Felix "Xilefian"
@xilefian.retrodev.social
Minecraft developer at Mojang Studios
Game Boy Advance homebrew developer
This is my personal account, everything I say here is from me (Felix)
🌉 bridged from https://retrodev.social/@xilefian on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
Game Boy Advance homebrew developer
This is my personal account, everything I say here is from me (Felix)
🌉 bridged from https://retrodev.social/@xilefian on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
Compared to a couple years ago I'm certainly getting better at not typing Bedrock commands into Java and vice versa 💪
September 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Compared to a couple years ago I'm certainly getting better at not typing Bedrock commands into Java and vice versa 💪
With the amount of CPUs with integrated GPUs themselves these days I wonder if dual GPU hardware renderers is more plausible for games that, say, bake a real time shadow map into a mega texture
September 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
With the amount of CPUs with integrated GPUs themselves these days I wonder if dual GPU hardware renderers is more plausible for games that, say, bake a real time shadow map into a mega texture
Working on a Minecraft Data pack
September 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Working on a Minecraft Data pack
Watching Corridor Crew react to the Minecraft movie - and they're talking about how good the CG rendering is for the diamond sword that I'm holding in this picture
It almost looks real!
It almost looks real!
August 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Watching Corridor Crew react to the Minecraft movie - and they're talking about how good the CG rendering is for the diamond sword that I'm holding in this picture
It almost looks real!
It almost looks real!
I was going to post some of my thoughts about how the texture atlas is used in Minecraft
But then on the way home from work I caught a shiny Rhyhorn, so you get to see that instead
But then on the way home from work I caught a shiny Rhyhorn, so you get to see that instead
August 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I was going to post some of my thoughts about how the texture atlas is used in Minecraft
But then on the way home from work I caught a shiny Rhyhorn, so you get to see that instead
But then on the way home from work I caught a shiny Rhyhorn, so you get to see that instead
Wish the Minecraft Shelf captured more of the experience of putting up a shelf and then being paranoid of it falling off the wall because you're the one who put it up so you know how sketchy those holes you drilled are
August 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Wish the Minecraft Shelf captured more of the experience of putting up a shelf and then being paranoid of it falling off the wall because you're the one who put it up so you know how sketchy those holes you drilled are
I'm very happy about this, and frankly the argument of "young people aren't informed enough" is countered with "then you should be campaigning to improve their education so they can be informed to the level that you want" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c93kkg37n3kt
16 and 17-year-olds to be able to vote in next general election - live updates
Lowering the voting age across the UK means around 1.5 million 16 and 17-year-olds will be able to vote at the next general election.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I'm very happy about this, and frankly the argument of "young people aren't informed enough" is countered with "then you should be campaigning to improve their education so they can be informed to the level that you want" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c93kkg37n3kt
"Counter-Strike" Swedish bubblegum cigarettes. Wat
July 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
"Counter-Strike" Swedish bubblegum cigarettes. Wat
I've been writing a GUI window system for the Game Boy Advance and I wanted to try composition so wrote an Entity Component System
I am surprised how much ECS improves the writing and reasoning of even simple UI code
Far nicer vs inheritance
I am surprised how much ECS improves the writing and reasoning of even simple UI code
Far nicer vs inheritance
July 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I've been writing a GUI window system for the Game Boy Advance and I wanted to try composition so wrote an Entity Component System
I am surprised how much ECS improves the writing and reasoning of even simple UI code
Far nicer vs inheritance
I am surprised how much ECS improves the writing and reasoning of even simple UI code
Far nicer vs inheritance
It is apparent that I need to teach Minecraft devs the common decency of replacing dead batteries in the office Xbox controllers
July 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
It is apparent that I need to teach Minecraft devs the common decency of replacing dead batteries in the office Xbox controllers
Decided to work some more on the overworld sprite
I want to avoid it looking too much like a Generation 2 sprite, but I think that is tough to avoid when trying to put personality into such a small canvas
I want to avoid it looking too much like a Generation 2 sprite, but I think that is tough to avoid when trying to put personality into such a small canvas
July 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Decided to work some more on the overworld sprite
I want to avoid it looking too much like a Generation 2 sprite, but I think that is tough to avoid when trying to put personality into such a small canvas
I want to avoid it looking too much like a Generation 2 sprite, but I think that is tough to avoid when trying to put personality into such a small canvas
My Bluesky bridge seems broken at the moment, sorry Bluesky users for missing out on my posts!
July 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
My Bluesky bridge seems broken at the moment, sorry Bluesky users for missing out on my posts!
Genuinely upset about this. The industry needs more games to challenge Minecraft and evolve the genre further and everyone wanted Hytale to be the one to do that https://hytale.com/news/2025/6/a-difficult-update-about-hytale
June 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Genuinely upset about this. The industry needs more games to challenge Minecraft and evolve the genre further and everyone wanted Hytale to be the one to do that https://hytale.com/news/2025/6/a-difficult-update-about-hytale
I remember really disliking the Minecraft ladder climbing mechanics way back when I first played the game
Now I'm really struggling to remember what it was I didn't like... I've gotten so used to them now
Now I'm really struggling to remember what it was I didn't like... I've gotten so used to them now
June 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I remember really disliking the Minecraft ladder climbing mechanics way back when I first played the game
Now I'm really struggling to remember what it was I didn't like... I've gotten so used to them now
Now I'm really struggling to remember what it was I didn't like... I've gotten so used to them now
I made a Pokémon ROM hack and wrote about it
https://felixjones.co.uk/2025/04/30/pokegreen.html
https://felixjones.co.uk/2025/04/30/pokegreen.html
My Pokémon ROM Hack
Wild SIDE’HACK appeared!
felixjones.co.uk
April 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I made a Pokémon ROM hack and wrote about it
https://felixjones.co.uk/2025/04/30/pokegreen.html
https://felixjones.co.uk/2025/04/30/pokegreen.html
Yes my earlier post was in reference to something that happened at work today. Yes I failed to bury the evidence of it. Yes I am ashamed.
April 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Yes my earlier post was in reference to something that happened at work today. Yes I failed to bury the evidence of it. Yes I am ashamed.
"Code looks great Felix, but can you remove the check that gives 26 netherite ingots to any player spawning with the name 'Xilefian'?"
April 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
"Code looks great Felix, but can you remove the check that gives 26 netherite ingots to any player spawning with the name 'Xilefian'?"
I've been trying out some Game Boy pixel art on a Pokémon ROM hack (based on shinpokered)
Here I've implemented an optional girl player based on the manga character
Here I've implemented an optional girl player based on the manga character
April 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I've been trying out some Game Boy pixel art on a Pokémon ROM hack (based on shinpokered)
Here I've implemented an optional girl player based on the manga character
Here I've implemented an optional girl player based on the manga character
I enjoy the "I recreated Minecraft" YouTube videos for the journey of learning the author goes through, but there is a pattern where they decide to spin it into their own game they somewhat combine Minecraft with some existing genre
It's a legitimate way to come up with a new game, but when you […]
It's a legitimate way to come up with a new game, but when you […]
Original post on retrodev.social
retrodev.social
April 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I enjoy the "I recreated Minecraft" YouTube videos for the journey of learning the author goes through, but there is a pattern where they decide to spin it into their own game they somewhat combine Minecraft with some existing genre
It's a legitimate way to come up with a new game, but when you […]
It's a legitimate way to come up with a new game, but when you […]
I am excited to see what's to come!
Vibrant Visuals Java Edition | Minecraft
https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/vibrant-visuals-java-edition
Vibrant Visuals Java Edition | Minecraft
https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/vibrant-visuals-java-edition
April 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I am excited to see what's to come!
Vibrant Visuals Java Edition | Minecraft
https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/vibrant-visuals-java-edition
Vibrant Visuals Java Edition | Minecraft
https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/vibrant-visuals-java-edition
Totally forgot it's snapshot day today
https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-snapshot-25w15a
This one has the Locator Bar, a feature I've been working on, and we're open to feedback so I'm all ears!
https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-snapshot-25w15a
This one has the Locator Bar, a feature I've been working on, and we're open to feedback so I'm all ears!
April 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Totally forgot it's snapshot day today
https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-snapshot-25w15a
This one has the Locator Bar, a feature I've been working on, and we're open to feedback so I'm all ears!
https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-snapshot-25w15a
This one has the Locator Bar, a feature I've been working on, and we're open to feedback so I'm all ears!
Really happy reading player comments regarding the Vibrant Visuals shadows, I think it's a point of career pride for me 🥲
Loving the comments of "how come no-one has thought of this before!"
I wish we had written down or recorded some of our very early musings of an idea for visual direction […]
Loving the comments of "how come no-one has thought of this before!"
I wish we had written down or recorded some of our very early musings of an idea for visual direction […]
Original post on retrodev.social
retrodev.social
April 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Really happy reading player comments regarding the Vibrant Visuals shadows, I think it's a point of career pride for me 🥲
Loving the comments of "how come no-one has thought of this before!"
I wish we had written down or recorded some of our very early musings of an idea for visual direction […]
Loving the comments of "how come no-one has thought of this before!"
I wish we had written down or recorded some of our very early musings of an idea for visual direction […]
I'm quite envious of the Minecraft Java team's opportunity to implement Vibrant Visuals with a clear target of "this is how Minecraft looks"
Minecraft's technical design has so much opportunity for very novel solutions, and the ingenious art direction of Vibrant Visuals wants for that
Minecraft's technical design has so much opportunity for very novel solutions, and the ingenious art direction of Vibrant Visuals wants for that
March 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I'm quite envious of the Minecraft Java team's opportunity to implement Vibrant Visuals with a clear target of "this is how Minecraft looks"
Minecraft's technical design has so much opportunity for very novel solutions, and the ingenious art direction of Vibrant Visuals wants for that
Minecraft's technical design has so much opportunity for very novel solutions, and the ingenious art direction of Vibrant Visuals wants for that
What did everyone think of Minecraft Live? Specifically my appearance at the end 🤔
March 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
What did everyone think of Minecraft Live? Specifically my appearance at the end 🤔
Sometimes scrolling through the Bedrock source code feels like browsing a secret McDonald's menu:
• McBlock
• McServer
• McActorId
• McBlock
• McServer
• McActorId
March 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Sometimes scrolling through the Bedrock source code feels like browsing a secret McDonald's menu:
• McBlock
• McServer
• McActorId
• McBlock
• McServer
• McActorId