Zack Williams
@boatbomber.com
Creator of @lualearning.org • Founder of @torpedosoftware.llc • 5x SWE Intern @ Roblox • 5x Bloxy Nominee & 3x Bloxy Winner • 2x RDC Gamejam Winner
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Zack Williams
@boatbomber.com
· Aug 16
This #RDC, DynaDex is selling boatbomber trading cards signed by yours truly!
The proceeds of all 17 signed boatbomber holos go to The Trevor Project, and I'm matching that.
$50 card = $100 donated.
I slipped some extra goodies in the bags too🤫
The proceeds of all 17 signed boatbomber holos go to The Trevor Project, and I'm matching that.
$50 card = $100 donated.
I slipped some extra goodies in the bags too🤫
Donated as promised and requested an employer match to 2x the impact.
Get your card before they sell out! #RDC26
You can help provide life-saving services by funding The Trevor Project’s mission to end suicide among LGBTQ+ youth.
give.thetrevorproject.org/boatbomber
Get your card before they sell out! #RDC26
You can help provide life-saving services by funding The Trevor Project’s mission to end suicide among LGBTQ+ youth.
give.thetrevorproject.org/boatbomber
September 11, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Donated as promised and requested an employer match to 2x the impact.
Get your card before they sell out! #RDC26
You can help provide life-saving services by funding The Trevor Project’s mission to end suicide among LGBTQ+ youth.
give.thetrevorproject.org/boatbomber
Get your card before they sell out! #RDC26
You can help provide life-saving services by funding The Trevor Project’s mission to end suicide among LGBTQ+ youth.
give.thetrevorproject.org/boatbomber
Reposted by Zack Williams
This #RDC, DynaDex is selling boatbomber trading cards signed by yours truly!
The proceeds of all 17 signed boatbomber holos go to The Trevor Project, and I'm matching that.
$50 card = $100 donated.
I slipped some extra goodies in the bags too🤫
The proceeds of all 17 signed boatbomber holos go to The Trevor Project, and I'm matching that.
$50 card = $100 donated.
I slipped some extra goodies in the bags too🤫
August 16, 2026 at 1:18 AM
This #RDC, DynaDex is selling boatbomber trading cards signed by yours truly!
The proceeds of all 17 signed boatbomber holos go to The Trevor Project, and I'm matching that.
$50 card = $100 donated.
I slipped some extra goodies in the bags too🤫
The proceeds of all 17 signed boatbomber holos go to The Trevor Project, and I'm matching that.
$50 card = $100 donated.
I slipped some extra goodies in the bags too🤫
My #Roblox liquid glass effect is open sourced on my blog!
www.boatbomber.com/blog/liquid-...
I break down how it works, the decisions I made, plus there's cool visualizations that make it easy to understand.
No math/code, I swear. Pretty demos and fun problem solving. Give it a read!
www.boatbomber.com/blog/liquid-...
I break down how it works, the decisions I made, plus there's cool visualizations that make it easy to understand.
No math/code, I swear. Pretty demos and fun problem solving. Give it a read!
August 25, 2026 at 3:12 PM
My #Roblox liquid glass effect is open sourced on my blog!
www.boatbomber.com/blog/liquid-...
I break down how it works, the decisions I made, plus there's cool visualizations that make it easy to understand.
No math/code, I swear. Pretty demos and fun problem solving. Give it a read!
www.boatbomber.com/blog/liquid-...
I break down how it works, the decisions I made, plus there's cool visualizations that make it easy to understand.
No math/code, I swear. Pretty demos and fun problem solving. Give it a read!
This #RDC, DynaDex is selling boatbomber trading cards signed by yours truly!
The proceeds of all 17 signed boatbomber holos go to The Trevor Project, and I'm matching that.
$50 card = $100 donated.
I slipped some extra goodies in the bags too🤫
The proceeds of all 17 signed boatbomber holos go to The Trevor Project, and I'm matching that.
$50 card = $100 donated.
I slipped some extra goodies in the bags too🤫
August 16, 2026 at 1:18 AM
This #RDC, DynaDex is selling boatbomber trading cards signed by yours truly!
The proceeds of all 17 signed boatbomber holos go to The Trevor Project, and I'm matching that.
$50 card = $100 donated.
I slipped some extra goodies in the bags too🤫
The proceeds of all 17 signed boatbomber holos go to The Trevor Project, and I'm matching that.
$50 card = $100 donated.
I slipped some extra goodies in the bags too🤫
I found some great resources that helped me make my liquid glass even better and look closer to Apple's style :)
August 13, 2026 at 3:58 PM
I found some great resources that helped me make my liquid glass even better and look closer to Apple's style :)
Liquid glass in #Roblox! Frosted glass is just so 2007.
Total control over the material. (Shape, chromatic aberration, displacement, specular, lighting, etc.)
Should I release this? It's a neat tech demo (ran at ~190 FPS in this video) but isn't viable for real games.
Total control over the material. (Shape, chromatic aberration, displacement, specular, lighting, etc.)
Should I release this? It's a neat tech demo (ran at ~190 FPS in this video) but isn't viable for real games.
August 12, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Liquid glass in #Roblox! Frosted glass is just so 2007.
Total control over the material. (Shape, chromatic aberration, displacement, specular, lighting, etc.)
Should I release this? It's a neat tech demo (ran at ~190 FPS in this video) but isn't viable for real games.
Total control over the material. (Shape, chromatic aberration, displacement, specular, lighting, etc.)
Should I release this? It's a neat tech demo (ran at ~190 FPS in this video) but isn't viable for real games.
I revived my old GlassmorphicUI to use the latest EditableImage APIs and make it a lot more performant. #RobloxDev
github.com/boatbeaker/G...
github.com/boatbeaker/G...
August 10, 2026 at 5:09 AM
I revived my old GlassmorphicUI to use the latest EditableImage APIs and make it a lot more performant. #RobloxDev
github.com/boatbeaker/G...
github.com/boatbeaker/G...
Occlusion culling in CullThrottle! #RobloxDev
In this stress test, everything is throttled since our update budget can't update thousands of visible blocks. By skipping occluded objects, we spend our update budget more wisely, leading to much higher refresh rates!
In this stress test, everything is throttled since our update budget can't update thousands of visible blocks. By skipping occluded objects, we spend our update budget more wisely, leading to much higher refresh rates!
July 15, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Occlusion culling in CullThrottle! #RobloxDev
In this stress test, everything is throttled since our update budget can't update thousands of visible blocks. By skipping occluded objects, we spend our update budget more wisely, leading to much higher refresh rates!
In this stress test, everything is throttled since our update budget can't update thousands of visible blocks. By skipping occluded objects, we spend our update budget more wisely, leading to much higher refresh rates!
I made a dataset with thousands of questions about Roblox/Luau for evaluating LLMs, but it's surprisingly fun to evaluate your own knowledge instead!
Take the quiz and show off your scores in the replies 👀
www.boatbomber.com/roblox-quiz
Take the quiz and show off your scores in the replies 👀
www.boatbomber.com/roblox-quiz
Zack Williams · boatbomber
Portfolio and blog of Zack Williams (boatbomber): games, plugins, open source modules, and websites.
www.boatbomber.com
June 30, 2026 at 7:28 AM
I made a dataset with thousands of questions about Roblox/Luau for evaluating LLMs, but it's surprisingly fun to evaluate your own knowledge instead!
Take the quiz and show off your scores in the replies 👀
www.boatbomber.com/roblox-quiz
Take the quiz and show off your scores in the replies 👀
www.boatbomber.com/roblox-quiz
I built a leaderboard that tracks LLM knowledge of Roblox concepts and APIs!
huggingface.co/spaces/boatb...
huggingface.co/spaces/boatb...
Roblox LLM Leaderboard - a Hugging Face Space by boatbomber
Evaluating Roblox gamedev knowledge
huggingface.co
March 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I built a leaderboard that tracks LLM knowledge of Roblox concepts and APIs!
huggingface.co/spaces/boatb...
huggingface.co/spaces/boatb...
I've become a daily Claude Extended user. I write quick+messy code until I've proven my idea, then I have Claude turn it into neat classes and unit tests.
This allows me to focus on the real logic and ideas, instead of focusing on writing clean+performant code. Huge velocity boost.
This allows me to focus on the real logic and ideas, instead of focusing on writing clean+performant code. Huge velocity boost.
March 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I've become a daily Claude Extended user. I write quick+messy code until I've proven my idea, then I have Claude turn it into neat classes and unit tests.
This allows me to focus on the real logic and ideas, instead of focusing on writing clean+performant code. Huge velocity boost.
This allows me to focus on the real logic and ideas, instead of focusing on writing clean+performant code. Huge velocity boost.
I'm building a synthetic reasoning dataset using the open Luau corpus from Roblox! I want to fine tune reasoning models to generate Luau code. I will open source this dataset, the code used to build it, and the model weights if I get a good fine tune model.
February 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I'm building a synthetic reasoning dataset using the open Luau corpus from Roblox! I want to fine tune reasoning models to generate Luau code. I will open source this dataset, the code used to build it, and the model weights if I get a good fine tune model.
It's so fun to watch old scifi and realize we literally have so much scifi tech irl now
A fun example is this great joke from Star Trek will land totally differently for the next generation of kids who grow up with AI assistants
youtu.be/hShY6xZWVGE
A fun example is this great joke from Star Trek will land totally differently for the next generation of kids who grow up with AI assistants
youtu.be/hShY6xZWVGE
Star Trek - Hello Computer
YouTube video by Phil Jahner
youtu.be
January 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
It's so fun to watch old scifi and realize we literally have so much scifi tech irl now
A fun example is this great joke from Star Trek will land totally differently for the next generation of kids who grow up with AI assistants
youtu.be/hShY6xZWVGE
A fun example is this great joke from Star Trek will land totally differently for the next generation of kids who grow up with AI assistants
youtu.be/hShY6xZWVGE
@lualearning.org turns 7 years old today!
a happy birthday card with fireworks behind it
ALT: a happy birthday card with fireworks behind it
media.tenor.com
January 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
@lualearning.org turns 7 years old today!
Benchmarker v7.3.0 is out! #RobloxDev
- Adds BeforeAll, AfterAll, BeforeEach, and AfterEach functions
- Profiler usage inside of iterations will now display meaningfully in the flamegraph
- Adds BeforeAll, AfterAll, BeforeEach, and AfterEach functions
- Profiler usage inside of iterations will now display meaningfully in the flamegraph
December 15, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Benchmarker v7.3.0 is out! #RobloxDev
- Adds BeforeAll, AfterAll, BeforeEach, and AfterEach functions
- Profiler usage inside of iterations will now display meaningfully in the flamegraph
- Adds BeforeAll, AfterAll, BeforeEach, and AfterEach functions
- Profiler usage inside of iterations will now display meaningfully in the flamegraph
Reposted by Zack Williams
The first release candidate for CullThrottle is now available to try! #RobloxDev
Please send me any feedback or bug reports!
Github: github.com/boatbomber/C...
Wally: wally.run/package/boat...
Please send me any feedback or bug reports!
Github: github.com/boatbomber/C...
Wally: wally.run/package/boat...
December 8, 2024 at 6:24 AM
The first release candidate for CullThrottle is now available to try! #RobloxDev
Please send me any feedback or bug reports!
Github: github.com/boatbomber/C...
Wally: wally.run/package/boat...
Please send me any feedback or bug reports!
Github: github.com/boatbomber/C...
Wally: wally.run/package/boat...
The first release candidate for CullThrottle is now available to try! #RobloxDev
Please send me any feedback or bug reports!
Github: github.com/boatbomber/C...
Wally: wally.run/package/boat...
Please send me any feedback or bug reports!
Github: github.com/boatbomber/C...
Wally: wally.run/package/boat...
December 8, 2024 at 6:24 AM
The first release candidate for CullThrottle is now available to try! #RobloxDev
Please send me any feedback or bug reports!
Github: github.com/boatbomber/C...
Wally: wally.run/package/boat...
Please send me any feedback or bug reports!
Github: github.com/boatbomber/C...
Wally: wally.run/package/boat...
CullThrottle now has dynamic render distance! #RobloxDev
(Can be disabled if you want specific control)
It will adjust the distance to ensure you're staying within the allocated time budget and desired refresh rates!
(Can be disabled if you want specific control)
It will adjust the distance to ensure you're staying within the allocated time budget and desired refresh rates!
November 30, 2024 at 11:54 AM
CullThrottle now has dynamic render distance! #RobloxDev
(Can be disabled if you want specific control)
It will adjust the distance to ensure you're staying within the allocated time budget and desired refresh rates!
(Can be disabled if you want specific control)
It will adjust the distance to ensure you're staying within the allocated time budget and desired refresh rates!
CullThrottle will find the optimal balance of visuals/perf in the current scene for your hardware.
Give it a budget (ms) + a minimum & target refresh rate, and it determines what to update each frame for the best visuals in the budget. It'll even go above your target if it's in budget.
Give it a budget (ms) + a minimum & target refresh rate, and it determines what to update each frame for the best visuals in the budget. It'll even go above your target if it's in budget.
November 28, 2024 at 12:32 AM
CullThrottle will find the optimal balance of visuals/perf in the current scene for your hardware.
Give it a budget (ms) + a minimum & target refresh rate, and it determines what to update each frame for the best visuals in the budget. It'll even go above your target if it's in budget.
Give it a budget (ms) + a minimum & target refresh rate, and it determines what to update each frame for the best visuals in the budget. It'll even go above your target if it's in budget.
You work your hardest when trying to prove someone wrong- so I made Roastjo, a Rojo fork that roasts your changes as you sync them. #RobloxDev #Roblox
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November 2, 2024 at 9:20 PM
You work your hardest when trying to prove someone wrong- so I made Roastjo, a Rojo fork that roasts your changes as you sync them. #RobloxDev #Roblox
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CoD BO6: Pick up cash you find on missions to upgrade The Rook base
CoD BO6: On this mission you'll rob a vault full of cash but none of it can be picked up. On this mission you'll break into a palace full of priceless art and gold but none of it can be picked up. O
CoD BO6: On this mission you'll rob a vault full of cash but none of it can be picked up. On this mission you'll break into a palace full of priceless art and gold but none of it can be picked up. O
It should be ILLEGAL to put gold on the ground in a video game that includes gold as a currency and doesn't let you pick it up
IT'S A PILE OF GOLD
ON THE GROUND
LET ME PICK IT UP
IT'S A PILE OF GOLD
ON THE GROUND
LET ME PICK IT UP
October 27, 2024 at 8:02 PM
CoD BO6: Pick up cash you find on missions to upgrade The Rook base
CoD BO6: On this mission you'll rob a vault full of cash but none of it can be picked up. On this mission you'll break into a palace full of priceless art and gold but none of it can be picked up. O
CoD BO6: On this mission you'll rob a vault full of cash but none of it can be picked up. On this mission you'll break into a palace full of priceless art and gold but none of it can be picked up. O
@ozone.birb.house May I have the Game Dev badge? Thanks!
October 21, 2024 at 2:42 AM
@ozone.birb.house May I have the Game Dev badge? Thanks!
@ozone.roblox.social May I have the Roblox Dev label? Thanks!
October 21, 2024 at 2:41 AM
@ozone.roblox.social May I have the Roblox Dev label? Thanks!
I hit my video upload limit on bsky for today 💀So I guess that's all the tweets I'll be reposting here. That should be plenty, anyway. My profile doesn't look so dead anymore!
October 20, 2024 at 6:45 PM
I hit my video upload limit on bsky for today 💀So I guess that's all the tweets I'll be reposting here. That should be plenty, anyway. My profile doesn't look so dead anymore!
Decided to attempt a dynamic fluid simulation! It's far from perfect (or even correct, tbh) but I still enjoyed making and playing with it.
Fun weekend project! #RobloxDev #Roblox
(Arrows are flow, color is pressure, black arrow is obstacle)
(Originally posted Apr 9, 2023)
Fun weekend project! #RobloxDev #Roblox
(Arrows are flow, color is pressure, black arrow is obstacle)
(Originally posted Apr 9, 2023)
October 20, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Decided to attempt a dynamic fluid simulation! It's far from perfect (or even correct, tbh) but I still enjoyed making and playing with it.
Fun weekend project! #RobloxDev #Roblox
(Arrows are flow, color is pressure, black arrow is obstacle)
(Originally posted Apr 9, 2023)
Fun weekend project! #RobloxDev #Roblox
(Arrows are flow, color is pressure, black arrow is obstacle)
(Originally posted Apr 9, 2023)