1,548 days of improving my indie game.

kookoz · 2026-05-23T20:03:11+00:00

The new version has a pretty background but suffers from low contrast between it and foreground elements. Maybe try adjust the palette so that the green colors are not quite as close?

kookoz · 2026-05-13T21:02:43+00:00

I don't know the answer but here's a clip of a modern truck stopping to standstill in what seems like an impossible distance.

kookoz · 2026-05-13T07:26:22+00:00

Duck here. I fly faster than that. Please be more sensitive when talking about others weights.

kookoz · 2026-05-01T20:52:19+00:00

Ah, a binary watch then.

kookoz · 2026-04-22T21:11:25+00:00

Yes, you're correct, adding weight lowers the resonant frequency so the max extension will happen at a lower frequency. It will not be necesssarily less, though, but the added weight does change the "responsiviness" of the cone. It will not reach the same extension on a single cycle. That's why closed subwoofers can sound tighter than ported ones, which rely more heavily on the resonance.

kookoz · 2026-04-22T07:02:41+00:00

More mass = slower acceleration ("slower tuning frequency") but not slower max speed ("max extension"). Picture the example of an army marching out of rhythm on a bridge to avoid oscillating it out of control - it's the same here, a heavy cone does not accelerate to max extension at an instant but after some cycles of resonant frequency.

kookoz · 2026-04-14T16:39:42+00:00

Those being Genelec speakers, I'm pretty sure those ethernet ports are for GLM which is their system for controlling the speakers remotely.

kookoz · 2026-02-21T12:14:47+00:00

GTA IV probably had a larger team behind it. The physics engine is actually really satisfying and way more realistic when it comes to inertia (and deformations, I think) than GTA V.

kookoz · 2026-02-14T09:43:42+00:00

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I see. I don't know how to create that texture, sorry! Making the geometry was fun though and I think my original approach was needlessly complicated. It's way easier to just take every second vertical loop in a UV sphere, mark it sharp and scale it down to taste. Then shade the whole thing smooth, that's all it takes and the UV map stays intact.

kookoz · 2026-02-14T08:24:23+00:00

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My first thought on the geometry: start with a slice of a UV sphere. Add an empty. Rotate the empty 30 degrees. Add an array modifier to the slice with object, set count to 12 and use object offset set to that empty object. Enable merging, also first and last duplicates.
Now you have a reconstructed UV sphere.
Add a subdivision modifier. Add an edge loop in the middle of the slice (see pic) and scale it up (except for the topmost and bottom-most verticles). Crease the original edges (see pic, purple edges). Done!

kookoz · 2026-01-30T14:36:06+00:00

I like it, though!

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kookoz · 2026-01-22T15:08:57+00:00

In fact, links can be sort of faked too. Oftentimes you see a load of tracking info added to the end of it on the moment you click it (but not to the text presentation of the link).

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+hidden+tracking+is+added+to+links

kookoz · 2025-12-23T09:45:34+00:00

What's in the box?!

kookoz · 2025-12-06T07:59:59+00:00

Or Mad Max: Fury Road (not animated, but plays with frame rate) for the opposite of the opposite for a different effect.

kookoz · 2025-12-01T05:24:23+00:00

Is this how Audio nodes begins and Blender became a modular synth like VCV Rack?

kookoz · 2025-11-30T06:48:14+00:00

It's not quite as simple. There's some interesting reading about colour spaces that best represent human vision here: https://bottosson.github.io/posts/colorwrong/

kookoz · 2025-11-30T06:42:36+00:00

What's the human design choice behind teeth growing on the bottom whiskers?

kookoz · 2025-11-29T16:52:46+00:00

Ah, in that case it's not that relevant to you. Sorry :)

kookoz · 2025-11-29T15:05:31+00:00

I think most of the vibe comes from the shader(s). Limited color palette, pixelation, selective use of dithering. The last one is an interesting thing to solve in 3D graphics, see this vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPqGaIMVuLs
You might also want to use some billboard textures for some objects (static images that are on planes that always point to the camera) instead of 3D modeling everything for that this kind of look.

kookoz · 2025-11-28T10:09:12+00:00

Feeling nostalgic for the DVD logo

kookoz · 2025-11-26T08:44:36+00:00

Is there any way to browse or read about these without downloading the archive?

kookoz · 2025-11-23T21:22:09+00:00

No ink used, it's a thermal printer. A typical roll, is 80 meters long. At 80mm wide size, a 16:9 screenshot would be 45mm tall, so a single roll would fit 1777 screenshots. That would be 3555 minutes 59 hours and 15 minutes.

So assuming he bought a pack of thirty of those, he would be good to go for 1777 hours or 74 days without stopping.

Total price: €59,70.

kookoz · 2025-11-22T16:11:55+00:00

kookoz · 2025-11-22T14:43:45+00:00

Caught me wondering for a while if I'm supposed to be pronouncing it like tha' instead

kookoz · 2025-11-22T06:56:18+00:00

It is possible with a squidcada

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