40 years ago, I ported Jet Set Willy to the C64.

Today, I pondered on what it was that made 1984 to 1986 the most magical years of my time in video games. Here are ten reasons.

(Tomorrow I’ll talk about how I bring the spirit of that time back, 40 years on.)

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A common argument against the east coast metric signature (−+++) is that timelike magnitudes are negative. This problem evaporates in 5D projective space-time exterior algebra because the weight component of a homogeneous magnitude cancels the minus sign. Projected magnitudes…

I'll be attending!

Amazon is currently offering PGA Illuminated for 25% off. This is a good time to grab it!
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I uploaded some minor updates to the Terathon Math Library.
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Btw, the idea of horizon mapping dates back to the 80s [Max 1988], and this particular technique running in a modern pixel shader is 17 years old.

Once you've got horizon mapping implemented, it's very easy to use, and it can make a huge difference. This wall is rendered on a flat plane. The technique is fully described in FGED2.
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I uploaded some diagrams related to the Transvoxel and Slug algorithms as well.

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These are licensed under CC-BY-4.0 and can be used freely in any publications. I hope see them on Wikipedia pages for these topics!

A) Yes
B) Myself and others have been sounding this alarm for over a decade
C) Many factors are at play, including an improperly trained workforce, monopoly business effects, and widespread adoption and standardization of low-quality practices, languages, platforms and protocols

Wow, a rare sighting of the first edition!

You can do maths on your own too. My current project is Eric Lengyel 's latest book :)

This video contains an amusing repeat of all the difficulties I ran into when I tried getting existing font rendering techniques to work well in 2016.
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