rainroar
@rainroar.dev
engineer
love minimalism, nature, eclectic things
love minimalism, nature, eclectic things
After a few months working on other things I'm picking back up my project of writing a small game in zig for the playdate
July 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
After a few months working on other things I'm picking back up my project of writing a small game in zig for the playdate
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Alright, I've finally sat down and put together a dev video for my souls-like boomer shooter. The art is still very WIP, lots of stuff is being tested, but the gameplay really feels like it's coming together.
You can find it here:
youtu.be/0kVm0IxSw2Y
You can find it here:
youtu.be/0kVm0IxSw2Y
Defier - Souls-Like Boomer Shooter Devlog-Lite
YouTube video by Dark Portal Gamedev
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February 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Alright, I've finally sat down and put together a dev video for my souls-like boomer shooter. The art is still very WIP, lots of stuff is being tested, but the gameplay really feels like it's coming together.
You can find it here:
youtu.be/0kVm0IxSw2Y
You can find it here:
youtu.be/0kVm0IxSw2Y
Messing around with the playdate and found out someone in the zig community made a template for it, so naturally I’m poking around that api and seeing what I can do
January 23, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Messing around with the playdate and found out someone in the zig community made a template for it, so naturally I’m poking around that api and seeing what I can do
sometimes the universe really does reach out and tell you something
January 14, 2025 at 2:35 AM
sometimes the universe really does reach out and tell you something
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I finally got my extremely janky animation system working??? Literally everything is a first pass but this entire thing is actually working. World State -> Behavior Tree -> Animation Manager -> Animation Metadata (hitboxes, scripted actions, etc.)
November 19, 2024 at 5:30 AM
I finally got my extremely janky animation system working??? Literally everything is a first pass but this entire thing is actually working. World State -> Behavior Tree -> Animation Manager -> Animation Metadata (hitboxes, scripted actions, etc.)
In the jam this week I’m trying as hard as I can to embrace the philosophy of “you can just do things”… and coding up the simplest version of each feature I want, and moving on.
Completely fighting all urges to architect it at all, and letting the code naturally take shape #gamedev
Completely fighting all urges to architect it at all, and letting the code naturally take shape #gamedev
November 9, 2024 at 9:07 AM
In the jam this week I’m trying as hard as I can to embrace the philosophy of “you can just do things”… and coding up the simplest version of each feature I want, and moving on.
Completely fighting all urges to architect it at all, and letting the code naturally take shape #gamedev
Completely fighting all urges to architect it at all, and letting the code naturally take shape #gamedev
I got derailed for a bit because the matrix implementation had some errors in it... but still going strong making this game in C with no dependencies (except SDL).
This is testing a simple voxel grid with everything set to two (of 16) types
This is testing a simple voxel grid with everything set to two (of 16) types
November 8, 2024 at 8:58 AM
I got derailed for a bit because the matrix implementation had some errors in it... but still going strong making this game in C with no dependencies (except SDL).
This is testing a simple voxel grid with everything set to two (of 16) types
This is testing a simple voxel grid with everything set to two (of 16) types
Did a huge refactor, finally cracked and broke things out of main.c into their own files.
But I now have 3D cubes instanced as “voxels”. Not bad for two days starting with an empty c file.
But I now have 3D cubes instanced as “voxels”. Not bad for two days starting with an empty c file.
November 5, 2024 at 5:34 AM
Did a huge refactor, finally cracked and broke things out of main.c into their own files.
But I now have 3D cubes instanced as “voxels”. Not bad for two days starting with an empty c file.
But I now have 3D cubes instanced as “voxels”. Not bad for two days starting with an empty c file.
Starting with main.c and building up is going pretty well. I have a basic skeleton of a framework to prototype a game for the jam, and it runs across macOS/linux/win/wasm
The best part of starting from zero is there's nothing to "look up" I can just make everything I want
The best part of starting from zero is there's nothing to "look up" I can just make everything I want
November 4, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Starting with main.c and building up is going pretty well. I have a basic skeleton of a framework to prototype a game for the jam, and it runs across macOS/linux/win/wasm
The best part of starting from zero is there's nothing to "look up" I can just make everything I want
The best part of starting from zero is there's nothing to "look up" I can just make everything I want
I’m doing a game jam where I started with just main.c and buildsh, and it’s very liberating (so far)
We will see how I feel when it comes time to submit 😅
We will see how I feel when it comes time to submit 😅
November 4, 2024 at 10:04 PM
I’m doing a game jam where I started with just main.c and buildsh, and it’s very liberating (so far)
We will see how I feel when it comes time to submit 😅
We will see how I feel when it comes time to submit 😅
The most stressful thing about working in software is having everyone panicking about hitting deadlines, while also doing everything under the sun to ensure that your development is as slow as possible.
February 15, 2024 at 1:13 AM
The most stressful thing about working in software is having everyone panicking about hitting deadlines, while also doing everything under the sun to ensure that your development is as slow as possible.
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Remember when consumer electronics were sexy?
December 28, 2023 at 1:28 PM
Remember when consumer electronics were sexy?
Surf competition in Santa Cruz on 35mm.
November 29, 2023 at 5:40 AM
Surf competition in Santa Cruz on 35mm.
If you’re worried about security, just buy an armored car like everyone else does. Mercedes, Audi, bmw, Maserati, Land Rover all make armored cars that look like normal sedans/SUVs. I promise it will work better than this monstrosity.
idk why Elon/his renfields are doing this cringe stuff - there is a full-on crime panic going on, partially stoked by him! Just show someone trying to smash the window and failing!
Important security option for drivers with Middle Ages commutes
October 31, 2023 at 9:44 PM
If you’re worried about security, just buy an armored car like everyone else does. Mercedes, Audi, bmw, Maserati, Land Rover all make armored cars that look like normal sedans/SUVs. I promise it will work better than this monstrosity.
Still have a light leak in the Kiev 88, but am really enjoying playing around with film.
October 25, 2023 at 12:41 AM
Still have a light leak in the Kiev 88, but am really enjoying playing around with film.
I got my first roll of film back from my vintage 120mm camera. It’s got a pretty bad light leak, but I got some shots I’m happy with.
October 7, 2023 at 12:06 AM
I got my first roll of film back from my vintage 120mm camera. It’s got a pretty bad light leak, but I got some shots I’m happy with.
I’m extremely excited to play with 120mm film in this guy this weekend 😎
September 29, 2023 at 10:45 PM
I’m extremely excited to play with 120mm film in this guy this weekend 😎
Getting back into film photography. It’s so tense after using digital for so long 😳
September 27, 2023 at 7:12 AM
Getting back into film photography. It’s so tense after using digital for so long 😳
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Matt Christman is one of the very best we've got and I'm pulling for him and his family tonight.
September 23, 2023 at 3:12 AM
Matt Christman is one of the very best we've got and I'm pulling for him and his family tonight.
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Burning Man is a perfect metaphor for the tech bro vision of society, a money extraction machine reliant on the free labor of participants to exist which dissolves into chaos the moment anything goes wrong
September 3, 2023 at 11:00 PM
Burning Man is a perfect metaphor for the tech bro vision of society, a money extraction machine reliant on the free labor of participants to exist which dissolves into chaos the moment anything goes wrong
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today's #shoegaze banger is '話す卵' by 17 Years Old and Berlin Wall, one of my very favorite Japanese shoegaze bands- this is the first song of theirs I heard, inspiring me to check out the rest of their catalog
https://youtu.be/bOhWX8HTMPA
https://youtu.be/bOhWX8HTMPA
話す卵
Provided to YouTube by TuneCore Japan話す卵 · Seventeen Years Old And Berlin WallAspect℗ 2015 Seventeen Years Old And Berlin WallReleased on: 2015-07-18Lyricist...
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August 16, 2023 at 11:21 PM
today's #shoegaze banger is '話す卵' by 17 Years Old and Berlin Wall, one of my very favorite Japanese shoegaze bands- this is the first song of theirs I heard, inspiring me to check out the rest of their catalog
https://youtu.be/bOhWX8HTMPA
https://youtu.be/bOhWX8HTMPA
name a fictional character who could have stopped 9/11
August 10, 2023 at 6:26 AM
name a fictional character who could have stopped 9/11