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Acerola @acerola.gg · 24/09/2026

New video is out now! How to blur images at 20,000 FPS (or 50 microseconds) youtu.be/YJVYX8tllj4

Acerola @acerola.gg · 02/09/2026

Frame captured Deadlock to check it out a bit and these bats in Mina's portrait are actual 3D models lol, Deadlock really has a nice sleeper toon shader

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 17/08/2026

Been working through Godot's theme from AA3 the past couple months it's really hard and painful

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 14/08/2026

please watch my talk thank you

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 09/08/2026

While the optimizations have been cool so far they only apply to separable filters it's great the 41x41 gaussian can be reduced from 4ms to 0.04ms on a 4090 but as you can see the 41x41 circle blur just mega mogs it aesthetically, which sadly stays 4ms as it's not separable.

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 07/08/2026

The dual kawase blur is the industry standard algorithm that works the same as the kawase while also downscaling the render and upscaling back to full resolution each pass (O(n) -> O(logn)) On 4090: 0.04ms On 1660: 0.42ms (at 1080p) a 50% increase over the original kawase blur!

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 05/08/2026

As we all know, successive box blurs approximate a gaussian Below is a 41x41 gaussian with std deviation 7.0, the double box is a 17x17 kernel, and the kawase is a traditional 5 pass Gaussian: 0.19ms Double Box: 0.14ms Kawase: 0.1ms (at 1080p on a 4090)

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 03/08/2026

even my 4090 kneels to a basic naive 2D box blur, a 40x40 blur kernel costs 4.3ms at 1080p yikes

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 02/08/2026

a nitpick I had with compositor effects was the parameter list bloat tacked on to each one causing a lot of clutter you can actually just remove them by overriding _validate_property and disabling the flag that serializes them though

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 30/07/2026

working on something new yippee

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 12/07/2026

New video is out now! Please enjoy The Entire History Of TETRIS Game Design www.youtube.com/@Acerola_t

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 09/07/2026

new video soon please look forward to it

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 18/06/2026

GodotCon Boston is coming up soon next month! Once again I'll be there doing a talk, if you're in the New England area you should definitely come to the event! They were kind enough to give me a discount code for those interested so be sure to use this link: tickets.godotengine.org/scene-tree/g...

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 09/06/2026

the next video's voice over is 50% edited, taking a little bit longer than anticipated

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 23/04/2026

please look forward to The Complete History of Tetris Game Design releasing as soon as I finish editing all of it

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 07/04/2026

finished a (mostly) faithful replica of The New Tetris (1999) This was the first game to feature the sonic drop (drop without locking), the ability to hold on to a piece, and the bag randomizer instead of purely random incoming shapes

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 06/04/2026

If you're interested in some cool shader work definitely reach out to Dan!

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 02/04/2026

finished a (mostly) faithful replica of Tetris The Grand Master (1998) This is the first tetris game that is fully 3D, has automatic wallkicks, a drop preview, and the ability to let you rotate the piece before it spawns in.

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 29/03/2026

finished a (mostly) faithful replica of Tetris Plus (1996) This is the first single player tetris game to feature more than one incoming shape, although it's kind of hard to see them.

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 27/03/2026

finished a (mostly) faithful replica of Tetris X (1996). This is the first Tetris game on playstation after 7 years of nintendo exclusivity and the first game to feature simple rotation wallkicks (with the sole exception of Atari Tetris released 8 years prior).

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 22/03/2026

finished a (mostly) faithful replica of Tetris 2 (1991). 30 years ahead of the curve on modern game design this entry made the game worse by improving the graphics

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 18/03/2026

finished a (mostly) faithful replica of NES Tetris (1988). This game is mechanically equivalent to Game Boy Tetris.

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 16/03/2026

finished a (mostly) faithful replica of Atari Tetris (1988) This was the first game to feature an open ceiling to prevent rotation collisions with the top of the board. I'd also like to say fuck you to Atari for making such a graphically impressive game compared to its contemporaries

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 13/03/2026

finished a (mostly) faithful replica of Game Boy Tetris (1989) fun fact this is the first game to feature clockwise rotation

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 12/03/2026

sega tetris looks cool with the gameboy visuals

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 09/03/2026

finished a (mostly) faithful replica of sega tetris (1988). loud metal pipe sounds included

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 25/02/2026

finished my faithful replica of the original ibm pc tetris, unsurprisingly it sucks and is not fun to play but it looks cool. surely the gameboy tetris is better

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 30/01/2026

new video out now! please enjoy "Indie" doesn't really mean anything www.youtube.com/@Acerola_t

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 18/01/2026

it is wonderful how with a nice base implementation the rest comes with ease

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 17/01/2026

this game still sucks

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 07/01/2026

made a personal account here since I decided to stop using twitter finally

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 24/12/2025

new video is up on the channel now! Everything I made and played in 2025 happy new year!

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 30/11/2025

new video is out now! it's my birthday so you have to watch it and also agree with everything thanks www.youtube.com/@Acerola_t

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 22/10/2025

new video soon please look forward to it

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 14/10/2025

never thought i would be a chopin guy but he's probably the first guy to ask the question what if piano was fun to play

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 06/10/2025

working on that new shit

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 31/08/2025

New video is up on the channel now! I Tried Creating Life www.youtube.com/@Acerola_t/

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 30/08/2025

new video soon please look forward to it

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 22/08/2025

who cares? do people think that there is just One Mass of people that work on games that each day the studio decides okay today is graphics day everyone make the graphics fancy looking hair isn't somehow taking away from other parts of a game, the image on the right also looks miles better

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 14/08/2025

made new friends today

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 13/08/2025

girlfriend reveal please be nice she has trouble maintaining her form

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 12/08/2025

feeding and starving my creature

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 29/07/2025

New video is up on the channel now! The Terribly Tragic, Totally Avoidable, Absolute Collapse Of The Gaming Industry

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 23/07/2025

in a couple days the gaming industry will never be the same.......

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 01/07/2025

The Dirt Jam officially starts today! If you haven't seen the new video, for the entire month of July, I'm encouraging people to try implementing terrain generation! For more info check out the itch event page!

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Acerola @acerola.gg · 30/06/2025

New video is up on the channel now! Intro To Terrain Generation exciting community event announcement is at the end of the video!

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