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Time flies! It's the second anniversary of #ParticularReality, celebrated with a new #DevLog entry.

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Two years of Particular Reality
Well, not really two years
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August 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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The implementation of the smart #particles continues, this time crossing paths with the #portal subsystem, which keeps evolving.

Check the latest #ParticularReality #DevLog!

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Advanced Prototyping - Week #30
Particles and portals
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November 17, 2024 at 3:08 PM
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Just a bit of editing tomorrow morning, and... here we go again!

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Cover for the upcoming DevLog post. Title: Advanced Prototyping - Week #31 - Smart particles hints
December 28, 2024 at 2:08 AM
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Week 29... done!
The #ParticularReality #DevLog will be back tomorrow afternoon :)

#bodytracking #handtracking #vrdev #gamedev #indiegamedev #metaquest3 #gameprogramming #vrgame #prototyping #particles #portals
October 25, 2024 at 9:26 PM
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#ParticularReality #DevLog, week 34: making use of the hint system, it's time to teach players how to open portals...

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Advanced Prototyping - Week #34
Guiding through portals
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January 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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The #ParticularReality #DevLog is back! This time, we work on the hint system particles, one of the building blocks needed to teach players how to play.

Read it now!

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Advanced Prototyping - Week #31
Smart particles hints
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December 28, 2024 at 5:04 PM
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Another day spent #ThinkingWithPortals... and writing the #ParticularReality #DevLog that will be published this weekend :)

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Particular Reality - Devlog 2024-10-03
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October 3, 2024 at 5:23 PM
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This week on the #ParticularReality #DevLog: using captured #bodytracking clips to teach gestures, another building block of the tutorial/hint system!

particularreality.substack.com/p/advanced-p...

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Advanced Prototyping - Week #32
Smart particles hints
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January 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Now editing the new post for the #ParticularReality #DevLog, to be published in a few hours.
Meanwhile, it's #screenshotsaturday!
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First person perspective, looking towards a portal. Orange particles show the gesture to perform, and the player hands prepare to execute it.
January 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Last chance to read particularreality.substack.com/p/advanced-p... before tomorrow's post :)

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September 20, 2024 at 12:35 PM
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A quick video extract from today's #gamedev notes, to be featured in the upcoming weekly entry of the #ParticularReality #DevLog :)

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Particular Reality - DevLog 2024-07-30 (B)
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July 30, 2024 at 7:58 PM
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#ParticularReality #DevLog, week 33: after working on the hint system, it's finally time to make use of it!
Let's start by teaching players how to get out of the #mixedreality limbo...

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Advanced Prototyping - Week #33
Guiding out of the limbo
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January 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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#Portals are a key element of the #ParticularReality #locomotion system. In this week #DevLog, they get a bit of love with significant refactoring and a couple of important fixes.

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Advanced Prototyping - Week #28
Improving portals (again)
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October 5, 2024 at 5:18 PM
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You know when you wait for the holidays so that you can finally work in peace? :D

The #ParticularReality #DevLog will be back this saturday!

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December 24, 2024 at 3:57 PM
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Not a bad development week, if you ask me!
The new #ParticularReality #DevLog will be published tomorrow :)

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September 27, 2024 at 7:47 PM
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#ParticularReality #DevLog, week 26 of advanced #prototyping!

We go back to the avatar and prepare it to handle different modes...

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Advanced Prototyping - Week #26
Revisiting the player avatar
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September 21, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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In the natural prosecution of last week post, we handle the embodying of the (test) avatar when exiting the #mixedreality limbo...

Read now the #ParticularReality #DevLog!

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Advanced Prototyping - Week #27
Leaving the limbo
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September 28, 2024 at 5:29 PM
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Back at work on #ParticularReality! Time to put back some enemies in the game: a #DevLog entry with a nice balance of design and development.

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Advanced Prototyping - Week #20
Return of the enemies
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May 25, 2024 at 3:24 PM
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The #ParticularReality #DevLog will be back this weekend - I'm implementing step by step what I described in the "design" entry posted last time!

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September 18, 2024 at 2:10 PM
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It's been a while, but here's the new article, a special entry about the future of the #DevLog itself. No #gamedev this time!

Did the world need another static site generator?
Read to find out...
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The road towards a better DevLog
Featuring: a static site generator written in Rust
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May 19, 2024 at 8:30 PM
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The enemy management work started last week continues in the new entry of the #ParticularReality #DevLog: the basic life cycle has been defined, implemented and tested. Enjoy!

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Advanced Prototyping - Week #21
Enemies life cycle
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June 1, 2024 at 4:19 PM
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Programmer with no time or will to exercise? Start developing for VR, and you will be forced to stand up and move for debugging purposes!

#DevLog coming in the weekend :)
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Particular Reality - Devlog 2024-04-18
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April 18, 2024 at 7:16 PM
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#ParticularReality #prototyping week 28: done!
The #DevLog will get published tomorrow. Meanwhile, a small video preview just taken off my #metaquest3...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lir4...

#vrdev #gamedev #indiegamedev #gameprogramming #vrgame #portal #rendering
Particular Reality - DevLog 2024-10-04
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October 4, 2024 at 8:11 PM
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#ParticularReality #DevLog, week #23 of advanced #prototyping!

Let's pop some enemies and test the "waves" management.

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Advanced Prototyping - Week #23
Clearing Enemy Waves
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August 3, 2024 at 5:14 PM
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Though the road was bumpy, some progress was ultimately made!

Find out the details in the latest #ParticularReality #DevLog: "Enemy attacks and player health".

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Advanced Prototyping - Week #24
Enemy attacks and player health
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August 17, 2024 at 5:31 PM