vercidium

August Update

Hi all, I'm working on a lot of different things and thought I'd give an update.

Also, welcome to all the new Patrons! We've had an influx over the past couple weeks as we've had a spike in YouTube views. I hope you all have access to the engine on GitHub, if not please let me know.

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2025-08-12 23:03:10 +0000 UTC View Post

Real-Time Voxelisation

Since audio raytracing is performed against voxels, I need a way to convert the 3D terrain, meshes and shapes in your games to voxels.

I had this working for my Raytraced Audio video:

2025-07-14 23:49:42 +0000 UTC View Post

Vercidium Engine - Documentation

I've started writing documentation for the engine and it's publicly available at https://publish.obsidian.md/ve. It's a work in progress, I'm working on it every night so check back daily for the latest updates.

My goal ...

Raytraced Audio Demo v1.2

The next version of the Raytraced Audio Demo is now available! If you've already signed up at https://vercidium.com/audio, you should receive an email shortly with the download link and an invite to the Raytraced Audio Discord s...

Raytraced Audio Update - Materials, Reverb, Room Centers, Bots, Optimisations

Hi all, I've been working on some exciting features and improvements for the next Raytraced Audio demo. Here's a recap of what I've done.

Reverb and Materials

I've been researching how reverb parameters like diffusion/density/decay/etc are influenced by the materials and shape of th...

Raytraced Audio - Form Results

1468 people have filled out the https://vercidium.com/audio form so far - I'm blown away! I aim to use this data to improve the Raytraced Audio plugin. I'll also set up a new Discord Server for testers soon.

The...

2025-04-29 13:09:44 +0000 UTC View Post

Raytraced Audio - Interactive Demo

The first version of the Raytraced Audio Demo can be downloaded here.

This demo is only available to Patr...

2025-04-26 02:32:44 +0000 UTC View Post

Raytraced Audio Update - New Features and New Approaches

Patreon limits videos to 8 Mbps. The full resolution video and 65 screenshots are available here

2025-04-19 07:55:44 +0000 UTC View Post

Patreon Pricing Update and New Perks

Note that this pricing change affects new Patrons only

A year has passed since I shared the engine's source code here on Patreon, and the engine has received a lot of upgrades since then.

To accommodate all these 2025-04-08 11:55:47 +0000 UTC View Post

Raytraced Audio - Expression of Interest Form

Hi all, I've created an expression of interest form for my Raytraced Audio system. This will help me understand which engines, languages and features you're most interested in.

2025-04-07 09:28:31 +0000 UTC View Post

Raytraced Audio

UPDATE: you can now register your interest in Raytraced Audio here.

My latest YouTube video on Raytraced Audio is finally published!

If you've come from YouTube - the GitHub repository...

Raytraced Audio (Audio)

I’ve just recorded the final version of the script, which is my favourite part (to get out of the way) of making videos. I think by now I can say the entire script off by heart!

Thank you to Lachy, Outer Cloud and PyjamSy for teaching me all things audio: how far away to stand from the mi...

4K, Raytracing, Pricing, Terrain, Shadows, Voxels, Skyboxes

Hi all, here's an update on what I've been working on recently.

High quality assets - including the 4K video ...

2025-03-18 11:06:43 +0000 UTC View Post

Raytraced Audio - Draft V2 [8:40]

Thank you to everyone (Patrons, friends, family) who provided feedback on the the first draft. Here's the second draft, which addresses the feedback listed below.

I would love to hear your feedback on this version as well. It's a constant iterative process!

V2 Changel...

Raytraced Audio - Draft V1 [10:09] - Harsh Feedback Wanted

Hey everyone, I would love to get your feedback on the first draft of my Raytraced Audio video.

Because my script is constantly changing and the timing of the animations must match my voice, I don't polish the animations until the script is final. This draft has freeze frames, sharp transit...

Raytraced Audio - Weekly Update

EDIT: the first draft is available here! Go check it out

Animations for the first 9 minutes are done! Only one more section plus the outro are left:

2025-03-04 08:14:16 +0000 UTC View Post

Raytraced Audio - Teaser Trailer

EDIT: the first draft is available here! Go check it out

The animations for the video are complete. The next step is to record the voiceover and sync these animations to it, then share a draft here for feedback....

Raytraced Audio - Teaser

EDIT: the first draft is available here! Go check it out

I can only attach 1 video to this post, but there are 2025-02-03 09:18:24 +0000 UTC View Post

Demos, New Features and a Drawing Tablet

The VE repository now has a new structure that better separates the core engine from the demos, games and devlog animations.

Instructions for accessing the repository are available here (paid Patrons...

2025 and Beyond

Every year I look back at the things I've done, and it's never enough. There's so much more to learn and accomplish.

Let's look at some stats for 2024.

Youtube

After 2.9 million views and 57,400 subscribers gained, I'm 85% of the way to my goal of getting a Silver Play Button ...

Forward vs Deferred Rendering

Hi-res video and screenshots are available here

Most games use one of two rendering systems:

• Forward Re...

  2024-12-22 23:27:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Vercidium Engine 1.0

Full-res images and bonus videos are available here.

Over the past 3 months I have reworked this engine into somethin...

Lag Compensation and Packet Delay Detection

The purpose of networking is to connect players together, then make them forget they live on opposite sides of the world.

I live in Australia, and the majority of Sector's Edge players lived in America and Europe. If I wanted to enjoy playing my own game, it needed to have good networking.<...

Modern Dithering with OpenGL

I revisited the low poly forest renderer and noticed there was terrible colour banding at night time:

If you're having trouble seeing it, here's the same image with the contrast increased:

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Floating Voxel Removal - Demo + Code

The code for my previous post about Floating Voxel Checks is now available on the paid VE GitHub repository.

 2024-09-07 09:18:53 +0000 UTC View Post

Multi-threaded Multi-buffered UI Rendering

When people think of optimisation they usually think about fast 3D rendering, quick loading screens, powerful physics engines and small download sizes.

But one day I was profiling Sector's Edge and found that the user interface took the same amount of time to render as the 3D world. I was s...

Mid Year Update

I'm back after a break and want to share my goals for the YouTube channel, this Patreon page, free/paid source code, and the engine.

My ultimate goal is to make games and work on the engine full time, but that's a long way off. Right now my goal is to improve my communication and presentati...

Voxel Tech: Floating Voxel Algorithms

The core feature in Sector's Edge is its destruction. When a building is no longer connected to the ground, it should come crashing down.

Buildings could be composed of hundreds of thousands of voxels, so we need an incredibly quick way of checking if a building is floating or not. I call t...