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Making devlogs for my caving game.

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My early cave game: 60+ FPS on an M1.

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One shader trick from my early cave renderer: use the mesh UVs as clip positions, then sample the stamps with vertex positions and normals.

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Real caves have sparkly surfaces and dripping water. In this early devlog, I planned how to fit those effects into the existing texture budget.

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This version of my cave shader uses two texture samples. Blending and noise can happen during stamp rendering, saving that work from each frame.

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My cave texture patches are irregular. An occupancy map lets me avoid allocating texture space for the empty areas.

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Not every cave in Cave Expedition is a tight squeeze. Here's our glowworm cave.

Explore solo or with friends, with 1–4 players.

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A tight squeeze in Cave Expedition, the caving game I am making. Explore solo or with up to three friends.

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To texture my cave walls, I unfold the mesh into patches with their own UV space. This early devlog shows the process.

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My cave game's renderer was fast, but broke.

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Sculpting caves like clay for my game.

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Why I chose Unity for my cave game.

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My game is mostly cave walls and mud.

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Check out how Cave Expedition, a sim from @MoonmilkGames, uses cave recordings, photogrammetry, and textures captured during expeditions to recreate the experience of underground exploration.

What does it actually sound like inside a cave?: https://t.co/ngYfafflzR

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Caving with friends.

Gameplay from Cave Expedition.

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A real caver making a cave game.

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@GrimbloTheGobln 😁

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The Cake is a Truth

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Happy International Day of Caves and Karst 🎉

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