Aras Pranckevičius

Programmer. Unity 2006-2021. Website at https://aras-p.info Admin of https://mastodon.gamedev.place

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2024-09-13 06:43:45

Something's cooking! (or rather, boiling?)
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/128/886/979/333/217/original/41bc8110b8164c7d.jpg

2024-09-10 17:39:46

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@npub1qw9…r0g7 oooh this is excellent!

2024-09-10 03:59:20

Cohost shutting down (https://cohost.org/staff/post/7611443-cohost-to-shut-down) is sad but not surprising. Unfortunately.
People saying "I wish media was not like today! I'd gladly pay $N for a nice no-nonsense / no-ads social platform". And then they don't.

2024-09-07 11:55:48

"No CPU, no GPU, no memory" demo category is cool! You actually make an ASIC that outputs a VGA signal. My friend ReJ just made one. "The Drop", 3.5k logic gates, displays pictures and plays muzak. Submitted to Tiny Tapeout. Source: https://github.com/rejunity/tt08-vga-drop
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/096/139/891/860/181/original/5f4753b56952e92f.mp4

2024-09-07 04:59:26

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@npub1ykd…6j2y why dogshit? I think it is horseshit

2024-09-04 07:51:56

As someone dealing with renovating a late-soviet era apartment right now... Low-Budget Repairs game trailer is very spot on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efMgfRTalT8

2024-09-03 03:33:05

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@npub1mc3…nkdg classic!

2024-09-02 17:53:21

This little server :gamedev: (mastodon.gamedev.place) is having some issues right now, due to some stuffs over at hosting side. See thread under https://mastodon.social/@mastohost/113068468589302965 , hopefully the "enqueued jobs" thing will clear up eventually.

2024-08-17 15:24:06

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@npub1qw9…r0g7 :shrug:

2024-08-11 16:33:23

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@npub1qw9…r0g7 what a decade!

2024-07-31 03:36:25

Oh cool! Activision released geometry data set from CoD Caldera map, in OpenUSD format. Is this the first/largest "actual production" game data set? Exciting! https://blog.activision.com/activision/2024/activision-releases-call-of-duty-warzone-caldera-data-set and repo https://github.com/Activision/caldera

2024-07-29 03:28:42

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@npub1mc3…nkdg on masto.host

2024-07-28 17:43:55

Whoa, I just spun up a machine "in the cloud" (needed to test something on OS/CPU I don't have), connected to it, did some stuff, and shut it down. And all of that was super easy!
I'm about 16 years late to the excitement, right? This is my first time spinning something up "in the cloud". Exciting, at least for me! :)

2024-07-25 07:16:53

AssetCooker by @npub1ykl…4dtk looks interesting: it is a build system, but more specifically targeted at "building data". And uses some clever windows-specific tricks (USN journals). https://github.com/jlaumon/AssetCooker

2024-07-20 06:21:19

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@npub1tx6…3ssq oof. Had a fractured rib once, and I was surprised at the amount of pain. I was like “but these ribs are largely redundant and don’t do much! Why the heck they would pain this amount?!”

2024-07-19 04:47:41

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@npub1mc3…nkdg
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/112/811/341/005/819/086/original/9d8a08e0508315ca.jpeg

2024-07-16 17:40:39

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@npub1qw9…r0g7 the hero we need!

2024-07-03 07:13:14

Some more pics from Kyrgyzstan
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/112/721/316/561/944/860/original/c4606c9408a8f159.jpg
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/112/721/316/565/768/974/original/f5a6ace33303b176.jpg
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/112/721/316/568/294/738/original/716c731c69858639.jpg
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2024-07-03 05:52:41

Spam of dog pictures around Song-Kul will continue until situation improves
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/112/720/999/455/814/279/original/de1e2ff0af3be21a.jpeg

2024-06-18 04:05:17

Wait, so the whole VFX industry uses these ".cube" files for grading LUTs that are just... half a million floats in ASCII format? Have we not learned anything from OBJ? It would be oh so trivial to have these LUTs be like 15x smaller files, and I guess faster to load too.

2024-06-17 14:21:18

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@npub1qw9…r0g7 ooh, potato splatting!

2024-06-04 03:45:42

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@npub1ykd…6j2y Arcane and The Last of Us both say hi

2024-06-02 04:56:13

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@npub1ykd…6j2y so far failing at “crap” films then, are we?

2024-06-02 04:44:56

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@npub1qw9…r0g7 but also, you know,
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/112/545/201/662/285/941/original/6c3aa1f39a585e67.jpeg

2024-06-01 18:24:39

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@npub1qw9…r0g7 this one had special needs since it is for my sister’s kid who has a lot of allergies. So here it is with pea flour, no cream, etc.

2024-06-01 16:09:25

Rhubarb cakes will continue until situation improves cc @npub1qw9…r0g7 https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@ocornut/112349540484879319
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/112/542/230/854/036/620/original/515f54d5fcc565ef.jpeg

2024-05-28 11:56:09

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@npub1w66…rc58 thx! 4.2 has some more. https://developer.blender.org/docs/release_notes/4.2/sequencer/

2024-05-28 11:40:21

Coding #blender from a public library, as one does. Is nice!
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/112/518/523/526/315/457/original/b55ce2c6dee951b1.jpeg

2024-05-28 09:16:28

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@npub12dg…vvxd I have a doc with funny commit messages from this project, like “Fixed taxi stuck because passenger forgot to enter after taking selfies”

2024-05-28 09:00:00

Regular day in game dev: “a livestock farm has caused a traffic jam because all these citizens want to commit a crime specifically there”

2024-05-20 18:40:03

Short blog post about "Everybody Wants to Crank the World", a #playdate #demoscene demo I made recently https://aras-p.info/blog/2024/05/20/Crank-the-World-Playdate-demo/
Calculating only some pixels both spatially and temporally is pretty much the same as DLSS, right? :P

2024-05-20 06:21:12

0x2B or 43

2024-05-02 03:37:36

So, Unity’s new CEO is from Zynga and EA (and more recently, Fitbit). Mkay, mkay.😢 https://investors.unity.com/news/news-details/2024/Unity-Appoints-Matthew-Bromberg-as-New-CEO/default.aspx

2024-05-01 15:18:04

P!nk 🍎
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/112/366/497/217/479/391/original/568f11e0cc056188.jpeg

2024-04-30 15:48:02

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@npub1qw9…r0g7 yes. While yours looks like 100x better, this just in right now:
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/112/360/952/818/628/154/original/2a7872a4b5d3f705.jpeg

2024-04-23 05:47:49

Ok, the fact that the "AI" (NPU) chip controller inside Intel's new Meteor Lake CPUs uses SPARC instruction set (from 1990?) was not on my bingo cards for this year. https://chipsandcheese.com/2024/04/22/intel-meteor-lakes-npu/

2024-04-19 10:00:04

Current project size breakdown:
- 6kb misc images
- 15kb executable code
- 96kb one blue noise texture
- 3150kb music track
Size budgeting is my passion!

2024-04-18 08:03:16

"The Playdate Story: What Was it Like to Make Handheld Video Game System Hardware?" GDC talk by @npub1jx7…0jmm is illuminating and very entertaining. (free on GDC vault!) https://gdcvault.com/play/1034707/The-Playdate-Story-What-Was #playdate

2024-04-18 03:36:22

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@npub1ykd…6j2y kids these days would not get it with their 7- or 8-blade knives, but you Tom?!

2024-04-04 06:26:30

Jpegli: new JPG encoder library that achieves same visual quality with smaller file sizes. https://opensource.googleblog.com/2024/04/introducing-jpegli-new-jpeg-coding-library.html

2024-04-01 05:43:31

“RISC vs CISC debate needs to die” via @npub1x02…4ytm is good https://chipsandcheese.com/2024/03/27/why-x86-doesnt-need-to-die/

2024-03-31 06:50:51

Great thread from @npub1pu3…8r76 wrt open source libs maintenance (in wake of current xz situation): https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@rygorous/112186275901509504 (1/N)

2024-03-02 18:35:05

Oh no #playdate #blender
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/112/027/533/105/780/263/original/f92a2f622ca6e142.jpeg

2024-02-29 09:08:05

New krazam video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia8Q51ouA_s

2024-02-20 09:54:28

Two largest unsolved problems in computer graphics? 1) computers, and 2) graphics

2024-02-20 09:09:40

:slowclap:
https://github.com/incrediblejr/boost_the_good_parts

2024-02-19 18:36:11

Low drag coefficient, small cross section, runs long on a single charge, zero safety features though. Pictured:
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/111/959/589/982/972/823/original/971ed7cacb896038.jpeg

2024-02-18 17:17:26

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@npub1mc3…nkdg Only 10? Cute! Spam has been horrible since Friday :( And Mastodon's instance admin spam combat tools are... "somewhat lacking", to put it mildly.

2024-01-30 13:41:36

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@npub1nqp…w9sy which JSON parser do you use? While sure, it’s not light speed, there can easily be 10x+ perf difference between JSON parsers.
Also, glTF can refer to pure binary blobs if data for texture pixels / mesh buffers. Are you using that, or just everything base64 encoded inside json (if yes: try not to :))

2024-01-22 06:11:38

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@npub1ykd…6j2y @npub1kmy…rqxw there is still a massive reason: name “windows defender”. You no longer have to optimize your wads to arrange files by access pattern, but smashing many files into few files does wonders to reduce the horrible overhead of defender

2024-01-21 20:00:12

D U N C
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/111/795/712/282/241/127/original/a665b3f5537706c1.jpg

2024-01-09 20:08:38

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@npub14fs…qegk "it's an SDK" is one product out of, like, 20 that Unity the company has these days. It has a bunch of stuff that are not directly related to "the engine". Ads (Unity Ads & IronSource now) is largest. But also: Vivox, Multiplay, Parsec, SpeedTree, Plastic SCM, SyncSketch, Pixyz, and so on.
I agree that it got too large, yes. But "the engine" part was like ~1000 people (still too large! but nowhere near 7k)

2024-01-09 19:11:22

Unity doing 25% staff layoffs -- ouch, terrible for everyone involved. Even the ones that aren't laid off, still sucks.
And yes, the company did grow too big and too fast, but that is leadership fault, not the folks being laid off right now :(

2024-01-07 18:34:00

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@npub1pu3…8r76 case closed: no clear repro steps, no project file attached

2023-12-27 07:13:37

Screen space reflections test in Latvia!
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/111/651/141/279/744/975/original/8dd4427c31160065.jpeg

2023-12-19 05:03:25

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@npub1pu3…8r76 @npub1qfa…y6fn yeah this one seems to be very different setup compared to Eyjafjallajökull. So far.

2023-12-15 08:53:45

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@npub1ykd…6j2y @npub1sqa…ygdy even a Markov chain is correct sometimes

2023-12-08 07:08:39

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@npub1ykd…6j2y yeah, that one is excellent. kids these days probably don’t know what it references tho

2023-12-08 06:51:31

I found a side scroller
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/111/543/470/462/192/101/original/4b8e18434ecac3cd.mp4

2023-11-04 06:40:44

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@npub159y…uf43 @npub10r2…w6yx see my other reply https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@aras/111350892869116192

2023-10-27 08:27:36

Blender (grease pencil!) usage in Across the Spiderverse talk was real cool #bcon23
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/111/306/031/266/725/305/original/305b0eb8aae68e48.jpeg

2023-10-10 17:09:03

Gaussian Blåhaj Splatting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2eqfiFVPbs

2023-10-10 03:41:37

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@npub1mc3…nkdg aww, so what you’re saying is that next month at Unite conference he won’t go on stage, pull off the mask and reveal he’s been Elon all this time? And then pull off the mask again, and reveal he’s been Kotick all the time?

2023-09-30 09:53:58

Quick garden tools capture with Gaussian Splats, with whole data in under 8 megabytes: https://youtu.be/iccfV0YlWVI
GS data made with poly.cam, then into https://github.com/aras-p/UnityGaussianSplatting and using "Very Low" quality preset the whole final data is 7.6MB. And I *think* it could be compressed further! Just someone has to spend a bit more time.
Pretty cool how well the metal shading including brushed/anisotropy is represented, I think.

2023-09-21 12:42:31

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@npub1src…fms4 Yahoo, Reddit, Twitter and some others would also like a claim to that throne though!

2023-06-23 21:24:43

Another case of “wait, what” shadows
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/110/595/635/919/993/978/original/a76c29891292422b.jpeg