We have reached an important stage in the development of Synvector - we have finalized the prototype and are now preparing it for the first test. We will try to open access to it on October 25-30.

At the first stage, we don't just want to open the game to everyone at once, but to test it in several waves.:

100 players → 200 players → 300 more players.

This way we can gradually collect and analyze feedback and see how the impression of the game changes after making the first changes. It's still a prototype, so it's not even a big part of the game. But we are just interested in getting your opinion before we go further in the development.

If you want to try Synvector on your own, stay tuned. We will start issuing the first accesses to the playtest soon. 🚀

I go through how I separate general updates from physics updates, why I use a fixed timestep, how the accumulator works, and what happens when the simulation starts falling behind.

I explain the reasoning behind the design decisions and why I rejected the alternatives. I show the implementation of the loop.

Air pollution is often represented through numbers, maps, or indicators, but it can also become… a game mechanic. 🎮

In a Medium article, I explore how video games represent air quality.

From SimCity to Cities: Skylines II, through Frostpunk 2, Super Mario 64, Metal Gear Solid, Factorio, and Minecraft, air pollution can take many different forms: it can involve trade-offs between urban development and pollution, become an area the player has to avoid, or even turn into a constraint the player has to protect themselves against.

Video games therefore offer simplified representations of complex phenomena, while also making the consequences of air pollution and the choices it can lead to more visible.

👉 The article :
https://medium.com/@corentin_berger/air-quality-in-video-games-4d1762091ca5

Had an idea for a game called 200000000 BC basically a human surviving during the dinosaur age.

Think Skyrim + Minecraft-style survival, but you’re building bases, gathering food, and genetically creating your own dinosaurs(using AI) to raise into an army. Explore with friends, raid other bases, tackle huge dungeons and boss fights, and eventually take your dinos to other planets.

Would you play something like this? What would you add or change?

I explain rotations and quaternions. I then implement the latter into my physics engine by replacing the matrix version of angular velocity code with a quaternion version. I then benchmark the results.