Mark Mayers
@desolus.bsky.social
Creating Desolus: explore a city of Gothic architecture torn between time.
Previously worked on Outer Wilds, Manifold Garden, and a few other titles!
Previously worked on Outer Wilds, Manifold Garden, and a few other titles!
Oh no it's getting worse, half the screen is gone now.
November 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Oh no it's getting worse, half the screen is gone now.
Hmmm- definitely a good sound for a monitor to make
November 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Hmmm- definitely a good sound for a monitor to make
Some of the meshes in the blockout version were near-final but others were just cubes and simple shapes.
November 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Some of the meshes in the blockout version were near-final but others were just cubes and simple shapes.
November 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I was fortunate enough to catch golden hour on the way back to NYC. Took this picture from the train.
October 27, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I was fortunate enough to catch golden hour on the way back to NYC. Took this picture from the train.
They even have my favorite shapes! The Gyrobifastigium, the Disheptahedron, the Rhombicuboctahedron, and most importantly, the Rhombicosidodecahedron. Wow!
October 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM
They even have my favorite shapes! The Gyrobifastigium, the Disheptahedron, the Rhombicuboctahedron, and most importantly, the Rhombicosidodecahedron. Wow!
This website is fantastic for any type of geometrical calculation you would ever need. I've been using it for years.
rechneronline.de/pi/triangle....
#gamedev
rechneronline.de/pi/triangle....
#gamedev
October 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This website is fantastic for any type of geometrical calculation you would ever need. I've been using it for years.
rechneronline.de/pi/triangle....
#gamedev
rechneronline.de/pi/triangle....
#gamedev
Some artistic reference pictures I took for a new area I'm creating in Desolus.
It's a historic fort in New Jersey, this place is pretty neat.
It's a historic fort in New Jersey, this place is pretty neat.
October 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Some artistic reference pictures I took for a new area I'm creating in Desolus.
It's a historic fort in New Jersey, this place is pretty neat.
It's a historic fort in New Jersey, this place is pretty neat.
Desolus is now playable on Steam for the very first time as part of the #CerebralPuzzleShowcase!
Go download the demo!!
Go download the demo!!
May 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Desolus is now playable on Steam for the very first time as part of the #CerebralPuzzleShowcase!
Go download the demo!!
Go download the demo!!
Desolus will be playable at #DreamHack #DHDallas May 23-25, as part of the Indie Playground!
Explore a city of Gothic architecture torn between past and future in Desolus, a first person puzzle game.
Explore a city of Gothic architecture torn between past and future in Desolus, a first person puzzle game.
May 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Desolus will be playable at #DreamHack #DHDallas May 23-25, as part of the Indie Playground!
Explore a city of Gothic architecture torn between past and future in Desolus, a first person puzzle game.
Explore a city of Gothic architecture torn between past and future in Desolus, a first person puzzle game.
don't forget this one too
January 30, 2025 at 3:02 AM
don't forget this one too
With Multiple Render Targets I can simultaneously draw the Color pass and the Depth/Normals pass- before I did them one by one which meant I had to draw very expensive geometry twice.
Still using my own version of forward rendering but I have a mini G-buffer now.
Still using my own version of forward rendering but I have a mini G-buffer now.
January 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
With Multiple Render Targets I can simultaneously draw the Color pass and the Depth/Normals pass- before I did them one by one which meant I had to draw very expensive geometry twice.
Still using my own version of forward rendering but I have a mini G-buffer now.
Still using my own version of forward rendering but I have a mini G-buffer now.
Results from today's work. I switched my Render Pipeline to Multiple Render Targets, so I could combine a lot of the passes together.
10% faster render thread
-1k draw calls
-10m verts/tris
This is from code only optimization too, like I haven't touched the meshes at all.
#gamedev #indiedev
10% faster render thread
-1k draw calls
-10m verts/tris
This is from code only optimization too, like I haven't touched the meshes at all.
#gamedev #indiedev
January 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Put off a rendering problem for 2 1/2 years- unfortunately I am now Future Mark and it is my problem 😭
January 9, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Put off a rendering problem for 2 1/2 years- unfortunately I am now Future Mark and it is my problem 😭
we have entered a new stage in late capitalism lmao
December 27, 2024 at 4:57 AM
we have entered a new stage in late capitalism lmao
Evangelion Burger!!
December 27, 2024 at 4:55 AM
Evangelion Burger!!
I've also tried creating a scale matrix, inverting it, and multiplying the worldToLocalMatrix by this, but this creates completely wrong results.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
December 24, 2024 at 1:03 AM
I've also tried creating a scale matrix, inverting it, and multiplying the worldToLocalMatrix by this, but this creates completely wrong results.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
Question #gamedev #indiedev
I'm working on a culling system which works great, except for scaled objects.
The following code eliminates scale from an object's worldToLocalMatrix. It works- except for when scale is negative it completely breaks.
How do I factor out scale correctly from a matrix?
I'm working on a culling system which works great, except for scaled objects.
The following code eliminates scale from an object's worldToLocalMatrix. It works- except for when scale is negative it completely breaks.
How do I factor out scale correctly from a matrix?
December 24, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Improved my portal frustum culling with some math help by @festivevector.com and @samloeschen.bsky.social !
Will have a DevLog about it sometime soon.
#gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity
Will have a DevLog about it sometime soon.
#gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity
December 23, 2024 at 3:43 AM
Improved my portal frustum culling with some math help by @festivevector.com and @samloeschen.bsky.social !
Will have a DevLog about it sometime soon.
#gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity
Will have a DevLog about it sometime soon.
#gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity
New Desolus DevLog Update:
My experience with upgrading to Unity 6, as well as changes to my custom Scriptable Render Pipeline!
#gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity
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My experience with upgrading to Unity 6, as well as changes to my custom Scriptable Render Pipeline!
#gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity
forums.tigsource.com/index.php?to...
December 8, 2024 at 1:26 AM
New Desolus DevLog Update:
My experience with upgrading to Unity 6, as well as changes to my custom Scriptable Render Pipeline!
#gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity
forums.tigsource.com/index.php?to...
My experience with upgrading to Unity 6, as well as changes to my custom Scriptable Render Pipeline!
#gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity
forums.tigsource.com/index.php?to...
Had @festivevector.com play this prototype level in Desolus and he discovered this weird shader bug with my water 😂
You can only see it if you use debug commands to get out of the map, but it's still cool.
#gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity #vfx
You can only see it if you use debug commands to get out of the map, but it's still cool.
#gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity #vfx
December 7, 2024 at 5:01 AM
Had @festivevector.com play this prototype level in Desolus and he discovered this weird shader bug with my water 😂
You can only see it if you use debug commands to get out of the map, but it's still cool.
#gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity #vfx
You can only see it if you use debug commands to get out of the map, but it's still cool.
#gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity #vfx