Joao R.

👨‍💻 Creating Web things @gather_town! Created @alterset_io 💻 and 🎵 @ 'The Occupier' #coding #web #web3 #metaverse #founder #indie

[PlayCanvas @playcanvas]

PlayCanvas Engine 2.0.0 is here! 2⃣🚀
💀 WebGL 1 removed
🧹 Public API cleaned up
✨ New custom shader API
👥 New hardware instancing API
Read more on our blog:
https://t.co/5YyrrYnkli

[Steven Yau @yaustar]

Massive update to my game resources megalist! 👾

- Game pitch templates
- Publisher and Funds lists
- Games industry data
- Engine and rendering learing resources
- Art tools and resources
- Pixel art fonts
- UI assets packs

+ more at https://t.co/J25tWuaiA2

#gamedev #indiedev

[Joao R. @dejohn_paul]

@endatabas @sogrady @gather_town Loved the comments about simplicity and Offline users! Handling offline users better is something I'll start working on really soon, actually :)

[Joao R. @dejohn_paul]

@endatabas @sogrady @gather_town I appreciate the feedback!! I think the persistency aspect is now resolved with the new chat features :) The new chat experience looks something like this.
That being said, this feature is only available for Remote Working offices. What do you see on your "Chat" tab right now?

[Joao R. @dejohn_paul]

@endatabas @sogrady @gather_town Hey, happy to hear that! We actually very recently did a complete overhaul of Gather's Chat feature - it now supports 1:1 and group DMs, reactions, file uploads, and more.
More info here: https://t.co/TaoZtgjox2
Let me know what else we can do to improve it!

[Joao R. @dejohn_paul]

@jakedahn @gather_town Hey Jake! Joao here, Engineer at @gather_town, working on the Chat team.
Glad you liked it :)
I'm with you here, we'd also love to do that. There's some (boring) technical reasons why it's hard, but we're working to improve it soon 🔨
Keep the feedback coming! 🚀

[Joao R. @dejohn_paul]

@bzkagaming A gente confia. Tamo junto sempre!

[Mark Lundin @mark_lundin]

Full support for ES Modules coming soon to @playcanvas🚀⚡️

💎 Import local/remote ES modules
✨ Find and use libs from @npmjs
📦 Modern bundling with @rollupjs
🔥 TypeScript 5.4!
& much more 😜

Follow us to learn out more as this rolls out🙌

[Joao R. @dejohn_paul]

@mark_lundin @playcanvas @npmjs @RollupJS No waaaaaayy!! 😍😍

[Joao R. @dejohn_paul]

@QwibooVlad Oh I know *exactly* what you mean ...

[Joao R. @dejohn_paul]

@QwibooVlad The irregular grid makes it look so organic! Very nice.👌

[Joao R. @dejohn_paul]

@Adriaaaaaaaaanz @playcanvas Ooh! Interesting, could you share more details on what you needed to change on the PlayCanvas engine for it to work?

[Will Eastcott @willeastcott]

A quick test but...mind blown! 🤯
🎞️ Took a Sora AI-generated video
🎨 Generated a 3D Gaussian Splat (MP4 -> PLY)
💻 Dropped it into the @playcanvas editor
🏃 Added an FPS controller
🪄 Et voilà!

[Will Eastcott @willeastcott]

I created a handy guide to getting started developing against the open source @playcanvas engine.

🧑‍💻 Use either #JavaScript or #TypeScript
👷 Use any build tool you like (guide uses @vite_js)
🗺️ Or use Import Maps and go 100% dynamic

https://t.co/I5iYX7vqSv

[Joao R. @dejohn_paul]

@cemdemir Loved the teaser video, btw. Snappy, clear, and great animation!

[Steven Yau @yaustar]

🕹️ Instant Gaming Awesomeness - 5 fantastic browser games by the PlayCanvas community!

👇Ready to play today with links in the thread below

#playcanvas #gamedev #html5 #html5gamedev #webgl

[Joao R. @dejohn_paul]

@ValigurskyM @playcanvas @WebGPU @WebGL Oh that’s beautiful!

[Joao R. @dejohn_paul]

@ValigurskyM @yaustar @willeastcott @LumaLabsAI @Polycam3D @playcanvas Oh hold up! This is interesting. I think there's something here for taking high-res artist meshes and transforming to splats for realtime rendering with high fidelity
Process could be automated with virtual cameras and render textures to avoid having to manually screenshot.

[Joao R. @dejohn_paul]

@BrunoBombardi Could also be an accessibility option. Not tied to game difficulty setting, but an extra hand for some players.

[Joao R. @dejohn_paul]

@Poki @devortel Great read, and great game too! Nice work @devortel !!