy position -> (elevation, color) function for every planet and moon. Here are some impressions of the icy moon.
July 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I finally got to merge the new terrain system! Really happy with how it turned out. Now it's just a matter of writing a fancy position -> (elevation, color) function for every planet and moon. Here are some impressions of the icy moon.
where is the "let me cook" wgpu setting
July 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
where is the "let me cook" wgpu setting
Added a readback step to copy the terrain data from the GPU in order to create colliders.
This required a small patch in #bevy to allow for partial buffer reads: github.com/bevyengine/b...
#gamedev
This required a small patch in #bevy to allow for partial buffer reads: github.com/bevyengine/b...
#gamedev
July 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Added a readback step to copy the terrain data from the GPU in order to create colliders.
This required a small patch in #bevy to allow for partial buffer reads: github.com/bevyengine/b...
#gamedev
This required a small patch in #bevy to allow for partial buffer reads: github.com/bevyengine/b...
#gamedev
something I made for a local pub quiz please enjoy
July 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
something I made for a local pub quiz please enjoy
I struggled quite a bit with the y-up coordinate system in #bevy until I realized that ...you can just rotate everything by 90 degrees without any issues. It feels much more natural as there is a lot of mathematical code and I use Blender, both of which use z-up.
June 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I struggled quite a bit with the y-up coordinate system in #bevy until I realized that ...you can just rotate everything by 90 degrees without any issues. It feels much more natural as there is a lot of mathematical code and I use Blender, both of which use z-up.