Zoomacroom Meadow
@badpantssituation.bsky.social
Video game designer / developer
Making Hematic, a roguelite arpg drawn (almost) entirely in ASCII characters
They / them
Making Hematic, a roguelite arpg drawn (almost) entirely in ASCII characters
They / them
Pinned
Making a video game is complicated
January 27, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I really enjoy explaining to people just how fucking weird my rendering pipeline is and having them go "You're insane"
January 17, 2026 at 2:37 PM
I really enjoy explaining to people just how fucking weird my rendering pipeline is and having them go "You're insane"
January 17, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Simulating the convective smoke emanating from an superheated source, such as a pyroclastic flow, with three dimensional Navier-Stokes voxel interaction w/ high vorticity.
#graphics #indiedev #solodev #programming #algorithm #procgen
#graphics #indiedev #solodev #programming #algorithm #procgen
January 17, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Simulating the convective smoke emanating from an superheated source, such as a pyroclastic flow, with three dimensional Navier-Stokes voxel interaction w/ high vorticity.
#graphics #indiedev #solodev #programming #algorithm #procgen
#graphics #indiedev #solodev #programming #algorithm #procgen
January 16, 2026 at 11:25 PM
January 16, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Compute shader N-Body simulation of spiral galaxies interacting
#gamedev #indiedev #solodev #graphics #algorithm #simulation #programming #coding
#gamedev #indiedev #solodev #graphics #algorithm #simulation #programming #coding
January 15, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Compute shader N-Body simulation of spiral galaxies interacting
#gamedev #indiedev #solodev #graphics #algorithm #simulation #programming #coding
#gamedev #indiedev #solodev #graphics #algorithm #simulation #programming #coding
January 15, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Market research: I've been posting a lot of mathematical and algorithmic art experiments rendered in ASCII. If I wrapped a bunch of these up together, with full parameter control and seed save ability, for say 99 cents would anyone be interested?
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #gaming #indiegame
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #gaming #indiegame
January 15, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Market research: I've been posting a lot of mathematical and algorithmic art experiments rendered in ASCII. If I wrapped a bunch of these up together, with full parameter control and seed save ability, for say 99 cents would anyone be interested?
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #gaming #indiegame
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #gaming #indiegame
Formation of stable self-similar mandelbrot-style formations within a fractal flame simulation! Fascinating stuff!
#gamedev #indiedev #graphics #programming #shaders #algorithm
#gamedev #indiedev #graphics #programming #shaders #algorithm
January 15, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Formation of stable self-similar mandelbrot-style formations within a fractal flame simulation! Fascinating stuff!
#gamedev #indiedev #graphics #programming #shaders #algorithm
#gamedev #indiedev #graphics #programming #shaders #algorithm
January 15, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Realtime Fractal Flame Generator 1/?
#gamedev #indiedev #graphics #programming #shaders #algorithm #trippy
#gamedev #indiedev #graphics #programming #shaders #algorithm #trippy
January 15, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Realtime Fractal Flame Generator 1/?
#gamedev #indiedev #graphics #programming #shaders #algorithm #trippy
#gamedev #indiedev #graphics #programming #shaders #algorithm #trippy
Animated Reaction Diffusion Patterns
#gamedev #indiedev #retro #simulated #graphics #programming #shaders #algorithm
#gamedev #indiedev #retro #simulated #graphics #programming #shaders #algorithm
January 15, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Animated Reaction Diffusion Patterns
#gamedev #indiedev #retro #simulated #graphics #programming #shaders #algorithm
#gamedev #indiedev #retro #simulated #graphics #programming #shaders #algorithm
Mandelbrot zoom entirely in ASCII text
#indiedev #indiegame #programming #coding #algorithm #procedural #indiegamedev #fractal
#indiedev #indiegame #programming #coding #algorithm #procedural #indiegamedev #fractal
January 15, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Mandelbrot zoom entirely in ASCII text
#indiedev #indiegame #programming #coding #algorithm #procedural #indiegamedev #fractal
#indiedev #indiegame #programming #coding #algorithm #procedural #indiegamedev #fractal
Simulating... something based on branching and attraction to voronoi points.
#gamedev #indiedev #programming #shaders #coding
#gamedev #indiedev #programming #shaders #coding
January 14, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Simulating... something based on branching and attraction to voronoi points.
#gamedev #indiedev #programming #shaders #coding
#gamedev #indiedev #programming #shaders #coding
If I have any success as a game developer it will be because I never stopped to ask if something was possible.
#indiedev #gamedev #solodev #programming
#indiedev #gamedev #solodev #programming
January 14, 2026 at 12:46 PM
If I have any success as a game developer it will be because I never stopped to ask if something was possible.
#indiedev #gamedev #solodev #programming
#indiedev #gamedev #solodev #programming
One more. 3D fractal rendered entirely as text.
#indiedev #solodev #indiegame #programming #coding #algorithm #fractal #shader #procedural
HOW? HOW YOU ASK? A magician never reveals their secrets (DM me for details. It involves the GPU...)
#indiedev #solodev #indiegame #programming #coding #algorithm #fractal #shader #procedural
HOW? HOW YOU ASK? A magician never reveals their secrets (DM me for details. It involves the GPU...)
January 14, 2026 at 12:38 PM
One more. 3D fractal rendered entirely as text.
#indiedev #solodev #indiegame #programming #coding #algorithm #fractal #shader #procedural
HOW? HOW YOU ASK? A magician never reveals their secrets (DM me for details. It involves the GPU...)
#indiedev #solodev #indiegame #programming #coding #algorithm #fractal #shader #procedural
HOW? HOW YOU ASK? A magician never reveals their secrets (DM me for details. It involves the GPU...)
Reposted by Zoomacroom Meadow
The compute shader that maps ascii characters into a rendertexture was the complicated part. Once you have that you can draw *anything* that can be represented on a grid. This projects rays from the "camera" through a 3D multi-octave noise map. Selects chars and gradients from the terrain height.
January 14, 2026 at 10:27 AM
The compute shader that maps ascii characters into a rendertexture was the complicated part. Once you have that you can draw *anything* that can be represented on a grid. This projects rays from the "camera" through a 3D multi-octave noise map. Selects chars and gradients from the terrain height.
Procedural planet generator rendered entirely in ASCII text
#gamedev #indiedev #programming #coding #procedural #simulation
All in under 300 lines of code (Not including the terminal shader)
#gamedev #indiedev #programming #coding #procedural #simulation
All in under 300 lines of code (Not including the terminal shader)
January 14, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Procedural planet generator rendered entirely in ASCII text
#gamedev #indiedev #programming #coding #procedural #simulation
All in under 300 lines of code (Not including the terminal shader)
#gamedev #indiedev #programming #coding #procedural #simulation
All in under 300 lines of code (Not including the terminal shader)
Hydraulic erosion simulation with animated terrain generation - each octave adds detail, then rainfall floods the valleys + sediment buildup (All in ASCII)
#gamedev #indiedev #programming #shaders #procedural #simulation
#gamedev #indiedev #programming #shaders #procedural #simulation
January 14, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Hydraulic erosion simulation with animated terrain generation - each octave adds detail, then rainfall floods the valleys + sediment buildup (All in ASCII)
#gamedev #indiedev #programming #shaders #procedural #simulation
#gamedev #indiedev #programming #shaders #procedural #simulation
Reposted by Zoomacroom Meadow
PS artists if you want a #PortfolioDay boost, just reply here and I'll repost.
Want to take advantage of my decent size platform to boost artists!
Want to take advantage of my decent size platform to boost artists!
January 13, 2026 at 6:34 PM
PS artists if you want a #PortfolioDay boost, just reply here and I'll repost.
Want to take advantage of my decent size platform to boost artists!
Want to take advantage of my decent size platform to boost artists!
Finally found a use for my mycelia simulation - branching waves of blood as the background for the player's meta unlock screen!
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign #programming #shaders
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign #programming #shaders
January 13, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Finally found a use for my mycelia simulation - branching waves of blood as the background for the player's meta unlock screen!
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign #programming #shaders
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign #programming #shaders