Constantine Zuev @zkeeper

Inventing digital experiences. Also @[email protected] circa-app.com Cleveland, OH Joined January 2008

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Constantine Zuev @zkeeper

2 days ago

@kiselev_one And then you smoke it!

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Constantine Zuev @zkeeper

3 days ago

Happy 250 anniversary America! 🇺🇸 🎆🇺🇸 youtu.be/JYqfVE-fykk?is…

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It isn’t the point of this project, but looking at the triangulations made me think about some GPU optimization esoterica. Everyone knows “triangle count” has an impact on performance. Graphics programmers also know that the ordering of the triangles can also make a significant difference, and integrate mesh optimization tools. For the special case of planar figures like these, total triangle edge length can become the distinguishing performance characteristic. GPUs work with 2x2 blocks of pixels so they can generate derivatives for texture sampling and shaders. At triangle edges, they still usually have to do calculations for complete 2x2 blocks, regardless of whether 1,2,3, or 4 pixels in the block are actually needed. Long, skinny triangles can require over double the fragment shader invocations that area-maximizing triangles do. Consider triangulating a circle: the obvious way is to make a single triangle fan, but you can reduce the total edge length by inscribing a polygon inside the circle and only fanning out from that to the circle. Slightly more vertex work, but less fragment work. There probably isn’t any real world case where this would be a crucial optimization, but having an “optimization worldview” means always noticing the tradeoffs.

Volodymyr Agafonkin 🇺🇦 @mourner

a week ago

One of my proudest open source libraries, Earcut, just got a big refresh — now 55% faster on average (and up to 3x faster on complex polygons with many holes), and comes with a new refine function that updates any triangulation to Delaunay quality. Also got open issues to zero ✨

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Constantine Zuev @zkeeper

a week ago

@staycationtg Anyone remembers how disastrous was Cyberpunk 2077 launch? Sony issued refunds even. Yet one year later the game was playable. And by the time of first expansion literal masterpiece. Yes, layoffs suck and demoralize, but it is not pulling the plug entirely

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Constantine Zuev @zkeeper

a week ago

@staycationtg If sales numbers are correct they made enough money on game launch to sustain 300 devs for a year. This might explain announced plans for s2-s4. But core player base around 10K is not enough to sustain the team in long run. Unless they spend ton of money on cosmetics each season

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Constantine Zuev @zkeeper

a week ago

@andreintg Perfect take. @TimSweeneyEpic just wants to have his cut of the money. Just like the feud he has with Apple. This is not about next amazing UT game - this will never happen. Nobody cares about a game. Just money, money!

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Anthony Salter @ViridianGames

2 weeks ago

A good friend (and former boss) of mine, Eric Peterson, is starting a podcast about indie game development, and I feel he's hitting the zeitgeist at exactly the right time! The first episode starts at noon CST! youtube.com/watch?v=ICmQx3…

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Constantine Zuev @zkeeper

2 weeks ago

@BrettFromDJ And more importantly what normal humans expected from AI: - Do the dishes after meals - Fetch the groceries and put ‘em in fridge - Wash and dry the laundry - Mop floors when everyone is out - Drive drunk humans back home

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Constantine Zuev @zkeeper

2 weeks ago

@staycationtg Xbox Elite controller on Xbox lol

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Volodymyr Agafonkin 🇺🇦 @mourner

2 weeks ago

🟢 Time for a new tiny & fast computational geometry JS library from me: circle-union. It takes thousands of geographic circles as input and computes combined coverage polygons in milliseconds. Useful for various coverage maps, and hundreds of times faster than Turf circle+union.

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Constantine Zuev @zkeeper

2 weeks ago

@KenKirtland17 Haven’t played Fortnite but it just feels like this actually could have had potential as next Unreal Tournament installment if it wasn’t who knows what, and instead a proper 3D shooter with realistic UE5 graphics.

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FPSthetics @FPSthetics

2 weeks ago

Happy 30th birthday to one of the most unique FPS games to this day, where would we be without you Quake?

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Constantine Zuev @zkeeper

3 weeks ago

@Polygon $3K for 8TB SSD? This is just insane. The world is going nuts.

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Constantine Zuev @zkeeper

3 weeks ago

@KeriA1776again @stevesi Typewriter, ha! You can further improve on this by replacing the typewriter, which actually requires some skill, with the best, most versatile, and cheapest tool – a pen.

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Constantine Zuev @zkeeper

3 weeks ago

@JoshLipnik Some interior choices puzzle me 😅 Is that a shower converted to wardrobe?

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Constantine Zuev @zkeeper

3 weeks ago

@Delta_Enforcer @oryxeleven Opposite imho, nobody uses PS or Xbox controllers for Street Fighter in tournaments. They all go with custom arcade style controller.

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Constantine Zuev @zkeeper

3 weeks ago

@oryxeleven Apples to oranges. And so much depends on a game: Fortnite is not FPS competitive shooter so any Steet Fighter wins. But compare latest Mortal Kombat with Marathon and I would say this FPS clearly needs ton of skill.

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Constantine Zuev @zkeeper

a month ago

Reddit is full of people dooming latest extraction shooter Marathon dead on arrival. And we have yet to see if both game and studio survives the launch. Yet Fortnite has nothing better to do then jump into extraction wagon. Wel, well, well.