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Taconite
@taconite.bsky.social
Game Dev and Math Nerd.

Making a couple projects:
- Physics-based archery retro-FPS
- Meditative canoeing game about learning First Nations toponyms for the Great Lakes region

https://taconitegames.itch.io/
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Screen recording of unity editor showing debug viz for vision approximation. The first two versions just show min/max distances per region. The final version uses a weighted average of samples in the region.

The colors indicate validity (comparison against raycast).
November 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I'd like a year in which nothing bad happens, as a control group
November 12, 2025 at 5:53 AM
All ore boats look like that, they're constrained by the size of the locks at the Sault and the Welland Canal
November 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Could always do it museum style, where the player can walk around and see the models at their leisure
November 11, 2025 at 11:36 PM
What part(s) are you worried about? Ui or data stuff?
November 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Could you aim it a load bearing wall and undermine a whole building?
November 11, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Never too late for more features 😈
November 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If it ain't broke, keep fixing it until it is
November 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Foucault was right
November 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM