Devlog #1

Not a real start ...

State of the project

The project actually started a while back, somewhere early last year (first commit being in February 2023).

This is a screenshot taken a while back in early February this year before the I decided to refactor rendering and gameplay code to a multithreaded model. More details in a dedicated post later.

Here is a list of list working elements in the engine:

• Mesh rendering

• Skinned mesh rendering

• Skeleton character animation engine

• Basic lighting (Blinn-Phong model) implementation (point, directional, spot)

• PBR: Experimental GGX BRDF spot light

• Asset streaming

• Custom asset pipeline (packing, compiled shader binary, fbx to custom animation data format, etc.)

• Input system (Win32 Raw Input)

• IMGUI style UI (auto-layout, mouse event)

• Particle system

• Math library (matrix, vectors, quaternion, projections, etc.)

• Bounding collision model

• Camera system

• Skybox

• Font engine (Pre-rasterized with STB libraries)

Being worked on:

• Rigid body dynamic model

• IMGUI style UI (various widget)

• System-on-a-thread model

• Experimental volumetric rendering technics (fog, clouds, fire …)

• Shadow mapping

• Ambient occlusion

• Basic MSAA

• … a lot more on the TODO list

Each of those will probably have its dedicated post in the future.

To end this first devlog, here are some footage.