This is probably way too glowy.  It’s still using the glowy vector shader that’s standard in VectorStorm games;  it works nicely to oversaturate the bright spots, but just looks blurry over in the darker areas.  It should be pretty trivial to modify the shader into a proper bloom which affects bright areas without affecting darker…

3D vector graphics with hidden surface removal is always awesome. Some edges aren’t drawn correctly here, owing to non-flat quads.  :( The terrain itself is just some basic Perlin noise.  When most folks do terrain generation, they start with complicated models of the way that geography work, pushing up mountains and filling in ponds, and…

More testing of drawing with 3D perspective in the VectorStorm engine. I’m going to need to do another Game in a Week game soon, using the new 3D rendering stuff more thoroughly, to iron out the kinks.

I’ve looked at Dwarf Fortress before, but was never able to actually penetrate its obscure and often downright bizarre interface.  And I say that as somebody who has ascended (ie: won) NetHack four times. But as a concept, Dwarf Fortress sounds really intriguing.  Build your own fortress in an procedurally generated world, defend yourself against…