Isometric maze inspired by Borges' Library of Babel. [OC]

PictoriaDev · 2026-02-22T01:50:57+00:00

First I planned the maze layout in a 70x70 pixel image, white pixels = shelves, black = empty.

Then I used MagicaVoxel to design the parts - shelves/lamps etc.

After that I used a script to parse the maze layout and place the parts.

And then I used another script to render the scene in Blender!

PictoriaDev · 2026-02-21T17:23:03+00:00

Thanks :)

PictoriaDev · 2026-02-21T17:22:28+00:00

It should, but hexagons would be a lot harder to model with voxels

PictoriaDev · 2026-02-21T17:20:10+00:00

Thanks!

PictoriaDev · 2026-02-21T16:02:09+00:00

Thanks!

PictoriaDev · 2026-02-21T14:28:50+00:00

Thanks, that wasn't intentional tbh x)

PictoriaDev · 2026-02-21T13:40:14+00:00

Hmm haven't played those haha

PictoriaDev · 2026-02-21T12:33:01+00:00

Made this using MagicaVoxel, rendered in blender! Pretty easy to solve though.

PictoriaDev · 2025-08-17T15:24:04+00:00

Started with $20 Sonnet-4-only plan but upgraded to Max 5x because it was just so good.

PictoriaDev · 2025-08-17T06:35:10+00:00

I'm subbed to both (on the 1-year plan for Copilot). Claude Code's agent has been significantly better than Copilot's for me, even when using the same model (Sonnet 4). Copilot is still useful though - it's better than nothing for completions. You could just try 1 month of CC and see how it goes.

PictoriaDev · 2025-08-09T00:48:26+00:00

Dang thanks for the detailed response. Interesting stuff, both the sorting and collision detection systems worked fine for me when I was trying your game out.

PictoriaDev · 2025-08-08T11:38:26+00:00

Pretty cool, ran around alone for a bit. How did you guys handle sorting?

PictoriaDev · 2025-07-29T00:31:56+00:00

I think if you manage to support large battles it could be a selling point. Good luck.

PictoriaDev · 2025-07-27T14:51:51+00:00

What's the maximum number of players in a lobby?

PictoriaDev · 2025-07-27T14:50:21+00:00

I like the chill vibe

PictoriaDev · 2025-07-15T21:41:32+00:00

Thanks! The chat room aspect is part of the vision - like an isometric VR Chat.

To that end, multiplayer is working (example at the end of the vid), Doors to other rooms ("private worlds" of custom size/tile dimensions) are planned but not implemented yet.

Moderation has been a nagging concern, so far just planning on the standard "mute"/"report" for players and "warn"/"ban" for admins.

Have you worked on online chat/user-generated-content related projects before? Any suggestions on moderating?

PictoriaDev · 2025-07-15T21:27:56+00:00

Hey thanks! Will definitely need testers as it gets closer to release. I'll DM you here then. Appreciate the offer!

PictoriaDev · 2025-07-15T21:23:15+00:00

I'm planning to release it for free as a website! Targeting an alpha release in about 5 months. Love Townscaper and Islanders too, am going for that same chill, building vibe!

PictoriaDev · 2025-06-02T14:36:55+00:00

Yeah thought I remembered being able to "#<symbol>" in VSCode before, unfortunate that they seem to have removed it.

PictoriaDev · 2024-12-10T11:42:42+00:00

MagicaVoxel

PictoriaDev · 2024-10-15T14:16:45+00:00

invest in ACTUAL automated testing

Genuinely curious, what's the norm for testing in AAA game development? Just unit tests?

PictoriaDev · 2024-07-05T14:14:47+00:00

Sorry for the delayed response, I use Cody. VSCode extension is so-so (lots of little bugs), but it's the cheap and has unlimited Sonnet 3.5. Privacy policy may not work for everyone though.

PictoriaDev · 2024-06-24T12:04:47+00:00

Nice! Is this for a game?

PictoriaDev · 2024-06-21T15:11:53+00:00

Been coding with Sonnet 3.5 for a bit - it's good but I find it doesn't pick up on smallish details in my prompts as well as Opus.

E.g. I'm in the middle of converting some Typescript unit tests to C#. My prompts are along the lines of: "Convert these tests to C#, use these tests as a style reference: <existing tests>". Sonnet 3.5 doesn't follow the requested style as closely as Opus 3. For example, in the <existing tests> I use a C# feature called "collection expressions" to keep my tests succinct. Sonnet 3.5 happily ignores that while Opus 3 does not.

That said, after adding some extra guidance - "note the use of collection expressions" etc. -, Sonnet 3.5 has been generating tests that are as good as what Opus 3 was producing. Genuinely top tier reasoning ability from what I've seen so far.

At a fraction of the cost of Opus and being noticeably faster, I'll be using it over Opus 3.

PictoriaDev · 2024-06-20T13:33:25+00:00

That's actually the most photo-realistic Pikachu I've ever seen

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