ElegantMechanic
@elegantmechanic.bsky.social
He/Him #GodotEngine GameDev, Boardgame Designer, & Writer.
More progress on golf-related #Godot project. This is 2D to avoid learning 3D but I'm now having to resist scope creep.
It was never supposed to be 3D, only to render one shot at a time (like the start of the video). The fact I *can* pan the camera around in real time is tempting me to do more.
It was never supposed to be 3D, only to render one shot at a time (like the start of the video). The fact I *can* pan the camera around in real time is tempting me to do more.
September 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
More progress on golf-related #Godot project. This is 2D to avoid learning 3D but I'm now having to resist scope creep.
It was never supposed to be 3D, only to render one shot at a time (like the start of the video). The fact I *can* pan the camera around in real time is tempting me to do more.
It was never supposed to be 3D, only to render one shot at a time (like the start of the video). The fact I *can* pan the camera around in real time is tempting me to do more.
More progress of golf-based 8-bit styled #Godot project. Now rending trees (or other vertical features) along with terrain polygons plus applying appropriate textures to terrains.
It may not look like much but this has taken a lot of work and I'm stupidly pleased with myself.
It may not look like much but this has taken a lot of work and I'm stupidly pleased with myself.
September 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
More progress of golf-based 8-bit styled #Godot project. Now rending trees (or other vertical features) along with terrain polygons plus applying appropriate textures to terrains.
It may not look like much but this has taken a lot of work and I'm stupidly pleased with myself.
It may not look like much but this has taken a lot of work and I'm stupidly pleased with myself.
My current #Godot project has golf and I'm trying to recreate the sort of view seen in 8-bit games like Leaderboard. Here's a demo showing how data is pulled from a top-down map layout (right of screen, won't be in game) to create the false perspective rendered on the left of the screen.
August 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
My current #Godot project has golf and I'm trying to recreate the sort of view seen in 8-bit games like Leaderboard. Here's a demo showing how data is pulled from a top-down map layout (right of screen, won't be in game) to create the false perspective rendered on the left of the screen.
Improved version of the rifle scope scene in my Godot project. This one makes a lot more sense with the 8-bit style than the previous shader-based zoom. Background graphics from Operation Wolf C64 as a placeholder.
July 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Improved version of the rifle scope scene in my Godot project. This one makes a lot more sense with the 8-bit style than the previous shader-based zoom. Background graphics from Operation Wolf C64 as a placeholder.
Some weeks ago @pacbilly.bsky.social challenged me to prove that I would laminate my subscription to his channel.
The gears of time grind slowly, but they grind inexorably toward me making a fool of myself.
The gears of time grind slowly, but they grind inexorably toward me making a fool of myself.
July 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Some weeks ago @pacbilly.bsky.social challenged me to prove that I would laminate my subscription to his channel.
The gears of time grind slowly, but they grind inexorably toward me making a fool of myself.
The gears of time grind slowly, but they grind inexorably toward me making a fool of myself.
Trying to renew interest in my Godot project by working on the shooty part. Got a shader-based rifle scope effect working which would no doubt be impossible on an actual 8-bit machine but doing my best to preserve the pixel art aesthetic. Screengrab from Operation Wolf C64 as a placeholder to test.
July 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Trying to renew interest in my Godot project by working on the shooty part. Got a shader-based rifle scope effect working which would no doubt be impossible on an actual 8-bit machine but doing my best to preserve the pixel art aesthetic. Screengrab from Operation Wolf C64 as a placeholder to test.