iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

hogsy @hogsy.me · 04/10/2026

Experimented with using some existing things I had implemented a while back to emulate a light scattering effect for planets, but in a retro kind of style which I think ended up looking okay, though there are still some issues to figure out.

Two planets (the smaller one is just a placeholder downscaled copy of the larger model) with an outer edge glow relative to the source of light which is an attempt at emulating light scattering through the atmosphere.

The way this is done is by abusing my "outline shader" to do another pass for the model which pushes the vertices out relative to their normal, then flipping the faces and applying rim-lighting to the result. The rim-lighting is currently applied per-vertex rather than per-fragment to keep with the look I'm aiming for though I might change this just to make it look a tiny bit more clean.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 02/10/2026

Ah yes, this about aligns with my knowledge of the cryptic numerical runes.

A page of documentation titled "For Programmers" followed by "Math". Alas, it's blank. This is from the Torque3D documentation if you're *really* curious.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 29/09/2026

Really helps everything feel a lot more grounded.

A stack of barrels. Because there's no shadow, the look like they're floating.

Same stack of barrels, but thanks to the shadow they don't look like they're floating any more.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 29/09/2026

Added support for lightmap shadows from static models. #gamedev #gamedevelopment

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 28/09/2026

I think I need to change my pants...

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 28/09/2026

Just your daily reminder why relying on these things as a magic 8-ball is generally a terrible idea, and why companies should stop presenting them as such. (I've highlighted the mistakes, though I hope you would've spotted them anyway)

Google's AI overview trying to list countries containing the letters "hi". It lists four countries as featuring the exact sequence, but the last item in the list is Thailand, which is incorrect.

Cont. from the last. It tries to provide a list of non-consecutive results too, but incorrectly provides Finland and Switzerland. These contain an "i" but not a "h", so they shouldn't be in the list.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 28/09/2026

It's gradually coming together.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 28/09/2026

Added a sound_random entity. Originally I was going to go all out and implement a soundscape like system, but for the sake of time I went with this instead. Sound warning. #gamedev #gamedevelopment

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 26/09/2026

Love this lil chap

Black and white cat laying in his lil box house with his head resting on a strawberry pillow.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 24/09/2026

I think Rayman 3 did something like this in the Bog of Murk levels.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 24/09/2026

Was clearing out some old emails. Jeez, this was a long long time ago.

Email from Steam saying Congrats, PUNT: Rebirth has been Greenlit!
PUNT still hasn't been released.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 20/09/2026

Fallout 4 is a game.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 14/09/2026

Some hints are going to be rolled out for The Data Dungeon archive soon, which will give a better idea what's available at a glance. Will be looking to add an "updated" hint too to highlight anything that recently received new content.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 12/09/2026

Also, a few different revisions the main UI went through from old to new.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 12/09/2026

TIL The Movies was originally also targeting a console release. There are a couple screenshots from the start of 2004 showing a (mockup?) interface with button prompts.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 27/08/2026

Anti-gravity rat! Sadly he despawned after a little while.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 25/08/2026

Lmao, I thought he was just an illusion.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 17/08/2026

Reworked it to support hot loading now.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 17/08/2026

Added in support for reloading textures. I'll probably expose an option to allow for hot loading like it does for shaders already. #gamedev #enginedev #solodev

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 07/08/2026

The concept art for Grin's cancelled Fortress project are absolutely gorgeous. Seems like such a loss this didn't really pan out.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 06/08/2026

No cheating, post your lock screen

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 01/08/2026

Added some simple interpolation of the light direction / amount that's pulled from the light grid as models move around. Not perfect but at least resolves the popping issue as it moves to each cell.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 31/07/2026

Made some footstep sounds the other day and hooked those up finally. I've only done sounds for wood, carpet and concrete so far but fortunately I think that's all I'll need for now. #gamedev #gamedevelopment

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 31/07/2026

Uh, yeah, no? If I install Quake 4 right now the server browser isn't empty (see second image). Also this project is just vibe-coded slop; the most hilarious thing about it is the back-and-forth in the readme history as he tries to get the LLM to provide the right information.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 27/07/2026

Fun fact, they actually made an alternate cover for the game (alongside with some others released separately).

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 27/07/2026

Guy in the middle club lets go

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 27/07/2026

I'm curious what people think of Hidden Palace using AI?

[...]
drx: i'll be releasing some ai stuff here later this year, i'm sure that will cause a shitstorm or two
[...]

TJthewizard2002: For hidden palace?
drx: yeah among other things
[...]
drx: for preservation work it's been great
drx: and fwiw i get a lot of DMs from people who say the same and are afraid to speak up

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 21/07/2026

I shouldn't be allowed near a computer. #half-life #halflife #goldsrc

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 20/07/2026

I never received a response to this so I guess by "modern" C++, Scott actually means trivially fixed things like this which would take an hour, even less, across a relatively small codebase like this. There's nothing actually in here otherwise that I can see that's been updated to "modern" C++.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 15/07/2026

Been making sure we're giving him the best time we can for the time he's with us. Lots and lots of toys, and lots and lots of play time.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 11/07/2026

Binary Domain has one of the cooler installation screens I've seen. It's dumb as hell, but I can respect it.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 05/07/2026

Show me a cool physical game

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 05/07/2026

Supposedly screenshots of Omikron/Nomad Soul on the PSX. This was eventually cancelled, supposedly at the publishers behest. www.gamespot.com/articles/upd...

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 05/07/2026

Lots of fun things on this one, like higher-quality Anachronox art and assets from the cancelled Saboteur game. Plus higher quality art for Omikron/Nomad Soul too! And of course many others.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 04/07/2026

"Sony is limiting sales of PS5’s optional disc drive accessory to one per person on its PS Direct store, [...]" Look, this shit all sucks but that's been on their website as far back as June of last year, but how silly of me to expect you guys to actually research anything beyond a forum post.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 03/07/2026

What the hell is up with these other AI generated covers? Like, surely the author didn't sign off on these?

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 01/07/2026

Oh damn, I forgot how absolutely delicious the ambience is in the menu of that weird multiplayer Shadowrun game.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 27/06/2026

Was nosing through an auction. Britain has fallen 😔

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 26/06/2026

Started working on some improvements to the Data Dungeon site today, such as a "Whats New" section and some layout improvements.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 24/06/2026

I love simple little lens flares like these, and they fit really nicely with the aesthetic. Recently updated them so they look a little better and their appearance is no longer hard-coded; there's a little script where you can set up new types and set lights to use whichever type you want. #gamedev

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 21/06/2026

Ah yes, I remember the time before AI when artists had to use their hands. It's a shame there aren't such people any more. Such a mystery how they accomplished such a feat. Fuck this headline and websites like this, full of AI slop. Search results are absolutely flooded with this garbage now.

A headline reading, "Before AI, These 5 Sci-Fi Artists Created the Future by Hand".

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 20/06/2026

The game is also marked as "online play required" in Sony's store, so another red strike. I'd guess this has some relation to why PlayStation Plus is a requirement.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 19/06/2026

Randomly remembered there was a Source 2 reference in the Alien Swarm SDK, heh. I'm fairly sure the Left 4 Dead fork of the engine was internally referred to as Source Hybrid, but I might be misremembering. Regardless, pretty crazy how long they were working on Source 2 for.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 17/06/2026

Turned out I had a really dumb bug that I've managed to resolve today. Looking much better now. So, this is pretty much good enough for now. Need to sort serialisation, I need to think about that a bit more... It's so fast to compute on modern machines I almost don't need to bother.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 16/06/2026

A couple of random screenshots from some work I started doing yesterday. Trying to produce a volumetric representation of the lighting, so dynamic objects can be lit correctly. This could probably have some other uses too - it's surprisingly cheap.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 14/06/2026

There's a radio show that's playing in the background of the barn, so I needed a radio. Took some photos of an old one I had and quickly whipped up an awful model :p #gamedev

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 11/06/2026

Still making progress on the barn, on and off. Been a bit on the slow side as work is pushing me towards an early grave, and searching for work elsewhere is currently going nowhere. Still been fixing and improving things with the engine as I go too. #gamedev #gamedevelopment

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 07/06/2026

Continuing with the silly "LOOK BEHIND YOU IDIOT" cover design I see.

Marcus and Dom looking at the viewer, while a giant crawler is behind them and the other characters seem utterly bewildered why they're focused on looking cool over actually trying to survive.

Noctis trying to look cool, with his sword rather awkwardly placed over his leg after clearly getting rather confused. Gladio is yelling at him for being an idiot while giant blue figures appear in the sky.

Side note, I hate this cover. This game deserved better.

Pvt. Steve firing in the wrong direction as the Germans invade from behind. You can see Sgt. Winston yelling at him, probably calling him a dumb ass, as his comrades fend them off.

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