Julius | Forge of Fantasy

Full time software developer, hobby solo game dev. #indiegame

Currently working on #skybornchronicles

[Julius | Forge of Fantasy @3DFantasyForge]

Hi there :) It has been a while but I have finally found some time to make a new video.

A comment or subscription would be super cool.

https://t.co/rCOjyDQYgc

#skybornchronicles
#indiegame
#UnrealEngine

[Julius | Forge of Fantasy @3DFantasyForge]

@assethub_io Nice! A am going to test Asset Hub as it looks very promising 🙂

[Julius | Forge of Fantasy @3DFantasyForge]

@PolygonMyth Reminds me of Waverace 64, nice! I'm gonna give the demo a try 🙂

[Julius | Forge of Fantasy @3DFantasyForge]

I love when devs do local split screen multiplayer. This is quite rare these days 🙂

https://t.co/0KtNAAkg3n

#indiegame
#multiplayer

[Julius | Forge of Fantasy @3DFantasyForge]

@IndieGameJoe "Death stranding with tanks in the snow" 😀

I'm following this game for a while and it still looks very good😁

[Julius | Forge of Fantasy @3DFantasyForge]

@bjornornorn Awesome! I love interactive water systems 👍

[Julius | Forge of Fantasy @3DFantasyForge]

Unfortunately no answers here on X, but the discussion took off on reddit so let's continue there 😋

https://t.co/p74q5P5Yy9

[Julius | Forge of Fantasy @3DFantasyForge]

About two years ago I tried to start a #indiegame project as a solo dev.. only to totally underestimate the effort and ending up a way to big scope..
Now, I am thinking about starting all over again - with a smaller project. The question to answer is: #unrealengine or #godot? 👇

[Julius | Forge of Fantasy @3DFantasyForge]

Let me know why you choose any option. I have around 10 years of software engineering experience and some in UE from the last project. UE always felt a bit too complicated for my taste and it felt like I was learning an engine within the engine with the Lyra example.

[Curtis Holt ☄️ @curtisjamesholt]

📦 I recently published an update to the free Community Material Pack for Blender. Here’s a quick look at the ghost / hologram material.
#blender

[Pixel Wrappers🌴|🚘|🚘|🌵 @pixelwrappers]

THIS IS OUR INDIE GAME.
WE MADE IT FOR YOU!

[Julius | Forge of Fantasy @3DFantasyForge]

https://t.co/a1k9IiB5Pg…

The Zelda Twilight Princess decompilation project called "Dusk" has been released.

I cannot wait to play this on android with the #aynthor which was also shown in the trailer.

[Julius | Forge of Fantasy @3DFantasyForge]

@evilentity Looks really good and more immersive. I hate AGR games where the vehicles just turn without much roll, looks kinda unrealistic and stiff without 😅👌

[Julius | Forge of Fantasy @3DFantasyForge]

@TheExpanseRPG Looking forward to the game since I am big fan of the show 🔥

[The Expanse: Osiris Reborn @TheExpanseRPG]

Giveaway time!
We are giving away 5 Steam keys for The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Beta, which will start on April 22!

Follow us, like, repost, and comment to participate!
We will announce the winners on April 21.

Please keep your DMs open, so we can reach you if you win!

[Tommy Leung @supertommy]

Promised to ship before the movie so...

📅 53 days
🤖 731 vibe coded commits
⚡️ Powered by @threejs
🚀 Inspired by a space plumber

🙋‍♂️ AMA, no secrets, no shame

High level, grouped list of what's in this game:

Galaxy DNA

- Lumas
- Star Bits
- Spin attack with air boost + ground-cancel
- Galaxy gravity
- Octoombas
- Gateway Galaxy music track

Vibe Coding Process

- Claude Code (Opus) for ~95% of all code
- CLAUDE.md project instructions file (163 lines of rules + constraints)
- 87 implementation plans written before coding
- 36 AI code reviews (ECS, architecture, performance)
- 11 retrospectives after major features
- 60 extracted skills (reusable knowledge from debugging sessions)
- Constraints doc that grows every time something breaks (115 lines)
- /lets-build workflow: discovery → plan → review → implement → verify
- Every feature: plan first, review the plan, then build in atomic commits
- Custom level construction CLI (AI-assisted placement)
- this evolved over 53 days

Architecture

- Custom ECS engine (Structure-of-Arrays, zero-alloc hot paths)
- Benchmarks faster than bitECS on packed iteration
- 117 ECS systems orchestrated in explicit update order
- Data-oriented Process system (sequential/parallel composition)
- 30+ process types: UI animations, camera arcs, sfx

Rendering

- Three.js + Pixi.js sharing one WebGL2 context
- Three renders 3D, Pixi renders UI — no extra canvases
- Half-res bloom, color grading, occlusion silhouettes
- Fresnel rim lighting + hemisphere ambient for Galaxy-style polish

Physics

- Rapier3D WASM physics (SIMD build)
- Kinematic character controllers for player + all enemies

Gravity

- Galaxy-style gravity fields (walk around surfaces)
- 4 gravity field types
- Priority-based gravity resolution with distance tiebreakers
- Convex hull letter platforms with per-face gravity
- Spring-damped gravity transitions

Shadows

- Multi-pass gravity-aware shadow system
- Per-instance shadow filtering via vertex shader attributes
- InstancedMesh candidates promoted across gravity fields
- Dynamic frustum sized from camera FOV each frame

Camera

- camera system with 12 critically damped springs
- Follow-gravity mode (trailing orbit in tangent plane)
- Fixed-up mode (screen stays level on letter platforms)
- Top-down mode (Galaxy overhead cam, roll-free quaternion)
- Camera collision via 4-direction spherecast repulsion
- Override blend system for boss fights + pipe travel
- Catmull-Rom spline intro flythrough with per-waypoint duration

Space

- Procedural space nebula (simplex noise shader, 3 octaves)
- 1,800 seeded stars with per-star brightness + color variety
- Galaxy-authentic palette across all screens

Enemies

- 5 enemy types with full AI state machines
- Goomba, Koopa, Spiny, Bob-omb, Octoomba
- 3D distance → FOV cone → LOS raycast detection pipeline
- Editor-placed OBB avoidance zones with deflection hysteresis
- Recoil, stun, shell, fuse, and ranged attack behaviors

Boss Fight

- Bowser Jr. boss fight
- Multi-phase combat with Bob-omb spawning
- Controlled intro/outro sequence

Mario

- Galaxy-style spin attack
- Rainbow diamond particle burst (InstancedMesh, 64 pool)
- Hit-stop with global time scale freeze + camera shake
- Air boost, ground-cancel, shell kick at extended range
- Invulnerability frames during active spin

Yoshi

- mount/ride system with shield HP
- +3 extra HP ring on mount, damage depletes shield first
- Overflow damage carries to Mario
- Forced dismount on shield break with poof effect

Objects

- Coin system with InstancedMesh rendering (256 max)
- Per-instance opacity via shader patching
- Pop → float → shrink → fade collection animation
- Swap-and-pop O(1) entity removal
- Star bit burst spawning with attraction system

- Pipe warp travel with camera override blend
- Parallel-transported screen-right vector during crossfade
- Shadow field updates for traveling entities
- trampoline

- 3D assets from Hello Mario Framework (now archived) and game rips

Audio

- 17+ wired sound effects with spatial audio
- Bob-omb fuse sound: per-entity lifecycle, looping playback tracking
- Distance-based volume for poof and explosion effects

UI

- Odyssey-style ring HP meter with shield inner ring
- Number roll + arc lerp stagger on health changes
- Gold coin counter HUD
- Loading screen with code-split fast first paint
- Pretext layout flow in "legal" screen with retro Mario

Controls

- Mobile touch controls: virtual joystick + A/B buttons
- Proportional analog stick with walk/run speed switching
- Gamepad support: Xbox, PlayStation, Switch Pro
- Dead zones, auto-reconnect, synthetic DOM key bridge

Dev Tooling

- experimental CLI level construction tool with undo history
- 18 placement types with type-safe defaults
- Atomic file writes, auto-backup (max 20), live reload
- Dev server auto-save plugin for visual editor

- Two-panel debug editor (Tweakpane)
- Hierarchy + inspector with gravity field live editing
- Translation/rotation gizmos with gravity-relative local space
- Per-waypoint camera preview for intro spline tuning

731 commits. 53 days. 95%+ vibe coded.

[passivestar @passivestar_]

area lights in godot

[PC Gamer @pcgamer]

Unreal Tournament 2004 is now available for free thanks to its fan community, and they've even updated the game for modern PCs: 'This is the first public patch for Unreal Tournament 2004 in over 20 years' https://t.co/PLKp7emKaD

[The Kinsie @kinsie]

Unreal Tournament 2004 is now available for free.

...well, I mean, you probably could've grabbed a GOG offline installer out the back of a truck earlier, but NOW it's Official/Legal and has the in-development community patch built in for ongoing support. https://t.co/CmHiqslJuT

[Alex @mustache_dev]

I included Depth of field, does my game looks AAA now ? 👁️👁️

It's now been a full week in Godot with zero prior game engine experience,
And now it's got sound, joystick + gamepad support 🎮.

For my fellow Three.js devs, let me explain why it's great.

#indiegamedev #gamedev

[Kaplan @Kappische]

JUMP SPACE IS OUT NOW! PLEASE ENJOY!

https://t.co/O9Rq43vsWS