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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 5h

I made an alternative console for Unity. One that can show values on the scene view instead of just printing numbers. The stack trace is still there. Filtering is easier. Should I turn this into a full fledged tool? #Unity3D #MadeWithUnity #GameDev

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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The physics for running on walls is tricky to get right. #Unity3D #MadeWithUnity #GameDev

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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

2.5D sprites shouldn't clip through terrain or break when intersecting transparent objects. True Alpha Sprite is now available on the Unity Asset Store, with OIT, depth correction, grounding correction, and proper sprite lighting. #Unity3D #MadeWithUnity #GameDev

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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

After the Following Behavior, here is the Fleeing Behavior. #Unity3D #MadeWithUnity #GameDev

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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Working on a follow algorithm that doesn't require navmesh. Pretty happy with the result so far. It'll never be as smart as with navmesh but it doesn't require any setup. #Unity3D #MadeWithUnity #GameDev

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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Just landed a 18.5% performance improvement on True Alpha Refraction. But that's just the beginning, I'm already working on other optimizations. #Unity3D #MadeWithUnity #GameDev

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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Preparing the demo scene for True Alpha Sprite. #screenshotsaturday

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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

True Alpha Refraction, advanced transparency effects for URP. It’s an add-on for True Alpha Transparency that brings refraction, blur, and chromatic aberration straight to the OIT pipeline, bypassing limitations of the usual RTT method. #Unity3D #MadeWithUnity #GameDev

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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

How do you fake volume on a flat sprite? Instead of using the sprite's flat normals, create a cylindrical proxy around it and use the proxy's normals for lighting. Coming to True Alpha in a future update. #Unity3D #MadeWithUnity #GameDev

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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

A sprite standing in water is a textbook example of sorted transparency limitation. Unity can't decide which object is in front of which, can't render them. Order Independent Transparency is the fix. Coming to True Alpha in a future update. #Unity3D #MadeWithUnity #GameDev

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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Why do billboarded sprites sometimes clip through the floor? Because the sprite pivot is rarely at its very bottom. A common 2.5D game dev problem. This grounding correction fixes the depth of the lower part of the sprite. Coming to True Alpha in a future update. #unity3d #gamedev #indiedev

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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

When billboarded sprites tilts, they can clip into walls. Correcting the pixels depth let the sprite appears in front of them as you'd expect. This isn't in True Alpha yet. It's a feature I'm working on for a future update. #Unity3D #MadeWithUnity #GameDev

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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Unity doesn't let us make our own Shader Graph targets? Make one anyway! For True Alpha, I needed a way to let users create their own transparent shaders using Shader Graph, so I injected my own properties in the graph's stack. #Unity3d #MadeWithUnity #GameDev

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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Just released: True Alpha Refraction, advanced transparency effects for URP. It’s an add-on for True Alpha Transparency that brings refraction, blur, and chromatic aberration straight to the OIT pipeline, bypassing limitations of the usual RTT method. #unity3d #gamedev

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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Another demonstration of Order Independent Transparency. Even the classic cross-quads trick fails with sorted transparency because intersecting geometry can't be sorted. It is typically done with alpha cutout, making it look pixelated and cheap. #Unity3D #MadeWithUnity #GameDev

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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Ever wonder why transparent objects look glitchy in games? Game engines sorts transparent objects by camera distance, which fails on complex and intersecting geometry. Order-Independent Transparency (OIT) fix it. #Unity3D #MadeWithUnity #GameDev

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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Hair rendering with Order Independent Transparency. Hair are typically rendering using Alpha Clipping and it doesn't look good. Transparency produce much better results. #unity #unity3d #gamedev

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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Art style test for face sets. Reiuji is the artist's favorite. (art not by me) #gamedev #touhou

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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Does this art style do justice to the original? (art not made by me) #gamedev #pixelart #touhou

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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Transparent clothing with Order Independent Transparency. You can't do that with conventional rendering techniques. #unity #unity3d #gamedev

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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Just released: True Alpha, perfect transparency for URP. I was not satisfied with existing techniques to render semi transparent objects like hair, foliage or clothes. Sorting fails and cutout is ugly. This is Order Independent Transparency. #unity #unity3d #gamedev

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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Finally got a water shape I like. Lesson learned: use normal maps for ripples instead of small waves or noise. #unity3d #gamedev

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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Cheap transparent plastic shader. The trick is chromatic aberration, that's what creating the cheap plastic effect. #unity3d #gamedev

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

The World's largest Wind Turbine 26MW. In its lifetime it will produce the same energy as burning 750,000 tons of coal. That's 44,118 truck loads. Imagine how much money you save... It's 8x cheaper than using Fossil Fuel, were you close?

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

He's so wise...

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Gale Sinatra @galesinatra.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I think we just passed oops.

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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Experimenting with Gerstner waves and it doesn't look good. The high frequency waves makes the surface looks like a grid. What do you use to add details to water surface? Normal maps? Noise? Domain warping the high frequency waves? Any advice would be much appreciated. #unity #madewithunity #gamedev

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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Transparency effects can be layered on top of each others. #madewithunity #gamedev

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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Added Blur to my Order Independent Transparency. Combined with refraction, this gives a pretty nice frosted glass effect. #unity #gamedev

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CosterGraphics™️ @costergraphics.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Sign this petition if you’re a website owner! I kinda liked getting visitors to my website and not just write tutorials for Google’s AI overview… c.org/NHYjnSmFqk #AI #NOAI #tutorials #unity3d #news #writing #gamedev #indiedev #art

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Stop Google's AI Overview and AI Mode that Harms Publishers

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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Order Independent Transparency evolved into Order Independent Refraction. No render to texture needed. #unity3d #gamedev

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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Continuing my work on Order Independent Transparency. Because who doesn't want to render a swim ring in URP? I do. #unity3d #gamedev

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Chiw the Neko @chiwtheneko.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Years ago I experimented with order independent transparency. I found a way to increase performances. Still experimental but it has potential since regular rendering techniques can't handle intersecting transparent objects like hairs, clothes, fur, feathers or water. #GameDev #MadeWithUnity

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

If youre a UK resident you have a prime opportunity to push back against the Online Safety Act and online surveillance. PLEASE take a moment to fill this out and share it around

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Please contact your representatives about KOSA! Phone calls, emails, letters, whatever option works best for you! But choose what works best and send a LOT of them until this legislation is put down!

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

#SaveSpeech EFF set up a site to help people combat the 'STOP CSAM act of 2025'! It will either comnect you to your rep through the website, or direct you to your rep's website, and even provides a script!

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Tell Congress: Don't Outlaw Encrypted Applications

It shouldn

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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

CANADIANS!! The official petition started by a member of Parliament to fight back against payment processors' censorship of legal content is only open for a few more days. Make sure you've signed it: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

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Petition e-6695 - Petitions

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Buried in Michigan's antiporn bill is a provision to effectively outlaw "circumvention tools," such as VPNs. Mark my words: legislators will increasingly leverage porn panic to restrict or ban VPNs, and to limit internet privacy far beyond adult sites.

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Experts raise privacy concerns over Michigan bill targeting pornography and VPNs

Rep. Josh Schriver, the bill’s sponsor, says the law is designed to target only producers and distributors of pornography, not everyday internet users.

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RemPhase (COMMISSIONS OPEN) 🔞 @remphase.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Left: how it was in august Right: how it is now Your voice matters guys, remember that Thanks to everyone who called💕 Now let's do it again with Paypros and KOSA!

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

IF YOU ARE GERMAN, YOU NEED TO CONTACT YOUR MEPs AND DEMAND THEY OPPOSE CHAT CONTROL -RIGHT- -NOW- the link below contains individual emails and everything, PLEASE do not sleep on this!

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「 RHEL 」- lyon allard's babygirl @rhelbites.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

hey if you’re against #blueskycensorship #bskycensorship and have access to the ios store, we’re not review bombing NEARLY as much as the google play store. stars is actively engaging in fandom discourse. make them hurt for it

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Fight Chat Control @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Peter Hummelgaard, Danish Minister of Justice, remains defiant: "I indisputably believe that surveillance creates an increased sense of security ... and given that the prerequisite for freedom is security, yes, I believe that more surveillance equates to more freedom" Disagree? fightchatcontrol.eu

Danish Minister of Justice, Peter Hummelgaard.

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Everyone in EU, UK or any US state with ID laws on the books [or even ones without them] should contact their representatives and mention this data breach specifically and [link the article if emailed] Show them the actual, tangible results of all this digshit online ID legislation

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