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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 30/05/2026

A video that shows it before and after with dynamic lighting. Also switches to interpolated mode half-way through which is another option

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 30/05/2026

considering a voxel lighting algorithm that lights each voxel a uniform amount based on a calculated normal instead of using the cubic faces of each voxel. Got a proof of concept working but now need better demo assets. Anyone have pixel-art quality voxel assets for me to try?

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 17/05/2026

Going for a perfect fill. Not sure if it’s possible

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 17/05/2026

Best run so far in @adamatomic.bsky.social’s Dust Settlers in the Corgispace collection

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 04/04/2026

been working on a 2D Unity-like game engine from scratch: C++ with SDL3 renderer, Luau scripting, scene hierarchy and behavior system, and interactive editor in an integrated webview. Still some rough edges but the pieces are all there!

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 10/03/2026

I heard y'all like threaded replies...

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 09/03/2026

a little preview of something...

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 08/03/2026

Making a little electronics simulator… game? I dunno, but look at my 555 timer go!

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 07/01/2026

did some texture and shader work

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 05/01/2026

Which is better? Ortho vs perspective

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 05/01/2026

That’s exactly what’s happening. Sometimes the geometry is as simple as a cube, like the backside view of this prop, but I do rough out a bit more geometry usually where it’s needed. Doesn’t take long to do and it adds a lot to the effect

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 04/01/2026

Added some drink fridges. Gotta draw all the angles too!

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 01/01/2026

This was a lot harder to draft out than expected

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 27/12/2025

A prop concept for a game idea i'm toying with

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 15/12/2025

Want auto-complete in your tile map editor? I prototyped an editor that uses wave function collapse algorithm which dynamically learns how to use your tiles as you use them. No auto-tiling rules necessary. Your map are the rules

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 17/09/2025

Here’s my art for reference

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 17/09/2025

Completely by chance found this app which is using my pixel art in their app icon

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 14/09/2025

More warhammer storage discoveries

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 02/09/2025

Found my old warhammer manual from when I was a kid. This thing still relevant?

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 29/08/2025

My new desk toy arrived!

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 05/07/2025

Pro-tip. If you tape a little cardboard wing to the side of a regular ground flower in just the right way, they fly like a helicopter

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 27/06/2025

an HD Index Painted fireball effect

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 21/06/2025

Been finally redesigning my portfolio website and I like how it's coming together so far

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 10/06/2025

Who wore it better: my dog or this ikebana arrangement?

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 27/05/2025

i love how working on game engines will get you excited about things no one else will care about. Like this sortable scene hierarchy I just got working

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 24/05/2025

Whenever I get on my horse in TotK, my daughter gets on hers

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 24/05/2025

getting those gizmos working... sorta

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 23/05/2025

been playing with gizmo designs for my game engine and kinda liking this one. center for 2d translation, ring for rotation, and arrows for 1d translation

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 22/05/2025

it may look the same, but now I've got full serialization/deserialization working in my HTML5 unity-like thing so now the editor can actually do useful things

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 21/05/2025

#javascript quiz: what is the result and why?

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 19/05/2025

And here's a quick video of it in action. Currently using it to make an HTML5 unity-like game engine

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 19/05/2025

I just published a React library for dockable tabbed Interfaces. I've been using this for my own projects for some years now and constantly get requests to publish it, so I did! github.com/DanFessler/r...

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 09/05/2025

I'm working on the UI for my HTML5 unity-like game engine. Currently really digging these full-width tabs which look like a plain title header when there's only a single tab in the panel. what do you think?

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 03/05/2025

An old piece from 2008 when I still went by "Indigo"

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 30/04/2025

Oh no... I started making a hobby game engine... I've become one of *THOSE* people. Unity-like component behavior system, but 2D with immediate mode drawing and all in javascript.

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 27/03/2025

Can probably do some sick animation transitions with this too

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 27/03/2025

Making some UI shaders in unity that lets me create these playful curvy shapes with photoshop-like layer effects entirely with signed distance field math

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 20/03/2025

Flying over SF in the millennium falcon

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 17/03/2025

Just arrived at GDC. I do have some open slots in the schedule if anyone wants to meet up and chat

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Dan Fessler @danfessler.com · 21/02/2025

We've been adding emotional states to our characters and man do they feel so much more alive now!

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