MabraX

Physics sims in the browser, grown into living worlds: forests, storms, now a swamp. Physics first, but they have to look good. Heading toward games.

[MabraX @MabraX]

Season 1: The Swamp.

A small swamp in the browser: still water that ripples when something lands on it, reeds that bend in the wind, fog that sits low, a dragonfly hunting at dusk.

These are AI mood references, not my work: the feeling I'm after, the storyboard not the map.

Physics first, but it has to feel like this. One system at a time. Will I get there?

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@re_skob Looks great! One thing worth fixing before you move on: the thatch roofs get a moiré pattern as the camera moves closer. Mipmaps or a softer roof texture before the pixel pass might clean it up.

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@ThePrimeagen Vibe waiting in my opinion, sadly I don't have the capacity to vibe wait more than two things at a time...

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@pointfivet26205 That was the idea! The lily pads are riding the waves at the moment.

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The swamp, day two: the water moves.

Rings spread, bounce off the stumps, die in the reeds and lift the lily pads. A light air ruffles the open water, so it's no longer a perfect mirror.

Nothing lives here yet, but we are getting closer...

#threejs #webgpu

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@OWL_OF_INGENIUM on that note, I'm thinking of adding some music

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Tomorrow: fog that sits low over this water.

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@vib3coded Fable is a beast!

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@behmcreative This would look sick as my wallpaper!

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@BlendiByl Very nice art style. You have to add ninjas dropping from the trees though.

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@buzzybats I hear you, but I think this is the new blockout. I kept pushing Fable and well this is the result. For the water I will try different approaches, see what works / feels best.

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The swamp, day one: a "blockout" you can orbit.

Nothing is simulated yet. The water is a flat mirror and the reeds don’t move. Just the shape of the place.

I got carried away. Fable did the rest :P

The physics starts now. Water first.
#threejs

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@pwnies You remind me of kiki's delivery service with this, very nice work!

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@YzzlQ0kBnf5nCsg EVE online killer!

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@invalid_degen @threejs @WebGL_WebGPU @WebGPU @80Level This is looking good, I keep impressing myself with what can be done in the browser.

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@Invouxly Scariest thing in there right now is a lily pad. Friday you get first vote on what moves in :P

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@Invouxly Nothing under there yet. The first hunter planned is a dragonfly. You’ve just made a good case for something bigger :P

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Tomorrow: the first thing out of the simulator. Water ripples, raw, in their own small pool. Not in the swamp yet.

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@Andrew_Blumson @threejs @WebGPU This is an opportunity, we can become sort of "creative directors" explore ideas, concepts, and let ourselves go wild.