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@ -102,15 +102,12 @@ have 20 voxels per meter and make a small arena that's
Back when the voxel game Voxatron was announced, the weekend Back when the voxel game Voxatron was announced, the weekend
after the trailer came out I wrote my own little GPU-accelerated after the trailer came out I wrote my own little GPU-accelerated
version of the engine and thought that was pretty cool. I've version of the engine and thought that was pretty cool. I've
been tempted many times to extract that and release it, but been tempted many times to extract that and release it
as a library, but
I don't want to steal Voxatron's thunder so I've avoided I don't want to steal Voxatron's thunder so I've avoided
it. You could use this engine to do the same kind of thing, it. You could use this engine to do the same kind of thing,
although it won't be as efficient as an engine dedicated to although it won't be as efficient as an engine dedicated to
that style of thing would be. (For example, if you're building that style of thing would be.
the whole mesh from scratch every frame--which you should do
because you want to enable that worst case--you can skip
creating voxel faces that face away from the camera, since
they can never be seen.)
**Q:** **Q:**
What one thing would you really like to see somebody do? What one thing would you really like to see somebody do?
@ -120,8 +117,8 @@ Before Unity, 3D has seemed deeply problematic in the indie
space. Software like GameMaker has tried to support 3D but space. Software like GameMaker has tried to support 3D but
it seems like little of note has been done with it. it seems like little of note has been done with it.
Minecraft has shown that people can build worlds with that Minecraft has shown that people can build worlds with the
toolset far more easily than we've ever seen from those Minecraft toolset far more easily than we've ever seen from those
other tools. Obviously people have done great things with other tools. Obviously people have done great things with
Unity, but those people are much closer to professional Unity, but those people are much closer to professional
developers; typically they still need real 3D modelling developers; typically they still need real 3D modelling