Jonathan Lahue
@jclahoot.bsky.social
Designer and Creative Coder •🔥✨👨🏼💻✨🔥 • Cat Dad 🐈 • Plant Dad 🌿 • Emoji Dad 👨🦰 • He/Him
🔮 jclahoot.com
🔮 jclahoot.com
Take that, inertia!!!
I'm rendering MORE tiles (I broke occlusion culling lol), and at 60FPS too!
Gotta go fast! 🦔💨🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I'm rendering MORE tiles (I broke occlusion culling lol), and at 60FPS too!
Gotta go fast! 🦔💨🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
December 8, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Take that, inertia!!!
I'm rendering MORE tiles (I broke occlusion culling lol), and at 60FPS too!
Gotta go fast! 🦔💨🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I'm rendering MORE tiles (I broke occlusion culling lol), and at 60FPS too!
Gotta go fast! 🦔💨🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I finished enough courses on shaders and instanced meshes to start applying what I learned.
It's a big refactor, and I'm feeling a lot of resistance. I have to remind myself that I've done this kind of thing before! 😤
These 12K draw calls per frame won't fix themselves!
It's a big refactor, and I'm feeling a lot of resistance. I have to remind myself that I've done this kind of thing before! 😤
These 12K draw calls per frame won't fix themselves!
December 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I finished enough courses on shaders and instanced meshes to start applying what I learned.
It's a big refactor, and I'm feeling a lot of resistance. I have to remind myself that I've done this kind of thing before! 😤
These 12K draw calls per frame won't fix themselves!
It's a big refactor, and I'm feeling a lot of resistance. I have to remind myself that I've done this kind of thing before! 😤
These 12K draw calls per frame won't fix themselves!
Khoa is displaying his zine at the Zine Coop Virtual Party right now 🎈📚🥳 party.zinecoop.org
It's really fun! you have your own avatar, and you can walk around and, read zines, and chat with different people at the expo!
It's really fun! you have your own avatar, and you can walk around and, read zines, and chat with different people at the expo!
December 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Khoa is displaying his zine at the Zine Coop Virtual Party right now 🎈📚🥳 party.zinecoop.org
It's really fun! you have your own avatar, and you can walk around and, read zines, and chat with different people at the expo!
It's really fun! you have your own avatar, and you can walk around and, read zines, and chat with different people at the expo!
Shader math is fun 😛
December 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Shader math is fun 😛
I don't currently know how to do this, so I'm following @bruno-simon.bsky.social's Threejs Journey course!
Instanced meshes come with some architecture changes, so I'll also have to learn about 🏖 shaders 😎 to recreate what I've built so far.
This is one of the first shaders I wrote! 💙🩵🩷
Instanced meshes come with some architecture changes, so I'll also have to learn about 🏖 shaders 😎 to recreate what I've built so far.
This is one of the first shaders I wrote! 💙🩵🩷
December 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I don't currently know how to do this, so I'm following @bruno-simon.bsky.social's Threejs Journey course!
Instanced meshes come with some architecture changes, so I'll also have to learn about 🏖 shaders 😎 to recreate what I've built so far.
This is one of the first shaders I wrote! 💙🩵🩷
Instanced meshes come with some architecture changes, so I'll also have to learn about 🏖 shaders 😎 to recreate what I've built so far.
This is one of the first shaders I wrote! 💙🩵🩷
In ThreeJS (what I use to make my site 3D), you use meshes made of triangles to represent objects in a scene.
📐
*Every single mesh* is a draw call to the GPU.
On my site, the CPU is yelling “DRAW MORE TRIANGLESSS!” to the GPU hundreds of thousands of times per second! 😅
*Every single mesh* is a draw call to the GPU.
On my site, the CPU is yelling “DRAW MORE TRIANGLESSS!” to the GPU hundreds of thousands of times per second! 😅
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
In ThreeJS (what I use to make my site 3D), you use meshes made of triangles to represent objects in a scene.
📐
*Every single mesh* is a draw call to the GPU.
On my site, the CPU is yelling “DRAW MORE TRIANGLESSS!” to the GPU hundreds of thousands of times per second! 😅
*Every single mesh* is a draw call to the GPU.
On my site, the CPU is yelling “DRAW MORE TRIANGLESSS!” to the GPU hundreds of thousands of times per second! 😅
🔥🌻 So, I may have sunflowered too close to the sun!🌻🔥
After building an editing tool to add content to my website, the number of objects and tiles increased quite rapidly. The CPU does *not* like that, and now things are slow. 🐢
Let's try to fix it! 🧵...
After building an editing tool to add content to my website, the number of objects and tiles increased quite rapidly. The CPU does *not* like that, and now things are slow. 🐢
Let's try to fix it! 🧵...
December 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🔥🌻 So, I may have sunflowered too close to the sun!🌻🔥
After building an editing tool to add content to my website, the number of objects and tiles increased quite rapidly. The CPU does *not* like that, and now things are slow. 🐢
Let's try to fix it! 🧵...
After building an editing tool to add content to my website, the number of objects and tiles increased quite rapidly. The CPU does *not* like that, and now things are slow. 🐢
Let's try to fix it! 🧵...
📺 Added a video section to my site! (jclahoot.com)
I just published something new for the first time in a while (a vlog about a failed DIY project), and figured I'd give it a little screening area.🍿
I just published something new for the first time in a while (a vlog about a failed DIY project), and figured I'd give it a little screening area.🍿
November 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
📺 Added a video section to my site! (jclahoot.com)
I just published something new for the first time in a while (a vlog about a failed DIY project), and figured I'd give it a little screening area.🍿
I just published something new for the first time in a while (a vlog about a failed DIY project), and figured I'd give it a little screening area.🍿
This is hands down my favourite landscape on my website 💛
November 5, 2025 at 2:10 AM
This is hands down my favourite landscape on my website 💛
Finally realized another big piece of the vision for jclahoot.com 🙌
Welcome to my little oasis on the web! A tiny village nestled within a cat shaped mountain. My personal website.😌
🌳🌳🏔️🐈🌳
Welcome to my little oasis on the web! A tiny village nestled within a cat shaped mountain. My personal website.😌
🌳🌳🏔️🐈🌳
November 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Finally realized another big piece of the vision for jclahoot.com 🙌
Welcome to my little oasis on the web! A tiny village nestled within a cat shaped mountain. My personal website.😌
🌳🌳🏔️🐈🌳
Welcome to my little oasis on the web! A tiny village nestled within a cat shaped mountain. My personal website.😌
🌳🌳🏔️🐈🌳
More drawings for my site 😌 IT IS SO CUTE AHHH! 🥹
(but also so laggy because too many sunflower 🥲)
(but also so laggy because too many sunflower 🥲)
October 23, 2025 at 1:42 AM
More drawings for my site 😌 IT IS SO CUTE AHHH! 🥹
(but also so laggy because too many sunflower 🥲)
(but also so laggy because too many sunflower 🥲)
My deciduous tree drawing skills have improved! 🌳
October 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
My deciduous tree drawing skills have improved! 🌳
As a face sunscreen, Biore Aqua Rich, specifically the one from Japan. It doesn’t feel oily or leave a white cast. I didn’t really like applying sunscreen daily before using this one.
For body sunscreen I haven’t found anything like it unfortunately 🥲
For body sunscreen I haven’t found anything like it unfortunately 🥲
October 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
As a face sunscreen, Biore Aqua Rich, specifically the one from Japan. It doesn’t feel oily or leave a white cast. I didn’t really like applying sunscreen daily before using this one.
For body sunscreen I haven’t found anything like it unfortunately 🥲
For body sunscreen I haven’t found anything like it unfortunately 🥲
Today's site design inspo:
October 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Today's site design inspo:
The trees and bushes are really make my website start to come together! 😌 Building this is so much fun!
October 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The trees and bushes are really make my website start to come together! 😌 Building this is so much fun!
The falling bug came back, final boss second phase style! 🥲
I guess I'll "do the wrong thing" and set up a falling timer 🙈 (until I get enough dev XP points to level up and beat this final boss of a bug 🐉💥🗡)
In the interim, I've started modelling the cat mountain! 🏔️
I guess I'll "do the wrong thing" and set up a falling timer 🙈 (until I get enough dev XP points to level up and beat this final boss of a bug 🐉💥🗡)
In the interim, I've started modelling the cat mountain! 🏔️
October 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The falling bug came back, final boss second phase style! 🥲
I guess I'll "do the wrong thing" and set up a falling timer 🙈 (until I get enough dev XP points to level up and beat this final boss of a bug 🐉💥🗡)
In the interim, I've started modelling the cat mountain! 🏔️
I guess I'll "do the wrong thing" and set up a falling timer 🙈 (until I get enough dev XP points to level up and beat this final boss of a bug 🐉💥🗡)
In the interim, I've started modelling the cat mountain! 🏔️
PSA for anyone making a game or a 3D personal site:
Figure out the scale of things *BEFORE* building out content. Tiles were too tall, player height was too short, and now everything feels very bunched together 🥲.
New builds will run as if you're 5'9". Previously, things were toddler-sized 😆.
Figure out the scale of things *BEFORE* building out content. Tiles were too tall, player height was too short, and now everything feels very bunched together 🥲.
New builds will run as if you're 5'9". Previously, things were toddler-sized 😆.
September 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
PSA for anyone making a game or a 3D personal site:
Figure out the scale of things *BEFORE* building out content. Tiles were too tall, player height was too short, and now everything feels very bunched together 🥲.
New builds will run as if you're 5'9". Previously, things were toddler-sized 😆.
Figure out the scale of things *BEFORE* building out content. Tiles were too tall, player height was too short, and now everything feels very bunched together 🥲.
New builds will run as if you're 5'9". Previously, things were toddler-sized 😆.
So you can't just swap out a PNG for a GIF and get an animated texture in three.js.
I had to create a sprite sheet, and shift the texture each frame to align with the correct image. It was way easier to implement than I expected!
#gamedev
I had to create a sprite sheet, and shift the texture each frame to align with the correct image. It was way easier to implement than I expected!
#gamedev
September 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
So you can't just swap out a PNG for a GIF and get an animated texture in three.js.
I had to create a sprite sheet, and shift the texture each frame to align with the correct image. It was way easier to implement than I expected!
#gamedev
I had to create a sprite sheet, and shift the texture each frame to align with the correct image. It was way easier to implement than I expected!
#gamedev
Cooking up cute animations to show what things are interactive as you get close to them. 🐝
(not yet in production, I'm still cooking 😉)
(not yet in production, I'm still cooking 😉)
September 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Cooking up cute animations to show what things are interactive as you get close to them. 🐝
(not yet in production, I'm still cooking 😉)
(not yet in production, I'm still cooking 😉)
I love Montreal in the fall 😌
September 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I love Montreal in the fall 😌
Sometimes a bug is a relief. 😌
To improve performance, there's a check that runs to see if a tile is "exposed to the air", so that I know whether to render it or not.
It checks neighbouring tiles, but it doesn't (yet) consider partial-height neighbours. Everything is working as it should be.😌
To improve performance, there's a check that runs to see if a tile is "exposed to the air", so that I know whether to render it or not.
It checks neighbouring tiles, but it doesn't (yet) consider partial-height neighbours. Everything is working as it should be.😌
September 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Sometimes a bug is a relief. 😌
To improve performance, there's a check that runs to see if a tile is "exposed to the air", so that I know whether to render it or not.
It checks neighbouring tiles, but it doesn't (yet) consider partial-height neighbours. Everything is working as it should be.😌
To improve performance, there's a check that runs to see if a tile is "exposed to the air", so that I know whether to render it or not.
It checks neighbouring tiles, but it doesn't (yet) consider partial-height neighbours. Everything is working as it should be.😌
How did I get UP HERE?! 🧗♂️
(A movement system that allows you to ascend and descend plausibly jumping-height tiles, that's how!)
(A movement system that allows you to ascend and descend plausibly jumping-height tiles, that's how!)
September 22, 2025 at 1:46 AM
How did I get UP HERE?! 🧗♂️
(A movement system that allows you to ascend and descend plausibly jumping-height tiles, that's how!)
(A movement system that allows you to ascend and descend plausibly jumping-height tiles, that's how!)
Made raycasting 100x faster, and also noticing the side effect of that (little lag spikes when moving between tiles, still 30x faster than what I had before!)
I don't have a ton of experience doing this kind of thing, so it always gives me such a confidence boost! 🌻
I don't have a ton of experience doing this kind of thing, so it always gives me such a confidence boost! 🌻
September 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Made raycasting 100x faster, and also noticing the side effect of that (little lag spikes when moving between tiles, still 30x faster than what I had before!)
I don't have a ton of experience doing this kind of thing, so it always gives me such a confidence boost! 🌻
I don't have a ton of experience doing this kind of thing, so it always gives me such a confidence boost! 🌻
🥹✨😊 Lalala... moving icons around... lalala 🥹✨😊
*hits screenshot pit*
🌀🍃🔥👹🌀👹🔥🍃🌀
*hits screenshot pit*
🌀🍃🔥👹🌀👹🔥🍃🌀
September 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🥹✨😊 Lalala... moving icons around... lalala 🥹✨😊
*hits screenshot pit*
🌀🍃🔥👹🌀👹🔥🍃🌀
*hits screenshot pit*
🌀🍃🔥👹🌀👹🔥🍃🌀