Chris Cascioli
@vixorien.bsky.social
Showing up early to the party. Graphics programming | D&D | Critical Role | Star Wars
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Chris Cascioli
@vixorien.bsky.social
· Oct 22
What started as a testbed for my silly little d3d11.js wrapper has evolved into a full-blown website: image-based.lighting
✅In-browser IBL baking
✅Load .HDR files, .DDS cube maps or six individual faces
✅Save results as .DDS files
Still a work in progress, but it lives!
✅In-browser IBL baking
✅Load .HDR files, .DDS cube maps or six individual faces
✅Save results as .DDS files
Still a work in progress, but it lives!
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Been thinking on the use of GenAi for mood boards. Ethics and legal risks aside, I truly believe using GenAi as references deprives one of many pivotal things.
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
December 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Been thinking on the use of GenAi for mood boards. Ethics and legal risks aside, I truly believe using GenAi as references deprives one of many pivotal things.
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
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My "No Graphics API" blog post is live! Please repost :)
www.sebastianaaltonen.com/blog/no-grap...
I spend 1.5 years doing this. Full rewrite last summer and another partial rewrite last month. As Hemingway said: "First draft of everything is always shit".
www.sebastianaaltonen.com/blog/no-grap...
I spend 1.5 years doing this. Full rewrite last summer and another partial rewrite last month. As Hemingway said: "First draft of everything is always shit".
No Graphics API — Sebastian Aaltonen
Graphics APIs and shader languages have significantly increased in complexity over the past decade. It’s time to start discussing how to strip down the abstractions to simplify development, improve pe...
www.sebastianaaltonen.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
My "No Graphics API" blog post is live! Please repost :)
www.sebastianaaltonen.com/blog/no-grap...
I spend 1.5 years doing this. Full rewrite last summer and another partial rewrite last month. As Hemingway said: "First draft of everything is always shit".
www.sebastianaaltonen.com/blog/no-grap...
I spend 1.5 years doing this. Full rewrite last summer and another partial rewrite last month. As Hemingway said: "First draft of everything is always shit".
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I’ll be streaming with famed American Girl Shoe Doll Designer Brennan Lee Mulligan!! Make sure to tune in Monday, Dec 8 at 6:30 PM CT on Twitch or YouTube!
Drop any snack-related questions I should ask below : )
@brennanleemulligan.bsky.social
Drop any snack-related questions I should ask below : )
@brennanleemulligan.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I’ll be streaming with famed American Girl Shoe Doll Designer Brennan Lee Mulligan!! Make sure to tune in Monday, Dec 8 at 6:30 PM CT on Twitch or YouTube!
Drop any snack-related questions I should ask below : )
@brennanleemulligan.bsky.social
Drop any snack-related questions I should ask below : )
@brennanleemulligan.bsky.social
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Great read: "Video Game Blurs (and how the best one works)" blog.frost.kiwi/dual-kawase/
Video Game Blurs (and how the best one works)
How to build realtime blurs on the GPU and how the best blur algorithm works - "Dual Kawase"
blog.frost.kiwi
December 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Great read: "Video Game Blurs (and how the best one works)" blog.frost.kiwi/dual-kawase/
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It's not this platform. It's all of society that hates AI
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It's not this platform. It's all of society that hates AI
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This study is the most cyberpunk thing that has ever existed.
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This study is the most cyberpunk thing that has ever existed.
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lately i've been thinking about how LLMs must feel really amazing to use if you're a dumbass, but incredibly frustrating if you're just basically competent in life.
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
lately i've been thinking about how LLMs must feel really amazing to use if you're a dumbass, but incredibly frustrating if you're just basically competent in life.
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In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
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AI Futures
The enduring product of the AI era will be financial collapse.
brooklyn.bearblog.dev
October 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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the nyt posts this stuff like avoiding AI for 48 hours is hard and meanwhile i have literally never once intentionally used an AI program for anything ever
October 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
the nyt posts this stuff like avoiding AI for 48 hours is hard and meanwhile i have literally never once intentionally used an AI program for anything ever
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Some information about Ghost of Yōtei's rendering systems blog.playstation.com/2025/10/23/g...
Ghost of Yōtei – tech deep dive
Sucker Punch delves into the tech that helped them bring Atsu’s engrossing journey to live.
blog.playstation.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Some information about Ghost of Yōtei's rendering systems blog.playstation.com/2025/10/23/g...
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At first I thought this would just be baking a 3d animation, or just using a simple palette swap, but it actually goes a bit further. Clever technique, basically UV mapping sprites into texture space.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsOK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsOK...
Pixel Art Animation. Reinvented - Astortion Devlog
YouTube video by aarthificial
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
At first I thought this would just be baking a 3d animation, or just using a simple palette swap, but it actually goes a bit further. Clever technique, basically UV mapping sprites into texture space.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsOK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsOK...
Bit the bullet and finally removed my all-in-one shader and constant buffer management helper library from my graphics class. It ended up hiding too many details that were important when we move to D3D12 in the next course.
But hey, now I have materials on proper constant buffer management!
But hey, now I have materials on proper constant buffer management!
October 4, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Bit the bullet and finally removed my all-in-one shader and constant buffer management helper library from my graphics class. It ended up hiding too many details that were important when we move to D3D12 in the next course.
But hey, now I have materials on proper constant buffer management!
But hey, now I have materials on proper constant buffer management!
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Sorry we couldn't help you, Sam.
September 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Sorry we couldn't help you, Sam.
Zoe came home talking all about “cake pop demon hunters”. Probably going to need Netflix again soon, huh?
September 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Zoe came home talking all about “cake pop demon hunters”. Probably going to need Netflix again soon, huh?
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Using this piece by @reallygoodwizard.bsky.social in my introductory lectures for my design students.
August 31, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Using this piece by @reallygoodwizard.bsky.social in my introductory lectures for my design students.
Zoe and I play Disney Dreamlight Valley (think Animal Crossing with Mickey Mouse) pretty regularly. Earlier today I handed her the controller while I ran to another room for something. A minute later I hear "Dad! I bought a couch! It's green!" She was very excited.
August 30, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Zoe and I play Disney Dreamlight Valley (think Animal Crossing with Mickey Mouse) pretty regularly. Earlier today I handed her the controller while I ran to another room for something. A minute later I hear "Dad! I bought a couch! It's green!" She was very excited.
A guy at Zoe’s kindergarten orientation told me I look like a streamer. I guess I have backup if this whole teaching thing doesn’t pan out.
August 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
A guy at Zoe’s kindergarten orientation told me I look like a streamer. I guess I have backup if this whole teaching thing doesn’t pan out.
Broke out our old Skylanders to play with Zoe. Super simple setup in 2025:
- Xbox One refuses to update
- Skip update, but the 360 games aren’t compatible
- Break out the Wii U
- Wii U is bricked?!
- Oh it’s on PlayStation
- Wait, it’s FIFTY DOLLARS?!
- Dig out my 360
And we’re in business! EZPZ
- Xbox One refuses to update
- Skip update, but the 360 games aren’t compatible
- Break out the Wii U
- Wii U is bricked?!
- Oh it’s on PlayStation
- Wait, it’s FIFTY DOLLARS?!
- Dig out my 360
And we’re in business! EZPZ
August 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Broke out our old Skylanders to play with Zoe. Super simple setup in 2025:
- Xbox One refuses to update
- Skip update, but the 360 games aren’t compatible
- Break out the Wii U
- Wii U is bricked?!
- Oh it’s on PlayStation
- Wait, it’s FIFTY DOLLARS?!
- Dig out my 360
And we’re in business! EZPZ
- Xbox One refuses to update
- Skip update, but the 360 games aren’t compatible
- Break out the Wii U
- Wii U is bricked?!
- Oh it’s on PlayStation
- Wait, it’s FIFTY DOLLARS?!
- Dig out my 360
And we’re in business! EZPZ
Ok, officially mega hyped for Campaign 4!
LET'S TALK CAMPAIGN 4️⃣
THE WORLD ⛰️
THE SYSTEM 🎲
THE PLAYERS 🎭
LEARN MORE ABOUT CAMPAIGN 4 ⬇️
critrole.com/what-is-camp...
THE WORLD ⛰️
THE SYSTEM 🎲
THE PLAYERS 🎭
LEARN MORE ABOUT CAMPAIGN 4 ⬇️
critrole.com/what-is-camp...
What Is Campaign Four? | Critical Role
critrole.com
August 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Ok, officially mega hyped for Campaign 4!