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CUSTOM GAME ENGINES: A Small Study

A couple of weeks ago I played (and finished) A Plague Tale, a game by Asobo Studio. I was really captivated by the game, not only by the beautiful graphics but also by the story and the locations in the game. I decided to investigate a bit about the game tech and I was surprised to see it was developed with a custom engine by a relatively small studio. I know there are some companies using custom engines but it's very difficult to find a detailed market study with that kind of information curated and updated. So this article.

Nowadays lots of companies choose engines like Unreal or Unity for their games (or that's what lot of people think) because d

How to sync Obsidian with Git on Android

Limitations

If Termux is closed in the background by Android, the cron service will stop updating your repository and you must open Termux again. Refer to instructions for your device model to disable the killing of certain background applications.
This may negatively affect your devices battery life. I'm not entirely sure yet.

Setup

Install Termux – Apps on Google Play

	defmodule HelloPhoenix.Memcached.Supervisor do
	use Supervisor

	def start_link do
	Supervisor.start_link(__MODULE__, [])
	end

	def init([]) do
	pool_options = [
	name: {:local, :memcached_pool},

	Creation of an opposite macro

	We want opposite 1 + 1
	to return to 0 or essentially run 1 - 1

	opposite 1 + 1
	Transforms 1 + 1 into an AST
	opposite({:+, [], [1,1]}

	Our macro would then transform that AST (Abstract syntax tree)

	using UnityEngine;
	using UnityEditor;
	using UnityEditor.SceneManagement;

	// Adds a "Edit Prefab" option in the Assets menu (or right clicking an asset in the project browser).
	// This opens an empty scene with your prefab where you can edit it.
	// Put this script in your project as Assets/Editor/EditPrefab.cs

	public class EditPrefab {
	static Object getPrefab(Object selection) {

	shader_type canvas_item;

	uniform float value: hint_range(0, 100); // %
	uniform float thickness: hint_range(0, 100) = 30.; // % thickness
	uniform sampler2D fg: hint_albedo;
	uniform sampler2D bg: hint_black_albedo;
	uniform float offset: hint_range(0, 100); // %
	uniform float smoothing: hint_range(0, 100) = 5.;

	void fragment() {

	/* This needs to live in a folder named "Editor", or it won't work. Doesn't have to be named
	"BobTheBuilder", though. Name it whatever you want! */

	using System;
	using UnityEditor;
	using UnityEngine;

	public class BobTheBuilder
	{
	/* List of scenes to include in the build */

	extends Node
	# Based on this tweet by Clay John:
	# https://twitter.com/john_clayjohn/status/1306447928932753408


	func _ready() -> void:

	# Create a local rendering device.
	var rd := RenderingServer.create_local_rendering_device()

	shader_type spatial;
	render_mode cull_disabled, blend_mix,diffuse_burley, specular_schlick_ggx;

	uniform sampler2D u_terrain_heightmap;
	uniform sampler2D u_terrain_detailmap;
	uniform sampler2D u_terrain_normalmap;
	uniform sampler2D u_terrain_globalmap : hint_albedo;
	uniform mat4 u_terrain_inverse_transform;
	uniform mat3 u_terrain_normal_basis;