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Tower defence + typing game, a game genre combination that on paper doesn't sound like they would work together, yet somehow they do.
WELCOME TO MY NEW DEVLOG, a week of programming with Rust and Bevy, and this is the result.
Hope you like it :)

My discord group:
https://discord.gg/9P8QSYf

Want to support me?
⁍ Patreon: https://patreon.com/Tantandev
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Resources: (The tech I'm using for my larger voxel game project)
bevy game engine: https://bevyengine.org/
game_stat: https://github.com/TanTanDev/game_stat
physics (3D and 2D): https://github.com/dimforge/rapier
inspector ui (runtime tweaking): https://github.com/jakobhellermann/bevy-inspector-egui/
hot reloading using dlls/so files: https://docs.rs/dlopen/latest/dlopen/
benchmarking: https://github.com/bheisler/criterion.rs
world generation: my own custom implementation is not open source at the moment.

other rust libraries, that I recommend:
game engine: https://github.com/not-fl3/macroquad
Graphics rendering api: https://wgpu.rs/
multithreading: https://github.com/zesterer/lagoon
profiling: https://crates.io/crates/profiling, using Optick feature

#gamedev #rustlang

These 2 game genres should not work together

I implemented 6 new rendering related techniques in my voxel engine using the rust programming language and Bevy game engine.
pbr integration, shadow rendering, fog, level of detail (LOD), far distance heightmap approximation, skybox.

My discord group:
https://discord.gg/9P8QSYf

Want to support me?
⁍ Patreon: https://patreon.com/Tantandev
⁍ Monero: 43Ktj1Bd4Nkaj4fdx6nPvBZkJewcPjxPB9nafnepM7SdGtcU6rhpxyLiV9w3k92rE1UqHTr4BNqe2ScsK1eEENvZDC3W1ur

Resources: (The tech I'm using for my larger voxel game project)
bevy game engine: https://bevyengine.org/
game_stat: https://github.com/TanTanDev/game_stat
physics (3D and 2D): https://github.com/dimforge/rapier
inspector ui (runtime tweaking): https://github.com/jakobhellermann/bevy-inspector-egui/
hot reloading using dlls/so files: https://docs.rs/dlopen/latest/dlopen/
benchmarking: https://github.com/bheisler/criterion.rs
world generation: my own custom implementation is not open source at the moment.

other rust libraries, that I recommend:
game engine: https://github.com/not-fl3/macroquad
Graphics rendering api: https://wgpu.rs/
multithreading: https://github.com/zesterer/lagoon
profiling: https://crates.io/crates/profiling, using Optick feature

#gamedev #rustlang

Pushing the rendering limits - Rust Voxel Engine

I put artificial intelligence to the test by making a voxel engine using the rust programming language and the bevy game engine. How useful is ChatGPT for programming really?

My discord group:
https://discord.gg/9P8QSYf

Want to support me?
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Resources: (The tech I'm using for my larger voxel game project)
bevy game engine: https://bevyengine.org/
game_stat: https://github.com/TanTanDev/game_stat
physics (3D and 2D): https://github.com/dimforge/rapier
inspector ui (runtime tweaking): https://github.com/jakobhellermann/bevy-inspector-egui/
hot reloading using dlls/so files: https://docs.rs/dlopen/latest/dlopen/
benchmarking: https://github.com/bheisler/criterion.rs
world generation: my own custom implementation is not open source at the moment.

other rust libraries, that I recommend:
game engine: https://github.com/not-fl3/macroquad
Graphics rendering api: https://wgpu.rs/
multithreading: https://github.com/zesterer/lagoon
profiling: https://crates.io/crates/profiling, using Optick feature

#tantan #gamedev #voxelgame

ChatGPT makes Voxel Engine with Rust

My voxel engine (written in Rust using the Bevy game engine), finally has procedual tree generation. I'm using an algorithm called space colonization and it's absolutely fantastic.

Source code for tree generation: https://github.com/TanTanDev/shrubbery

Sponsor: Quadratic - The Data Science Spreadsheet
Check out the project on Github: https://github.com/quadratichq/quadratic/
View open jobs here: https://careers.quadratichq.com/

My discord group:
https://discord.gg/9P8QSYf

Want to support me?
Monero: 43Ktj1Bd4Nkaj4fdx6nPvBZkJewcPjxPB9nafnepM7SdGtcU6rhpxyLiV9w3k92rE1UqHTr4BNqe2ScsK1eEENvZDC3W1ur

Resources (The tech I'm using)!
bevy game engine: https://bevyengine.org/
game_stat: https://github.com/TanTanDev/game_stat
physics (3D and 2D): https://github.com/dimforge/rapier
inspector ui (runtime tweaking): https://github.com/jakobhellermann/bevy-inspector-egui/
hot reloading using dlls/so files: https://docs.rs/dlopen/latest/dlopen/
benchmarking: https://github.com/bheisler/criterion.rs
world generation: my own custom implementation is not open source at the moment.

other rust libraries, that I recommend:
game engine: https://github.com/not-fl3/macroquad
Graphics rendering api: https://wgpu.rs/
multithreading: https://github.com/zesterer/lagoon
profiling: https://crates.io/crates/profiling, using Optick feature

#tantan #gamedev #voxelgame

Procedual Voxel Tree Generation - Rust Game

I freaking love programming, who doesn't?
Making video games is one of my favorite things, especially programming  video games. I just realized that it's actually the journey I enjoy the most not the result, there is so much to learn, so many programming languages, tools etc.
I freaking love programming bruh.

This video is very experimental, so I was unsure if I would release it, but I realized it's best if the audience decide, so let me know what you think!

My discord group:
https://discord.gg/9P8QSYf

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Have a nice day :)

MUSIC:
Punch Deck - Conflicting Ideas
Punch Deck - See The Light
Punch Deck - Euclidean Geometry

I freaking LOVE programming

PolyMars & Tantan goes up against Barji & Randy to make the best game in 12 hours using Unity. The best game wins 1000 dollars, voted by the community.

YOU CAN PLAY OUR GAMES HERE:
https://barji.itch.io/game-pack-2

BARJI'S VIDEO:
https://youtu.be/_76m3zjQMQs

COOL PEOPLE IN THIS VIDEO:
@barj @PolyMars  @bigrando420
Barji: https://www.youtube.com/c/BarjiGames
PolyMars: https://www.youtube.com/c/PolyMars
Randy: https://www.youtube.com/c/RandallThomas

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Thanks for 10000 subscribers!
I also want to welcome everyone who found me through Dani!
(Dani gave me a shout-out in his latest crab game video)

Music:
Punch Deck - Brazilian Street Fight
Punch Deck - Conflicting Ideas
Punch Deck - NonEuclidian Geometry
Punch Deck - See The Light
thanks @PunchDeck: https://www.youtube.com/c/PunchDeck

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Me, Barji, Randy and PolyMars made a game with the unity game engine and C# programming language. The winner of the game jam wins 1000$ dollars!
We had 12 hours to make the game over one day aka 24 hours.
This gamejam challange was super awesome to have been a part of.
I normally use the Rust programming language to make games, but Unity is also in my toolbox

#Gamedev #Tantan #Unity

Best unity game wins 1000$ - PolyMars & Tantan

Graphics programming is freaking hard! Voxel engine, water/wind shaders, landscape height map generation, scene transitions, are just a few of the things I've made with it so far. If you want to build a car, it might help to reinvent the wheel sometimes to fully understand it on a deeper level.
All projects I've highlighted in this video was written with Rust + various libraries!
The water + landscape + wind project I made specifically for this video using Rust and wgpu.

It's hard to quantify but rest assured, I've spent more than 100 hours trying to learn this skill.

Want to support me?
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Credits:
Music Moon And Star by Wintergatan Build Tracks
Music Valentine by Wintergatan
Music The Rocket by Wintergatan
Music Sommarfågel by Wintergatan

Music Non-Euclidian Geometry by Punch deck
Music Brazilian Street Fight by Punch deck

Wintergatan link: https://wintergatan.net/
License can be found on website

Punch deck link: https://soundcloud.com/punch-deck
Punch deck license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

100 Hours Of Graphics Programming

3D cellular automata programmed with Rust and Bevy. Using simple rules this software procedually creates beautiful structures.

Source code:
https://github.com/TanTanDev/3d_celluar_automata

I built this following this article:
https://softologyblog.wordpress.com/2019/12/28/3d-cellular-automata-3/

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♫ Credits:
Music Moon And Star by Wintergatan Build Tracks
Music Prototype by Wintergatan Build Tracks
Music Valentine by Wintergatan
Music The Rocket by Wintergatan
Music Sommarfågel by Wintergatan

Music Non-Euclidian Geometry by Punch deck
Music Brazilian Street Fight by Punch deck
Music Conflicting Ideas by Punch deck

Music: Kakariko Village (Mikel Lofi Remix)
Watch: https://youtu.be/OWYcUWyqzdI

Wintergatan link: https://wintergatan.net/
License can be found on website

Punch deck link: https://soundcloud.com/punch-deck
Punch deck license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

3D Cellular Automata - complex behavior from simple rules

Code cave rants. I released an open source rust library in 5 days.
This side project is something I worked on as a replacement for entertainment. The result of getting into self improvement once again

The project I released: https://github.com/TanTanDev/game_stat

Some videos that got me into self improvement again:
Hamza: https://youtu.be/lgnvEQCWYQk
Captain sinbad: https://youtu.be/q5bBrscgzCc

My discord group:
https://discord.gg/9P8QSYf

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From idea to open source in 5 days

my 3d cellular automata simulation written in rust with multi threading was sub-optimal. Using benchmarks with criterion and the help from my community, I learnt what the bottlenecks of this application are.
Today I share the journey I went through to optimize my multi-threading code!
Let's talk about the code... ;)

original video 3D cellular automata video:
https://youtu.be/63qlEpO73C4

3D Cellular automata project links:
    Source code: https://github.com/TanTanDev/3d_celluar_automata
    IsseW gpu implementation: https://github.com/IsseW/cas
    Dstaatz atomics implementation: https://github.com/dstaatz/3d_celluar_automata/blob/multithread/src/cells_multithreaded_v2.rs

BENCHMARKS I made for this video:
https://github.com/TanTanDev/cellular_automata_video_benchmarks.git

My discord group:
https://discord.gg/9P8QSYf

Want to support me?
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Credits: 
Music Prototype by Wintergatan Build Tracks
Music Valentine by Wintergatan
Music The Rocket by Wintergatan

Music Non-Euclidian Geometry by Punch deck
Music Brazilian Street Fight by Punch deck
Music See The Light by Punch deck

Wintergatan link: https://wintergatan.net/
License can be found on website

Punch deck link: https://soundcloud.com/punch-deck
Punch deck license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

#rust #multithreading #review

Rust multi-threading code review

can I survive 1 week without a computer mouse? Will a keyboard and a midi controller be enough to use my computer for doing my work, programming, documentation browsing, video watching etc...

Every year I dedicate a week or two in evaluating the tools I use.
Is there something I can optimize, something that needs refreshment?

The vim text editor / editing method is what has led me to try live without the mouse. I use it for programming, web browsing, to some extent window management since PopOs has a vim like layout.

music: 
Non-Euclidian Geometry by Punch deck
Brazilian Street Fight by Punch deck
Music To Wear Gloves To by Punch deck
Conflicting Ideas by Punch deck

1 week no computer mouse challenge

I'm adding mutliplayer networking to my voxel game.
I wanted to share this bug I ran into that took me a full day of detective work to solve. Reliable UDP was the root cause, because I didn't fully understand that the reason laminar recommends us to send a lot of reliable packets, is because, so packet acknowledgment are sent.

I'm using laminar networking library for rust.
https://github.com/TimonPost/laminar

My discord group:
https://discord.gg/9P8QSYf

Want to support me?
Monero: 43Ktj1Bd4Nkaj4fdx6nPvBZkJewcPjxPB9nafnepM7SdGtcU6rhpxyLiV9w3k92rE1UqHTr4BNqe2ScsK1eEENvZDC3W1ur

Resources (The tech I'm using)!
bevy game engine: https://bevyengine.org/
game_stat: https://github.com/TanTanDev/game_stat
physics (3D and 2D): https://github.com/dimforge/rapier
inspector ui (runtime tweaking): https://github.com/jakobhellermann/bevy-inspector-egui/
hot reloading using dlls/so files: https://docs.rs/dlopen/latest/dlopen/
benchmarking: https://github.com/bheisler/criterion.rs
world generation: my own custom implementation is not open source at the moment.

other rust libraries, that I recommend:
game engine: https://github.com/not-fl3/macroquad
Graphics rendering api: https://wgpu.rs/
multithreading: https://github.com/zesterer/lagoon
profiling: https://crates.io/crates/profiling, using Optick feature

#tantan #gamedev #netcode

Multiplayer programming bug BROKE MY GAME

In my quest to figure out how the game Fez, achieves their mind bending multi dimensional 2D/3D mechanic. II happily managed to make my own version of it, minecraft but played on a 2D slice in a 3D world like Fez.

Check out SmoothieBuns for smoother buns!
https://www.youtube.com/c/SmoothieBuns/featured

This is actually a remake of an old video I made about this project. So don't worry if you had a dejavu haha, here's the old video: https://youtu.be/m5S0gLgg2rs 
The reason I remade it, was because I think the content of the original video is so incredibly good, and I want more people to know about it. Updated, improved much better pacing etc...

polymars skin grabber code that I used:
https://github.com/PolyMarsDev/Minecraft-Skin-Grabber

ARTICLE EXPLAINING HOW FEZ WORKS:
http://theinstructionlimit.com/behind-fez-collision-and-physics

Wanna try the game?
link: https://tantandev.itch.io/dimensional-minekraft

My discord group:
https://discord.gg/9P8QSYf

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Videos that inspired me to create this project, and not to forget FEZ the game, whos mechanics influenced greatly how I made this project:

I Made Minecraft Without Blocks by Sam Hogan
https://youtu.be/MazA1SlpwTY
 I Made Minecraft in 24 Hours by Sam Hogan
https://youtu.be/Nj8gt_92c-M
I Made Minecraft but M Rated by Kyle Rhoads
https://youtu.be/-Lecf3b7tPQ
Coding Minecraft in One Week - C++/OpenGL Programming Challenge by Hopson
https://youtu.be/Xq3isov6mZ8
Making a Minecraft Skin-Grabber in Unity by PolyMars
https://youtu.be/UO8XMkLh5r8

#gamedev #unity3d #minecraft

Making A Multidimensional Game

...for gameplay has been achieved.
My voxel engine (written in Rust using the Bevy game engine), has finally a core gameplay loop implemented!

Sponsor: Quadratic - The Data Science Spreadsheet
Check out the project on Github: https://github.com/quadratichq/quadratic/
View open jobs here: https://careers.quadratic.to

Whilst I've previously only programmed voxel engine technologies like
hot reloadable rust code, ambient occlusion, block texturing, mesh generation, multithreading etc... I'm now shifting focus to gameplay development.

In this devlog, I go into detail how I implement game AI and spells.
The AI library I'm using is a Bevy plugin called big-brain. The spell system is completely self made, which I might release in the future once it's stable.

My discord group:
https://discord.gg/9P8QSYf

Want to support me?
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Resources (The tech I'm using)!
bevy game engine: https://bevyengine.org/
game_stat: https://github.com/TanTanDev/game_stat
physics (3D and 2D): https://github.com/dimforge/rapier
inspector ui (runtime tweaking): https://github.com/jakobhellermann/bevy-inspector-egui/
hot reloading using dlls/so files: https://docs.rs/dlopen/latest/dlopen/
benchmarking: https://github.com/bheisler/criterion.rs
world generation: my own custom implementation is not open source at the moment.

other rust libraries, that I recommend:
game engine: https://github.com/not-fl3/macroquad
Graphics rendering api: https://wgpu.rs/
multithreading: https://github.com/zesterer/lagoon
profiling: https://crates.io/crates/profiling, using Optick feature

#tantan #gamedev #voxelgame

Voxel Game development - Creatures and Spells

I'm making a voxel game with the rust programming language and a game engine called bevy.
Hot reloadable rust code, ambient occlusion, physics, block texturing, dynamic camera, game design: damage formula for spells,
are among the things I've implemented the last 3 months.
The project is alive!

My discord group:
https://discord.gg/9P8QSYf

Want to support me?
Monero: 43Ktj1Bd4Nkaj4fdx6nPvBZkJewcPjxPB9nafnepM7SdGtcU6rhpxyLiV9w3k92rE1UqHTr4BNqe2ScsK1eEENvZDC3W1ur

Resources (The tech I'm using)!
bevy game engine: https://bevyengine.org/
game_stat: https://github.com/TanTanDev/game_stat
physics (3D and 2D): https://github.com/dimforge/rapier
inspector ui (runtime tweaking): https://github.com/jakobhellermann/bevy-inspector-egui/
hot reloading using dlls/so files: https://docs.rs/dlopen/latest/dlopen/
benchmarking: https://github.com/bheisler/criterion.rs
world generation: my own custom implementation is not open source at the moment.

other rust libraries, that I recommend:
game engine: https://github.com/not-fl3/macroquad
Graphics rendering api: https://wgpu.rs/
multithreading: https://github.com/zesterer/lagoon
profiling: https://crates.io/crates/profiling, using Optick feature

Credits:
Music Wintergatan Build Track - Moon And Star
Music brazilian street fight By Punch deck

Punch deck link: https://soundcloud.com/punch-deck
Punch deck license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 
Wintergatan link: https://wintergatan.net/   License can be found on website

#tantan #gamedev #voxelgame

Voxel Game Development Is Hard

VSCode, sublime, vim, neovim, emacs, helix, whatever text editor you are programming with, are you utilizing it to the fullest?
I think it's so valuable to once in a while take a look on your workflow to see if you can improve your day to day of programming.
That's why I decided to learn helix, to explore other options.

Do this:
1: try modal editing (I recommend vim)
2: update your workflow (multi line editing / file navigation etc...)

My discord group:
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your text editor SUCKS

let's remake the breakout game using the rust programming language.
All in one video tutorial, start to finish.
This tutorial uses the macroquad game development framework.

Source code:
https://github.com/TanTanDev/breakout_tutorial

macroquad library: https://github.com/not-fl3/macroquad
macroquad documentation: https://docs.rs/macroquad/latest/macroquad/

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Intro Music:
Music Valentine by Wintergatan
Wintergatan link: https://wintergatan.net/
License can be found on website

0:00 what we make
0:16 rust setup
0:23 macroquad
0:30 main.rs
2:34 player
4:51 blocks
6:41 balls
8:14 simple collision
10:41 aabb collision explanation
11:25 Rect::center()
11:50 aabb collision
13:00 block coloring
13:17 scoring
14:41 player lives
15:35 game states
18:23 POWERUPS

#gamedev #rustlang #macroquad

Rust breakout game tutorial

I automated git source control using the rust programming language.
And shared the entire project journey.
This project idea came from when I studied game development where my classmate made a software to simplify using source control.

timestamps:
0:00 project origin
0:49 how it works
1:18 initial setup
1:55 exploring code
3:04 git calls
3:38 git repository
4:02 debugging 
5:33 it works
5:47 auto authentication (save to computer setting)
6:11 it freaking works babyyy
6:40 random commit message
8:27 rand works
8:46 MERGE CONFLICTS

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Music:
Music Valentine by Wintergatan
Music The Rocket by Wintergatan

Wintergatan link: https://wintergatan.net/

License can be found on website

automating git with rust (don't try this at home)

I spent a full month working on my voxel game. From an average world generator to one that now supports, block types, biomes, spawning trees.
I'm developing this game using the rust programming language and a game engine / framework called Bevy.

My discord group:
https://discord.gg/9P8QSYf

Want to support me?
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Resources (The tech I'm using)!
Bevy game engine: https://bevyengine.org/
benchmarking: https://github.com/bheisler/criterion.rs

other rust libraries, that I recommend:
Graphics rendering api: https://wgpu.rs/
multithreading: https://github.com/zesterer/lagoon
profiling: https://crates.io/crates/profiling, using Optick feature

My other game framework of choice: https://github.com/not-fl3/macroquad

credits:
Music Music To Wear Fingerless Gloves To by Punch deck

Punch deck link: https://soundcloud.com/punch-deck
Punch deck license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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