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Convex hulls and why they matter for collision
The problem: collision is everywhere in games Every game has to answer one question over and over: did this thing touch that thing? Did the bullet hit the enemy? Did the player land on the platform? D
Juice is the difference between a game that feels alive and one that doesn't
Intro Think back to the last game you played that felt good. What happened when you jumped? Did the camera move a little? Did your character squish for a moment before launching? What happened when yo
Just write your own libraries
Just write your own libraries Libraries used to limit what you could do. If nothing fit your needs, you had to settle or slowly create it yourself. Now, that's changed. AI models are advanced enough f
Your game runs fine on desktop. Why does it crash on mobile?
Intro You built a game on the web. It runs at 60 fps on your laptop. You open it on your phone and it stutters, overheats, or just crashes. Same code, same scene, completely different result. This pos
Redis is great
Introduction I've used Redis for a lot of things over the years. Rate limiting, caching, distributed locking, tracking peak concurrency, ephemeral counters, queues, deduplication, leaderboards. Every
Decals in games are not talked about enough
What a decal is A decal is a flat texture stuck onto an existing 3D surface. It doesn't add new geometry. It just paints something on top of what's already there. Bullet hole on a concrete wall? Decal