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🔭 TeskooanoSome performance improvements incoming - focusing on a smooth multi-body space engine has been my focus as I took a few days to just clean up code, APIs and - happily running at 120fps (at 96x speed - where the n-body physics is still relatively stable) - the main bottleneck is now in the WebGL rendering itself!<a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/devDiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#devDiary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/screenshots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#screenshots</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gameEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameEngine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/simulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#simulation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/nBody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nBody</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/threeBodyProblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#threeBodyProblem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/webGl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#webGl</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/threeJS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#threeJS</a>

🔭 TeskooanoNow when you load our solar system in <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/teskooano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#teskooano</a> it calculates the actual position based on the epoch (like J2000 or later), TLE telemetry lines for earth-centric satellites, or Legrange points like L2 for JWST to create a live <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/ephemeris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ephemeris</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/simulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#simulation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gameEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameEngine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/screenshot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#screenshot</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/devDiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#devDiary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/threejs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#threejs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/webGL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#webGL</a>

🔭 TeskooanoNew <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blog</a> - Cataclysms and Creation - <a href="https://teskooano.space/plan/00004/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://teskooano.space/plan/00004/</a><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/devDiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#devDiary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/teskooano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#teskooano</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gameEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameEngine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/simulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#simulation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/threeJS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#threeJS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/webGL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#webGL</a>

🔭 Teskooano<a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/devDiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#devDiary</a> - Sometimes you just need some boring information about gravity and light when you're working on a <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/simulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#simulation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#video</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/devDiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#devDiary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gameEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameEngine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/threeJS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#threeJS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/webGL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#webGL</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/teskooano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#teskooano</a>

🔭 TeskooanoAnd here is Earth bring treated to a couple of comets passing through<a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#video</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/devDiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#devDiary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gameEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameEngine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/simulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#simulation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/threeJS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#threeJS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/webGL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#webGL</a>

🔭 TeskooanoAnother <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#video</a> of the new <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/comet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#comet</a> feature in <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/teskooano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#teskooano</a> - here you can see the lighting, corona and tail going around the sun (you can also see the billboard planets at distance)<a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/devDiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#devDiary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gameEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameEngine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/simulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#simulation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/threeJS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#threeJS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/webGL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#webGL</a>

🔭 TeskooanoNew feature: Comets that react to their distance to a star - as they approach they start to form a coma and tail <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#video</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/devDiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#devDiary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gameEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameEngine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/simulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#simulation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/threeJS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#threeJS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/webGL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#webGL</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/teskooano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#teskooano</a>

🔭 Teskooano<a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/teskooano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#teskooano</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/devDiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#devDiary</a> - A view here showing 3 rendering viewports on the same simulation data (running on a M3 Mac, 96Gb) on a 60FPS monitor - all engines happily running with only some drops in performance, but generally smooth<a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gameEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameEngine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/threeJS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#threeJS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/engine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#engine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/webGl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#webGl</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#video</a>

ChappingtonSo I have made not one, but two bugfix updates since the initial Iron Village 1.1 release! Ooops.Here I go into a detailed explainer/rant about how C# float parsing acts differently based on locale. 😑<a href="https://lunarchippy.games/2025/06/23/diary-51-but-what-about-second-bugfix-1-1-05-release-notes/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lunarchippy.games/2025/06/23/diary-51-but-what-about-second-bugfix-1-1-05-release-notes/</a><a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/IronVillage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IronVillage</a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gamedev</a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/indiedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#indiedev</a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/indiegamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#indiegamedev</a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/devdiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#devdiary</a>

🔭 TeskooanoSome new <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/teskooano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#teskooano</a> features and improvements I've been working on such as improved orbit and prediction line, prediction time labels and a new camera transition animation<a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/devDiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#devDiary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#video</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/simulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#simulation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gameEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameEngine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/threeJS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#threeJS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/webGL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#webGL</a>

ChappingtonIt's here, Iron Village has now been updated to 1.1! To celebrate, it's now 20% off!Steam: <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3011060/Iron_Village/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://store.steampowered.com/app/3011060/Iron_Village/</a> Itch: <a href="https://lunar-chippy.itch.io/iron-village" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lunar-chippy.itch.io/iron-village</a> Google Play: <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=games.lunarchippy.ironvillage" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=games.lunarchippy.ironvillage</a>Yes, that's a Google Play link - the Android version is here! You can pick it up for $4.99 USD on the Play Store, or buy Iron Village on Itch and get both PC and Android versions for the sale price of $6.39 USD.On all platforms there are now Русский & 한국어 translations, a royal ceremony, fortress, improved camera, rotated buildings, and more! Full release notes available in the latest dev diary: <a href="https://lunarchippy.games/2025/06/19/diary-49-1-1-released/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lunarchippy.games/2025/06/19/diary-49-1-1-released/</a><a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/IronVillage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IronVillage</a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/Godot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Godot</a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gamedev</a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/indiegamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#indiegamedev</a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/indiedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#indiedev</a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/pixelart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pixelart</a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/citybuilder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#citybuilder</a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#android</a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/mobilegames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mobilegames</a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/devdiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#devdiary</a>

🔭 TeskooanoWorking a bit more on shadows and light - now planetary rings get shadows from multiple light sources, and from moons! They also now cast on to their parent planet<a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/simulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#simulation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gameEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameEngine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/devDiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#devDiary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#video</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/threeJs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#threeJs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/webGL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#webGL</a>

🔭 TeskooanoAnd here is the new shadow and lighting system - correctly applied based on distance and luminosity.<a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/threeJS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#threeJS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/simulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#simulation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/devDiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#devDiary</a>

🔭 Teskooano<a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/teskooano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#teskooano</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/devDiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#devDiary</a> It's been a bit quiet recently - mostly working on performance improvements and visuals.Here is moon shadows being correctly cast on to planets and ring systems<a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/threeJS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#threeJS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/simulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#simulation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#video</a>

Paul A. Jones, Jr.Tested duplicate assignment edge cases today and watched the constraints + logs catch it like clockwork. This is what good engineering feels like.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoftwareCraftsmanship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoftwareCraftsmanship</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dotnetcore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dotnetcore</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/devdiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#devdiary</a>

🔭 TeskooanoWorking on <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/WhiteDwarf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhiteDwarf</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/stars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stars</a> for <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/teskooano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#teskooano</a> - caught a nice one here just grazing passed a <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/redGiant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#redGiant</a><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#video</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/simulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#simulation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gameDevDiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameDevDiary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/devDiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#devDiary</a>

🔭 TeskooanoSometimes the orbits are just pretty to watch <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/devDiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#devDiary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#video</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/simulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#simulation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/solarSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solarSystem</a>

🔭 TeskooanoNew star LOD system for the <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/threejs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#threejs</a> renderer which switches to a billboard + light at distance, meaning the stars are always brilliant <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#video</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/simulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#simulation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/devDiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#devDiary</a>

🔭 TeskooanoNew celestial labels for the UI, and our own home <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/solarSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solarSystem</a> with many all the planets (including <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/pluto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pluto</a>) and <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/moons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#moons</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#video</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/simulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#simulation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/devDiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#devDiary</a>

🔭 TeskooanoEven virtual <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#space</a> can be pretty <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/teskooano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#teskooano</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/devDiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#devDiary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/screenshot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#screenshot</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/screenshots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#screenshots</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/simulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#simulation</a>

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