Tantan

Time to LEVEL UP my graphics programming skills by making a Voxel Engine from scratch using the Rust programming language.

I've been considering remaking my Unity voxel rpg game using Rust, this is my first test to see if I'm capable of doing a 3D voxel rendering application.
I managed to implement voxel rendering, chunk management, flying camera and simple lightning. Future plans is to optimize the code, I have not done any benchmarks, but it does need some speed improvements.

This was made using wgpu-rs which is a wrapper over OpenGL, DirectX, Vulkan, Metal or WebGPU.

The voxel project is open source here!
https://github.com/TanTanDev/first_voxel_engine

Want to support me?
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Resources:
Graphics rendering api:
https://wgpu.rs/

The tutorial I followed to learn wgpu:
https://sotrh.github.io/learn-wgpu/

Relevant resources that may help when learning how to make a voxel engine:
https://sites.google.com/site/letsmakeavoxelengine/

A note on these videos, I think they do a great job in showing the realities of making a voxel engine, and at the same time providing good information on how it works.

Voxel Game Mesh Optimizations by @Hopson 
https://youtu.be/VQuN1RMEr1c

I Made Minecraft in 24 Hours by @Sam Hogan
https://youtu.be/Nj8gt_92c-M

Making Minecraft from scratch in 48 hours (NO GAME ENGINE) by @jdh 
https://youtu.be/4O0_-1NaWnY

The voxel game I was talking about that I'm considering remaking:
Adding Flying to my Voxel Game: https://youtu.be/6eLDNrnshhg

I made a Voxel Engine with Rust (NO GAME ENGINE)

I talk about why I used the Rust programming language for a whole year!
It has become my favorite programming language, especially to make games with.

I showcase my projects, then talk about some of the things I love about Rust.
The community, awesome libraries, the rust enum, and more

#gamedev #rustlang

1 Year of Rust Game Development

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?
Monero: 43Ktj1Bd4Nkaj4fdx6nPvBZkJewcPjxPB9nafnepM7SdGtcU6rhpxyLiV9w3k92rE1UqHTr4BNqe2ScsK1eEENvZDC3W1ur

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

one month voxel game development

I'm making a voxel engine with RUST! (the programming language...)
I originally was making my voxel game with Unity, but my love for the Rust programming language caused me to see if it's viable to swap over to that.


This episode is all about optimizing the code for the world generation.
Multithreading, benchmarking, profiling and data compression, are all things I've tackled with lately.


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

Want to support me?
XMR: 
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timestamps:

0:00 hi
0:43 Tantans mixtape: gotta go fast

0:55 video layout
1:33 world generation
2:58 what we need to optimize
4:04 queue
4:37 multithreading
7:27 benchmarking & profiling
9:39 Generation settings for my pc
9:58 problems
10:26 Unity VS Rust
11:09 pain
11:22 the winner is
12:11 data compression

Resources:
The tech I'm using!

Graphics rendering api: https://wgpu.rs/
multithreading: https://github.com/rayon-rs/rayon
benchmarking: https://github.com/bheisler/criterion.rs
profiling: https://crates.io/crates/profiling, using Optick feature



The tutorial I followed to learn wgpu:
https://sotrh.github.io/learn-wgpu/


Relevant resources that may help when learning how to make a voxel engine:
https://sites.google.com/site/letsmak...

Voxel Game Mesh Optimizations by @Hopson 
https://youtu.be/VQuN1RMEr1c

I Made Minecraft in 24 Hours by @Sam Hogan
https://youtu.be/Nj8gt_92c-M

Making Minecraft from scratch in 48 hours (NO GAME ENGINE) by @jdh 
https://youtu.be/4O0_-1NaWnY

Making my Voxel Engine faster

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

Want to support me?
Monero: 43Ktj1Bd4Nkaj4fdx6nPvBZkJewcPjxPB9nafnepM7SdGtcU6rhpxyLiV9w3k92rE1UqHTr4BNqe2ScsK1eEENvZDC3W1ur


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