Stas

Senior Software Engineer at @emptyvesselplay @playdefect

[Stas @nxrighthere]

@gabefollower @s8box Rust would be a great first-party game for s&box, but it’s still running on top of Unity. So maybe Rust 2 will eventually be built in s&box? 😛

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@wynavira The friend in question.

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@123skely

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@LostPixel17 Thanks! We could have prepared the teaser trailer a bit better, but we had a deadline and had to cut a few corners.

Yes, it's a fork of Wicked Engine, but we actively contribute upstream. There's still a lot of work to do, but it's a start.

https://t.co/wmC4mvvaGe

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@LostPixel17 Thanks! We draw a lot of visual inspiration from Denis Villeneuve’s films, including Blade Runner 2049, Dune, and Arrival.

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@RahulChandwaney Your Desert Twins work is very inspiring.

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@andkalysh @theredpix I’m glad you found the implementation useful!

I assume the post-processing volume works in your integration. If you have a moment, would you mind helping people in the comments on that gist regarding this? I haven’t used UE in a while, so I’m not able to go through it myself.

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@beautifullight @DeepWorlds_SA @aherys @afjv_twit Thanks for sharing! Happy that you’re doing open source. 🤘

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@FrontMissionRM The game of my childhood. Played it thousands of times, in both campaign variations. 🥲

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New spline fill and recenter options coming soon to #WickedEngine. Centroid-based, supports subdivision, automatic UV and normals calculation. #gamedev

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@GetLostTheGame Looks great! Ten years ago, I barely remember what I was even doing, so it seems like you spent your time way more productively! 😄

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A custom Percentage-Closer Soft Shadows for #WickedEngine. Smooth penumbra, blocker search, a filter with dithering to eliminate banding. #gamedev

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@GetLostTheGame Any screenshots you can share? 🙂

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@BizarreVisions Yes, the weighted blocker average mitigates this issue. 🙂

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@sampavlovic The implementation with a 16-sample Vogel disk costs approximately 0.2–0.3 ms on an RTX 3070 compared to standard shadow maps. @turanszkij did a great job with built-in shadows overall, my changes were minimal, around 100 SLOC in `shadowHF.hlsli`. 🙂

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@realMaxFisher That would be iconic!

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@Wahooney That would be great! More competition is definitely welcome in the mobile market.

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Stars of Blood was a major inspiration for the game we’re making, along with influences from Riddick and Dune. 🤘

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Valve Cancelled Game Stars of Blood Concept Arts

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@antoniosarosi This seems accurate to me. Five years ago, when I moved to Hungary for a senior position, I earned €48k gross. Over almost two years, I grew to €60k, and eventually I doubled that while working remotely for American companies.