4 Months of Game Programming With My Own Engine

next time its 5 months
PATREON: / jdah
TWITTER: / jdah__
DOOM RENDERER CODE: github.com/jdah/doomenstein-3d
GITHUB: github.com/jdah
EDITOR: NeoVim
CONFIGS: github.com/jdah/dotfiles
THEME: gruvbox
RESOURCES:
* learnopengl.com
* DOOM Game Engine Black Book: fabiensanglard.net/gebbdoom/
* Michael Abrash's "Graphics Programming Black Book"

[@Plexxl]

Good job! You passed the test and didn’t restart the project from scratch. I’m impressed!

[@jdh]

i made a promise!

[@iyousef46]

hahaha

[@Blitzwarz]

Yet...

[@ashywinter4261]

I've rewritten my current project twice now already, good to know this is super common

[@generallyunimportant]

good thing i never get to rewrite anything because i get too distracted

[@pink7522]

I love the vibe the text on everything creates! I feel like the many flashes of light tho could get a bit exhausting on the eyes so a way to turn them off or tone them down could probably really help with that.

[@Jack-lr3dn]

the scrolling text on walls is such a cool dynamic

[@LuckiusDev]

This is incredible. Happy to see an update about this project, I love your channel.

[@trinitygod863]

I really like the numbers on the body aesthetic, I think that's super cool

[@chonkusdonkus]

Super cool video! Love how everything seems to interact with everything else, like tossing the gibs in the tele and I think I saw an enemy shoot a lemon as well! Lots of clever solutions all around, inspiring to watch, thanks!

[@rossb5788]

this looks so sick! the art direction is so surreal and I LOVE it. the text that appears on the walls is a great idea imho.

[@WiseMysticalTree81]

It looks beautiful! Especially impressed with the dynamic lighting.

[@SuperJusted]

Very nice, great progress for just 4 months of work. And seems like you have a good base to keep adding on already, so hopefully you won't throw it all away and start from zero again, good luck!

[@starlord0208]

Your style of game has absolutely impressed me. The colors, the light, the wiggling of the camera when turning made me fall in love with what I was seeing.

[@KingBowserLP]

I LOVE the way this game is taking shape, it's an intriguing an unique idea and i'm looking forward to further dev updates! If i may, can i suggest adding an accessibility menu to the game? the text on the hands and eye can be hard to read for people with visual impairments (static numbers in the corner of the screen maybe?), the reload mechanic can become painful for people with hand mobility issues (add a toggle that instead adds a slower, fixed reload delay?) and the sideways tilt can lead to motion sickness (i'd suggest a toggle like you already considered for view bobbing). I suggest these because i love the artistic direction this project is going, but i also know a couple people who would love to play a game like this, but have these kinds of disabilities. Keep up the good work! It's fascinating watching the game slowly take shape as the creative process comes along. Thank you for taking us with you!

[@pfmugge6431]

Yo this shit is fire. The amount of progress is insane and design choices for the visual presentation and gameplay are also cool to see Can't wait to see more of it

[@GuilhermeTeres]

Great job on the engine! Very nice to watch the video as well. Regarding the animations, just a quick tip: the triangle face data (the vertex indices) will never change between frames, so you only really need to store and read them once. And with that out of the way, you don't need to export the vertices for every frame, only when there is a keyframe and then you just linearly (or something else) interpolate the vertex positions between the frames.

[@neskey]

Woah I love this video style improvement. Everything's so clear and got nice little new touches too

[@user-sd7cg9ml9p]

You have talent !, i wish i was able to do everything in this video because i just started learning python and this looks like so much fun to make your own game from the ground up. you earned my sub please make more programming videos

[@datboi_gee]

Really cool and inspiring stuff here. Love it. Particularly love the reload mechanic and the way you've laid the HUD info directly into the visible player models. So fuckin' cool.

[@kearen]

I love how this is shaping up. Thanks for sharing!

[@guillemlloveracastillo3549]

Damn, that's some really awesome improvements to the engine, level editor and the game itself! It's kinda funny how I did a game like this one for a school project and some mechanics that you implemented are similar to some that we have and even some are similar to scrapped ideas we had in early development! To be honest what you already have looks really great, the only thing that bugs me a little it's the fact that now that you have a 3d weapon, the viewmodel weapon sometimes clips through other models when standing too close, it could be cool if you draw it on top of everything else, even tho I'm not sure if that would create issues with lighting since standing too close to a wall might create a shadow onto the weapon if you draw it on top. You're an inspiration, keep it up! :D

[@DommoDommo]

This feels insane. Youve done an amazing job and the current iteration is super cool. I like the text part cycling down. Would be cool to see the code cycling on the walls too! -- very meta

[@kmharnish]

I subscribed to you a while ago but never really watched any of your videos, after watching this that will change. This is awesome. I love the effects in the game!

[@dagmawiabey8358]

glad to see that you are back! really amazing updates can't wait to see the final game!!

[@FortuneDev]

This genuinely looks incredible dude, great work

[@ugib8377]

This was amazing to watch. I'm new to coding and game dev, but I know enough to realize that what you've managed to create in C alone is incredible. Was really cool watching the game evolve through the video, and hearing your commentary over it. I grew up playing the shooters you mentioned, so seeing a 'modern' take on them is neat. I'm stuck in Pygame right now, learning the ins and outs of coding and game dev. Been eyeballing Rust as the language I really try to get into game dev full force with. Seeing what you can do with C gives me hope about the prospects of what I'll be able to make happen with Rust down the line. Awesome content. +1 sub.

[@qfurgie]

this is awesome stuff! insane progress and great visuals! i think the dash flash is a little too much like a flash bang and the text on the arms makes things a little busy. but so excited for the final project!

[@TheOxyMoron5]

One of the coolest dev logs I've come across. This is inspirational, good shit

[@stackhack]

just found the channel and subbbed. this is super cool work code and editing wise keep it up man

[@holmat1]

the UI being on the player/eye model looks so amazing!

[@SpringySpring04]

This is amazing! I loved watching the series where you made the engine, and I really like the aesthetic design of the final game! Putting the stat information like stamina and ammo on the hands is a really banger detail! Also for the lemon grenade launcher you have some MASSIVE missed opportunities for jokes (lemon-ade, Cave Johnson's lemon speech from Portal 2...)

[@thinkmore8024]

Nice man! Good thing you keeping up with the grind. I would like to see you eventually do a video where you compare the effort, difficult of making your first commercial game with the effort you have making more shorter term but still pretty hard projects like your custom computer. I'd like to hear you on that out of curiosity.

[@GunsForGuns]

This looks amazing! I love the direction the game is going!

[@Affax]

Omg this game looks so amazing, I am incredibly hyped for this! Good luck on the gamedev journey

[@hanceycolin]

I love the unique flavor you bring to all of your work - above and beyond enquakening!

[@Vixeneye1]

This is one of my favorite series of videos. Everytime a new video comes out, I make a cup of coffee and breakfast to watch. The whole thing looks Divine. It feels DIVINE. I can't wait to see how you shape this up or release it sometime in the future

[@dwifte]

this looks amazing, will definitely be play testing this since it looks amazing, good work!

[@NoVIcE_Source]

omg this is like wow also the health etc status being drawn on the hands is such a unique idea

[@edwinlundmark]

This is so fucking awesome. I hope we'll be able to play it soon!

[@smellthel]

This is one of my favourite series on KZbin right now. Great stuff!

[@marsimplodation]

you made nice progress, I saw a lot of it allready in the discord, but didn't expect the difference between the old version and the new version to be this massive

[@Unit_00]

This is incredible. The renderer is one of my favorites ever already

[@bantix9902]

i love that you show the text on the hands it looks really good and is very creative

[@b4ttlemast0r]

This is looking incredible! Turns out you are not just a programming wiz to make an engine from scratch, but it's actually shaping up to be a really interesting game.

[@replicant_2049]

Insane, very inspirational. Looking forward to future updates

[@drinkwwwaterrr]

I adore this surreal style and making the text exist within the viewmodel like that is something I've need seen, it's so cool

[@elin4364]

okay this is sick! I love the surreal aesthetic you have going

[@LHInstrumentals]

Woah! Look what happens when you stick to the project! The progression is insane awesome stuff, well done for breaking the habit!

[@coole8]

I have watched this devlog series so many times, super fascinating

[@Mearrin69]

Amazing progress this update. Love your content.

[@unalive_me]

I love that your character is just the set of stats that and the reload method is super unique.

[@HE360]

Wow, this is very very interesting!! The engine that you made id very fascinating!!

[@GratissTVofficial]

This is incredible! Your work is amazing

[@botmenSs]

Amazing work the lvl editor is so nice

[@Kestrel_]

I like what you've got so far! Since it looks like the lore you're heading towards is that the eye is seeing some things for you, it would be cool if there was a mechanic where you could put the eye down for a bit while you enter certain zones, and then pick it back up when you leave. The chromatic aberration could be reduced and the hud text replaced by a vignette and maybe a static-y filter. As for how gameplay might change in the eyeless zone, maybe they lose fireball capabilities and look more like regular people? Could be really interesting for the eye to be something that is negatively altering your perception of reality but also necessary for the completion of the main characters goal.

[@claytonharting9899]

I love the idea of rendering the gui info on the player hand/weapon. What a cool aesthetic

[@xankersmith9194]

This was really cool looking. Love the aesthetic!

[@cppin]

gosh this is sweet! i love the fun surrealist style, and the gui text being painted on the arms and guns is great...

[@salsspar2132]

welcome back bro, best programming videos back yeaaa

[@PerryBattles]

This is an awesome and inspiring project! Way to go!

[@Theinfectorss]

This was very interesting to watch, the entire video kept me entertained!

[@1111757]

i love the style! hope you find a good way to combine it with gameplay

[@azsoftware]

Wow, love your vids, the game looks amazing! Keep it coming

[@rileycampbell5691]

Always excited to see a new vid drop, this was some great progress.

[@glitchyrobot8602]

This looks amazing. I'm excited for this.

[@GooberAlert]

i adore this aesthetic and how it handles map editing

[@pusab2064]

cant help too notice the cruelty squad vibe love it

[@schell9726]

Bro is like me, can't stick to a single project but each one is just so fun

[@YRBYD]

Incredible progress! Really nice!

[@smellthel]

I LOVE THIS! It looks like laser tag!

[@OfficialGoldenLeaf]

always love your videos! gives me alot of motivation, it also reminds me not to fly too close to the sun and that using someone elses engine is okay, it saves me from pure pain

[@EMMIR_KC]

Awesome job! It's nice to see other people doing something somewhat similar!

[@jarfle]

the vertex snapping at 14:11 is so cool for some reason

[@olbluelips]

I'm currently working on an engine as well. I want it to be able to do algebra, which has been quite the journey. The ramp editing you made is super cool, well done. I love the grenade launcher and the chromatic aberration on the lights. Also the pattern for reload idea is cool

[@xb_salami]

Absolutely impressive! I can't wait to play this when it comes out. love the cruelty squad like vibe!

[@5k4k1dhtp]

Looks very cool, reminds me a bit of the 1st person "possession" view in Dungeon Keeper.

[@stevemcwin]

Really like where this is going. Hope you don't get any seg faults, good luck!

[@adarsh_ravikumar]

This is quake plus karlson, and I'm loving it!!! Amazing work my guy!

[@ephemoth]

A very impressive amount of progress, visually especially! Good job. ::]

[@justin_online]

This is absolutely incredible!

[@Puzomor]

Holy shit this is amazing! Magnificent work, dude!

[@Ky-Nas]

The idea of seeing stats on your arms and hints on the walls through the little eye that you hold gives off the vibe of peering into the code, which feels thematically appropriate for a game you've built on an engine you made from the ground up. :>

[@AvivoDNA]

wonderful stuff, i love the aesthetic the game is taking on. If you wanna lean more into the quake feel of the game you could add some B-hopping or other movement tech, but its your call. Im excited to see the future of this game though!

[@feintha]

The code at 0:35 genuinely makes me cry in pain 😭

[@irongarden8415]

You such a talented and skilled guy!! awesome!!

[@garfeld280]

this looks actually awesome. reminds me if post void was like darker and more complex, def gonna play this when you release it

[@jdh]

post void is a big inspiration for this!

[@PimPumSObaka]

insane job! wow, looks crazy

[@Meodoc]

Really impressive stuff! Curious to see how the game will turn out!

[@pavolkomlos3343]

This is truly beautiful!❤

[@petthehomeless]

Mad respect, this is so cool dude!

[@tmpecho]

I love how this looks. Way better than applying a retro filter on unity for example! Great job man!

[@ferenccseh4037]

Incredibly cool! Omg! You did what I've been wanting to make forever!

[@eboatwright_]

_This is so coooooool!!_ Easily your most interesting looking project yet :D

[@iluvboothill]

I am in LOVE with the style, can't wait to see more.

[@superheromonkey]

this is amazing. one thing that i would think is cool is when picking up items the eye uses somesort of lazer or ray to pick it up so it doesnt just look like its floating

[@9remi]

dude... this project is AWESOME. i can't wait to play it! pls keep going with it and don't give up on it like your last project 😢

[@9remi]

after watching the whole video: 18:49 keep the timer at the top of the level even if theres no reason to gameplay-wise. (or even just add an option in settings for it.) people WILL eventually speedrun your game, and it makes it a hell of a lot easier if theres in game timers. :)

[@Wallcraft_Official]

sick work man

[@switchyd4956]

Love the video! You really inspire me with these videos. Making games from scratch is truly an art on its own, and it's so much cooler than creating games with engines like Unity. I made my own 1v1 raycaster game because of you and even got an a in school, thanks to you!

[@TankorSmash]

This looks amazing, I'm jealous of your ability to get stuff done. This is only four months of progress and its an entire overhaul and graphics pass. The video was great and I think fair to say 'Lague-like". For the 12:35 shotgun animation, I think a nice win for juiciness would be exaggerating the muzzleflash by increasing its size 2 or 4x, and adding a second color to it, along with animating some projectiles out of it. If you only look at the shotgun itself while you fire, it basically just lighten a bit and a tiny star is shown.

[@jdh]

Thanks! and good idea with the muzzle flash, I'll try that

[@Cryshalo]

Wow, that has really come along. A lot of different influences but still looks pretty unique.

[@geurworx8164]

THIS LOOKS great, the stats being on the gun and hands are really cool. I'm a cool parkour man myself. You get the cool approval.

[@cod1r]

You sir, are too good at what you do. Awesome video!

[@gameofpj3286]

The stylization is so cool :D