Hey lovely person! 💘

I wish you a super-duper day wherever you are! Here are some things I stumbled across since the last time.

Our Maestro game was released recently, and this clip is soooo funny! It doesn't even show gameplay but the commentary of the streamer is gold! It shows the "menu" where you select the music tracks, but you're offered champagne, and it's even possible to swap the liquid between glasses/bottles. I made this system by using particles (with collisions), ribbons, blueprints, and a custom glass/champagne shader.

My good old Render Hell article was translated into 🇻🇳 Vietnamese by Vu Phuong Hoang!

• Read the article in English
• Read the article in Vietnamese

More and more game dev starter packs are popping up on Bluesky. Those are lists of people you can follow with just one click. Here are a few, but you can find more by searching for "gamedev starter pack".

• French Game Dev
• Godot Game Dev
• Realtime VFX / Tech Art
• Queer Indie Game Devs

OIT sounds like the dream we are wishing for since the dawn of transparent surfaces. I read the article. Did I understand it? No. But maybe you do. Anyway, sounds great!

My game Cozy Space Survivors got translated into Catalan by "Projecte Ce Trencada" and is now selected for "Public Award for Best Game in Catalan". If you want, you can vote for it here.

There is a stylized video ("Project Gold") made in Blender and those new tools/workflows are amazing!

Laura shared her results from Explosion-Tober on my Discord. One explosion per day!

Thanks for reading! Have a lovely day/night! 💘
Simon