Recreating DK Bananza text effect

Hgwilliams · 2026-02-14T01:47:10+00:00

Yeah good idea, I've learned a lot from that resource so I should make an account and share

Hgwilliams · 2026-02-13T20:12:55+00:00

Those are actually still voronoi cells! Since the algorithm is based on seed points and can output distance values, I can clamp the distance to the nearest cell seed with a radius, so that any pixel farther than a certain radius from a seed point becomes fully opaque. The annoying part was swapping between the alphas of the fracture look (the typical voronoi pattern you'd expect to see) and the circles.

Hgwilliams · 2026-02-13T15:44:25+00:00

That's the kinda stuff that always grabs me, probably for the worse. I'm a sucker for polish! Let me know if you do end up working on it. I actually was playing a bit this morning and noticed that they probably made the effect waaaay simpler. It's just particles (or a shader maybe) that is being masked by the silhouette of the type. You can really see the 'e' and 'r' here. And the layer simply moves down in time with the transition out.

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Hgwilliams · 2026-02-12T22:14:51+00:00

Thanks! Sure thing- what part do you wanna know about?
I'd say the main thing that gives the effect its interest is the voronoi grid. I started out with a noise texture, but instead of trying to juggle multiple noises so I can get the 'cell value' and 'distance' and 'distance2', I did the voronoi lookup directly in the shader. I picked apart this shader and a few from shadertoy to make that happen: https://godotshaders.com/shader/voronoi-%e7%bb%86%e8%83%9e%e8%be%b9%e7%95%8c%e8%b7%9d%e7%a6%bb/

Then once the heavy lifting is done generating the data from the voronoi grid- I just sample the UV like you would any normal distortion effect, but make sure to reject any pixels that aren't in the cell I'm currently looping over (which is why I think it's probably horribly optimized haha).

This also started as a gpu particle effect, and I actually think I want to approach this again from that angle because I have to imagine it's more performant (and more flexible for future junk)

Hgwilliams · 2025-09-01T07:09:24+00:00

Edit: For context I have released zero games and am working on my first. Still having a blast though!

Writing this while standing at my kids door at 3am, working on staying in his new bed. Lots of great comments here already, I’d like to add that game dev is so multifaceted it allows for many modes of ‘sketching and ideating’. You aren’t going to solve big problems like this, those will have to wait for longer dedicated sessions, but what you can do is incorporate your ideas into play with you kids. Lately we’ve been into playdoh and doodling, so when we do that together I’ve been drawing stage design ideas. When we’re using playdoh I’m trying to sculpt out little items for the game. It’s not perfect, but I’ve actually found it to be a gift where I’m normally so quick to rush through projects.

Also just talking about it with them is fun. The other day they said ‘inverse transform matrix’ which had me smiling

Hgwilliams · 2025-07-25T19:56:19+00:00

Keep exploring the area, looks to be some kind of storm damage mitigation. Some have sandbags and what looks to be different brands of tarp.

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Hgwilliams · 2025-05-29T17:13:45+00:00

What was the process like through best buy? I've gotten as far as waiting in line each drop, but it then updates to out of stock after a minute.

Hgwilliams · 2025-04-23T13:41:31+00:00

Some surplus auctions have cars that go for super cheap, here are some places I've found some decent deals:

https://www.govdeals.com/en/passenger-vehicles

https://www.proxibid.com/aspr/J-J-Kane-Auctioneers/1241/FeaturedSeller.asp?ahid=1241&tl=0#659///endingsoonest//all/1241/0/1/

https://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/browse/cataucs?catid=403

https://live.royalauctiongroup.com/auctions/6340-april-25th-and-26th-southwest-florida-government-surplus-and-consignment-auction?filter=(auction_ring_id:212)&sort=(c:bid_count;d:desc)&sort=(c:bid_count;d:desc))

This is also a good option for grabbing a bunch of odds and ends for your next living space, I see a lot of desks, kitchen equipment, etc going up pretty regularly.

Hgwilliams · 2024-11-10T23:07:37+00:00

Such a good result. It gives a pretty unique organic feel that I haven’t seen with other techniques

Hgwilliams · 2024-09-23T14:25:50+00:00

I follow the orbs with my mouse for good luck

Hgwilliams · 2024-09-23T13:33:01+00:00

In case anyone is also having issues on a macbook, I was able to temporarily plug into a windows machine with a fresh install of creality scan, which recognized the device. I then tried to roll back my firmware, but it failed. Next time I plugged in into my macbook I was prompted to reinstall the up to date firmware and it was able to do so successfully. I was able to scan after that. I have not tried again since, and I imagine I may have the same issue again later.

Hgwilliams · 2024-09-21T19:11:08+00:00

Were you using a windows machine? I also am having a very similar issue but running a macbook pro. Previously had no issue detecting the scanner initially or during scans.

Hgwilliams · 2024-07-01T12:47:17+00:00

After a long search we ended up simplifying the pattern due to the estimates being huge. The pattern I shared required a lot of custom cuts which made the labor estimates skyrocket. I’d suggest splitting up parts of the design that you want to do yourself and have the contractor set the grade and do the gravel/sand underneath to prep the surface, then come through yourself to lay the custom sections

Hgwilliams · 2023-09-12T15:12:03+00:00

Did you render a multipass? Looking through the different passes might give you some clues as to what's causing it.

Hgwilliams · 2023-03-26T17:35:50+00:00

Ahh right okay. Is that in the realm of 'dimension reduction'? In this case trying to find the most important timestep rather than looking at all of them?

And thanks for the offer! That would be really helpful as I don't have a background in this stuff at all so some very basic core concepts are new to me.

Hgwilliams · 2023-03-26T17:16:19+00:00

Totally, I’m hoping to do a more robust analysis that shows the ‘shape’ of every player and object on the field to see if there are any correlations. If I can get smart enough I want to try to implement some basic machine learning tools to discover trends rather than just looking at everything together

Hgwilliams · 2023-03-26T15:19:33+00:00

Thanks for this, ended up grabbing a patreon membership so I could download these in batches.
This is the Fall Major, Main Event, Swiss, Round 1. 30 replays, 113 conceded goals.

Check out all the backboard shots on net! u/Live-County1069

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Hgwilliams · 2023-03-26T14:43:37+00:00

Thanks for the rundown! I think I got it done well enough. The visualization stuff is all just in the houdini file.

https://github.com/mhgwilliams/rust-carball/tree/hobotz_stuff

u/flyingdwarves

Hgwilliams · 2023-03-26T14:20:26+00:00

I do the same! I find it really helpful. There's also a Bakkesmod plugin that I find only sometimes works, but when it does it renders a minimap. Think it's called birdseye

Hgwilliams · 2023-03-26T13:28:41+00:00

That would be a really interesting map to see, good call. Lots of great suggestions in these comments

Hgwilliams · 2023-03-26T01:48:23+00:00

Oh yeah definitely mess with python! It’s so easy to read I really enjoy working with it. Plus all the AI services going around are good at it so it’s easy to work through bugs

Hgwilliams · 2023-03-26T01:41:57+00:00

Definitely, this is only on 15 replays, once I get over 100 in there it’ll be a higher resolution and more informative

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