James Simonson

Software developer & designer in #China. Helping create innovation for a huge variety of projects.
Father and indie #gamedev

[James Simonson @jamessimo]

I published my part 4 where I cover Developers and Zoning https://t.co/WgqniJH19k

I also demo the first "city" gameplay but it's pretty lofi at this moment. I am currently building some new UI around the markets and budgeting screens!

[Marco Agas @marco_edg]

These modern city building games are giving me hope for the future of the genre:
https://t.co/JLsciUxGbC

#citybuilding #indiegame #indiedev

ft @jamessimo

[James Simonson @jamessimo]

@marco_edg No name yet, I made discord and there is a thread there discussing it! I have a project name but no formal name. I want to avoid the word "city" in it, I feel the SEO for all that is taken by the big city builders.

https://t.co/q7irPbeUEw

[James Simonson @jamessimo]

Launched part two about building my dream city builder using compute shaders! This covers traffic as a compute shader.
https://t.co/XSfMk08sRx

[James Simonson @jamessimo]

Making my dream city builder: Part 3 - City Simulation https://t.co/765XPMebo4

In this I not only cover what I want to do, but the history of some city simulators and a peek into what academia are doing in regards to agent based simulations.

[James Simonson @jamessimo]

@RollingGolem @Der_Kevin Hey thats me! Wild to see in the wild lol.

[James Simonson @jamessimo]

I made a video about a new way to do parcel subdivision for a citybuilder game I have been working on.
https://t.co/BGVAwcEWjo

[Cheng Lou @_chenglou]

My dear front-end developers (and anyone who’s interested in the future of interfaces):

I have crawled through depths of hell to bring you, for the foreseeable years, one of the more important foundational pieces of UI engineering (if not in implementation then certainly at least in concept):
Fast, accurate and comprehensive userland text measurement algorithm in pure TypeScript, usable for laying out entire web pages without CSS, bypassing DOM measurements and reflow

[James Simonson @jamessimo]

@0xmitsurii And this was back in 2017.

[James Simonson @jamessimo]

I finally published my code for my FigmaToBabylonJS plugin under MIT license. Its been 4 years since my first commit and something I hope others in the #babylonjs space can get use from and add to it.

[James Simonson @jamessimo]

@babylonjs

[Babylon.js @babylonjs]

Forum user jamessimo has created a crazy cool Babylon plugin that allows you to export from Figma directly into Babylon! BOOM! Mic Drop!

https://t.co/umAb0cxP3M

#3D #WebDev #gamedev #indiedev #WebDevelopment #webgl #gamedevelopment #IndieDevs

[James Simonson @jamessimo]

I launched the latest version of my Figma to Babylonjs Figma plugin.

This latest version is a whole rewrite, which included having to make upstream changes to the core Babylonjs GUI engine to help bridge the gap between @babylonjs and @figma

https://t.co/dOx4jLHWve

[James Simonson @jamessimo]

@minchoi Am I the only one who's noticed that in this first video dude has the hood of a Crownvic with bull bars on his crotch?

It seemed the AI has been trained using police body cams and police dashcams interchangeably.

[James Simonson @jamessimo]

So happy to see my plugin being showcased by @babylonjs !

I have always wanted to find a way to leverage design tools like #figma to make UI development faster especially in #gamedev, and Babylon.js makes that easy since all UI can be parsed via JSON.

[Babylon.js @babylonjs]

Part of what makes #opensource software amazing is the community of contributors that build it together. Babylon.js 6.0 is only days away and features a @figma to Babylon exporter built by community member @jamessimo!

https://t.co/wTzVZpGEFB

#babylonJS6

#gamedev #indiedev #webdev #3D #webgl

[James Simonson @jamessimo]

@SirSteven As someone who had to choose between NIO and Tesla in China.

We were impressed with CN model Y. But, we were on a 6-month waiting list and, all the benefits early Tesla users got we didn't get. So we went with NIO ES6 as they gave us all the benefits of being a NIO member.

[James Simonson @jamessimo]

@beamng Hey @beamng, I wanted to ask here;

Is there a way to edit the Odometer value on cars to a custom number?

[James Simonson @jamessimo]

@Ereedmas you gonna say thanks to Elon?

[Matt Hackett 📙 @richtaur]

🚀 How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself launched one month ago today -- to celebrate, I'm giving away 3 digital copies.

Follow me + RT to be entered in the drawing. Winners will be randomly picked Monday the 18th @ 8am Pacific.

Thanks and good luck! #indiedev

[Matt Hackett 📙 @richtaur]

Winners announced in about 10 hours! Get in there.