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Hi! This is Thomas ten Cate, a Dutch independent and freelance game developer also known as Frozen Fractal. Take a look at my games, read the blog or get in touch!

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Around The World, Part 23: Hydraulic erosion

As I mentioned last time, I’m currently working on a full rewrite of the game, with a focus on building a solid technical foundation first. But because much of that is boring work, I allowed myself a fun side quest: hydraulic erosion.

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Around The World, Part 22: Dropping the ball

I’ve done something that common wisdom in software development says you should never ever do: I started over. Let me explain why. This might get a bit technical…

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Around The World, Part 21: Visibility

In a game focused on exploration, we need to have a way to decide what the player can and cannot see. With a first-person or third-person 3D view, visibility comes for free: anything below the horizon, and anything behind something else, is not visible. With a top-down perspective, we need to do some more work.

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