aeva

Hi everyone! I've been here forever, but there's a lot of new faces here and I merged another account with this one, so I thought I'd do a little re- #introduction thread.

I've been working in the games industry as a console graphics programmer for about 6 years, I lead a smol team at a local outsourcing studio, and I helped ship Gears 5 and Gears Tactics.

I'm mostly not going to talk about *any* of that, and instead I mostly post about stuff like this:

Nov 8, 2022 at 8:01amWeb
Show threadaevaNov 8, 2022
Besides the cat, the objects in those pictures were all made with my project #TangerineCSG. 🍊 is a system for programmatically composing and rendering 3D models constructed from signed distance functions. In its current state it is quite useful for 3D printing. The renderer and game engine are both areas of active development, so it will probably be a while before anyone else is trying making games with it though.
Show threadaevaNov 8, 2022

I'm pretty open about the development process of 🍊. There's source code with a permissive license on github, and I like to post threads about improving the renderer and ideas making it faster and so on. It's a good time.

I use small projects to drive development and post about theme here, too. Right now I've been doing a lot of 3D printing with it, and I've been building a clone of the game Sigmar's Garden to build out the engine's interactive capabilities.

Show threadaevaNov 8, 2022

And if I do say so myself, 🍊 is pretty capable as a CAD program. The mushroom model shown earlier looks like it was printed with a multi-extrusion printer, but it was not - it was printed on a single-extruder printer and then assembled from lots of fiddly parts.

Anyways, I swear this is a normal game engine for making normal video-games with your normal human hands.

Show threadaevaNov 8, 2022

I'm glad to see this instance thrive, and I'm so excited that our little community here is growing. Let's build wonderful things together!

I'm going to conclude this thread with a video of the mushroom spinning like a top. Here's a video of the mushroom spinning like a top for your journey.

Show threadgrimpunch Nov 8, 2022
@aeva I'm guessing moving servers went smoothly as I'm still following you 👍 always fun when the the FOSS thing works.
Show threadaevaNov 8, 2022
@grimpunch yup! it looks like it worked pretty well
Show threadNick AppletonNov 8, 2022
@aeva I am here for this content. Love spinning tops 👍
Show threadaevaNov 8, 2022
@nickappleton excellent :D 💃
Show threadNatsu KazeNov 8, 2022
@aeva These are cool! <3
Show threadaevaNov 8, 2022
@Natsu_Kaze thanks :D
Show threadNatsu KazeNov 8, 2022
@aeva np! I really like how the printer lines look on the gold material. It gives it kind of fuzzy/suede look, which works well for the mushroom cap. Pretty cool! ^ ^ /
Show threadaevaNov 8, 2022
@Natsu_Kaze it has a really nice anisotropy to it too
Show threadNatsu KazeNov 8, 2022
@aeva I kind of figured just from the photo, but it looks even nicer in motion! Very pretty! ❤️ 👍
Show threadAppropriate TributesNov 8, 2022
@aeva PRINTERS FOR THE PRINTER THRONE
Show threadGame Boy CameraNov 18, 2022
@aeva really cool work! Happy to meet you here.
Show threadaevaNov 18, 2022
@gameboycamera thanks!!
Show threadGianna Brachetti-TruskawaDec 29, 2022
@aeva OMG that model is so cute!
Show threadOblomovNov 8, 2022
@aeva
What do you mean the cat wasn't done with #TangerineCSG. My whole life is a lie.
Show threadAppropriate TributesNov 8, 2022
@aeva RENDERINGS FOR THE RENDERING GOD
Show threadaevaNov 8, 2022
@godtributes oh you 😊
Show thread  Amber Camille Aeonja luci Dawn Ixia Azalea Harmonia Nov 8, 2022
@aeva damn i didn’t know you could do such impressive graphics in a CLI!
Show threadyour reborned favourite fungusNov 8, 2022
@aeva I like these 3D printed fungi ​​
welcome to fedi
Show threadaevaNov 8, 2022
@duponin been here since 2016 (my old matodon.social account), but nevertheless I appreciate the sentiment ^_^
Show threadxddzNov 18, 2022
@aeva Interesting background!
Show threadMikeNov 18, 2022

@aeva

Hey, there's AA gaming, and then there's the broader field of graphics as a whole. Both are interesting.

Show threadOJNov 21, 2022

@aeva That's awesome. I worked on console games as a graphics coder a long time ago, and truly miss pretty much everything about it. I'm envious ;)

Some of my old game dev mates worked on the Gears series too, so you might have crossed paths. My last title was Burnout Revenge 360 (2006... way too long ago).

Show threadhamsterspitFeb 25, 2024
@aeva does catus know how to work the spinner? 👍