Daniele Bartolini
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Daniele Bartolini
@dbartolini.com
Building @crownengine.org. Data-Oriented. Gamedev. Skeptic. White noise addicted.
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Crown 0.59.4 is out! This tiny release fixes spot lights shadows on Windows and cascaded shadow maps on all platforms.

📜 Changelog: docs.crownengine.org/html/v0.59.0...
💾 Download: crownengine.org/download
November 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Crown v0.59.3 is out with 4 bug fixes:

📜 Changelog: docs.crownengine.org/html/v0.59.0...
💾 Download: crownengine.org/download
October 31, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Crown v0.59.2 is out with fixed materials hot-reload and no more errors when opening large levels. And some more:

📜 Changelog: buff.ly/R5HnHoi
💾 Download: buff.ly/wKIxUV9

🕹️ Play the demo: buff.ly/iuwfi2s
October 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Crown v0.59.1 is out! This is a tiny release with fixed state machine creation, improved compatibility with Linux systems and better input detection on Windows.

📜 Changelog: docs.crownengine.org/html/v0.59.0...
💾 Download: crownengine.org/download
October 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Short thread: how I convinced someone to give me €1 for my nonprofit - 1/
October 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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To celebrate the revamped 01-physics sample, we made it playable online! Try it now: www.crownengine.org/play/

#gamedev #indiedev #opensource
October 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Crown 0.59 is out! This is a *massive* update with many rendering-related additions, a new physics Mover for controlling characters, improved 3D sounds, redesigned scripting callbacks, a new Writing Gameplay manual section and the usual batch of bug fixes. [1/2]👇
October 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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We now accept Bitcoin donations!
September 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Crown 0.57 is out! Maintenance release: fixed shadow maps, hot-reloading and outlines rendering on Windows, plus various QoL tweaks.

📜 Changelog: docs.crownengine.org/html/latest/...
💾 Download: crownengine.org/download
❤️ Donate: crownengine.org/fund

#CrownEngine #gamedev #opensource
June 13, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I've just released @crownengine.org 0.56. It contains two months' worth of improvements and fixes, go check it out!
Crown 0.56 is out with cascaded shadow mapping, OGG/Vorbis sound streaming, improved text rendering and many important fixes:

📜 Changelog: docs.crownengine.org/html/latest/...
💾 Download: crownengine.org/download
❤️ Donate: crownengine.org/fund

#CrownEngine #gamedev #opensource
June 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Crown 0.56 is out with cascaded shadow mapping, OGG/Vorbis sound streaming, improved text rendering and many important fixes:

📜 Changelog: docs.crownengine.org/html/latest/...
💾 Download: crownengine.org/download
❤️ Donate: crownengine.org/fund

#CrownEngine #gamedev #opensource
June 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Been quietly building @crownengine.org for a while now, and seeing feedback like this makes it all feel worth it.
#gamedev #opensource
June 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Crown 0.55 is out with PBR, shader and material hot-reloading, FBX skeleton/animation importing, new Lua APIs, and tons of fixes:

📜Changelog: docs.crownengine.org/html/latest/...
💾Download: crownengine.org/download
❤️Donate: crownengine.org/fund

#CrownEngine #gamedev
April 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Crown 0.54 is out with right-handed Z-up world coordinates, FBX scene importer, improved Project Browser, strengthened Data Compiler and more:

📜Changelog: docs.crownengine.org/html/latest/...
💾Download: crownengine.org/download
❤️Donate: crownengine.org/fund

#CrownEngine #gamedev
January 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Crown 0.53 is out with a new API for 3D GUIs, conditional render states, refined Sprite and Font importers, thumbnails in the Project Tree and many Runtime fixes:

📜Changes: docs.crownengine.org/html/v0.53.0...
💾Download: crownengine.org/download
❤️Donate: crownengine.org/fund

#CrownEngine #gamedev
January 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Crown 0.52 is out with ability to add/remove Unit components, many Camera enhancements, improved Gui subsystem, enriched Hi-DPI (SVG icons!), and some important Runtime corrections:

* Changelog: docs.crownengine.org/html/v0.52.0...
* Download: crownengine.org/download

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January 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Crown 0.51 is out with fully editable Unit components, enhanced Graph capabilities, a new smoothed timestep policy, and the ability to add resources to Favorites!

📜 Changes: docs.crownengine.org/html/v0.51.0...
💾Download: crownengine.org/download
❤️Donate: crownengine.org/fund

#CrownEngine #gamedev
January 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Crown 0.50 is out with greatly improved Project Browser and major runtime fixes and optimizations!

📜 Changelog: docs.crownengine.org/html/v0.50.0...
💾 Download: crownengine.org/download/
❤️ Donate: crownengine.org/fund

#CrownEngine #gamedev
January 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM