Triangles, triangles everywhere
Taking the maths we developed in part 1 and turning it into geometry. The first in a series on GPU shaders.
Devblog · Godot 4
Wavebreakers
Building an arcade jetski racer where the water is the game.
Wavebreakers is a multiplayer arcade jetski racer built in Godot. The waves are deterministic, the lighting and weather are dynamic, and it comes together with a stylised realism aesthetic. This devblog covers the technical and design decisions that shape the game, and challenges faced along the way.
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Why sine waves make bad oceans
The naive sine wave approach to ocean simulation just doesn't work — symmetric, mathematical looking humps, and no character. I've opted for a deterministic sum of Gerstner components, and this post explains why.