{"author_name": "maffydub", "cat": "LD #29", "comments": [], "epoch": 1398543720, "likes": 2, "metadata": {"p_key": "31558", "p_author": "maffydub", "p_authorkey": "36549", "p_urlkey": "67052", "p_title": "Voxel Ducks", "p_cat": "LD #29", "p_event": "LD29", "p_time": "1398543720", "p_likes": "2", "p_comments": "0", "p_status": "UPD5", "us_key": "36549", "us_name": "maffydub", "us_username": "maffydub", "event_start": "1398384000", "event_key": "22", "event_name": "LD29"}, "text": "

This is my first Ludum Dare, and I might have missed the point a bit – I’ve spent most of the day hacking around with a custom WebGL-based 3D engine.

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…but it’s been fun, and at least I have a voxel duck (or 3) to show for it!

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The kind of interesting thing here is that the voxels are rendered entirely in GLSL – the only “meshes” I have in this are 3 cubes (one per duck).  The algorithm started off being based on this article, but is now heavily modified.  Models are just .png images – e.g.

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Try it for yourself (you’ll need a recent browser – I’ve only tested in Chrome), or check out the code if you’re interested.

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Tomorrow, I might try and actually make a game!

", "time": "April 26th, 2014 3:22 pm", "title": "Voxel Ducks"}