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This is *exactly* the result I expected and hoped for.

youtu.be/mrIKJ0rrbeY

#BeckettEngine #ProjectSpecialK #gamedev
Beckett Engine: Vaartis Cache implementation test
YouTube video by Kawa
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June 29, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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No comment. If you must, check my tumblr.

#ProjectSpecialK
December 17, 2024 at 8:33 PM
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Me after spending a good amount of time fixing assorted weird sound shit in #ProjectSpecialK
December 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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I should work on that drop-shadowed text label thing tomorrow. Oomfies, give me strength.

#gamedev #opengl #BeckettEngine #ProjectSpecialK
August 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
helmet.kafuka.org
I don't even know, man.

#BeckettEngine #ProjectSpecialK
November 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Had an idea for a feature in the camera in #BeckettEngine (which technically isn't part of the engine itself (yet?)) and tested it on the train scene I made for #ProjectSpecialK.

Then I turned around for this picture. Hi @quest64official.bsky.social!
Brian from Quest 64 sitting on a train seat. More seats are visible off to the right, and a piece of train cabin wall is visible on the left, with blurry woodlands in the window. Behind Brian, there's only a dark blue void because you're not supposed to turn around in this train cabin. On top of all that are some Dear Imgui windows, notably one with camera controls.
May 15, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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Should I consider using AI in my programming projects like #BeckettEngine and #ProjectSpecialK and/or allow pull requests made by/with AI?

I'd make this a poll but I'd like to see the reasoning behind the answers.
September 24, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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Does anything *but* #ProjectSpecialK and #Godot use UFBX?
January 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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I have come to make an announcement.

#ProjectSpecialK
April 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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I have no booze and I must drink.

#ProjectSpecialK
January 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Presented without context. #ProjectSpecialK
Ankha Animalcrossing T-poses in the corner, unimpressed by the sudden appearance of an umbrella on the ground.
February 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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What a lack of texture data does to a mfer.

#ProjectSpecialK
October 20, 2024 at 9:51 PM
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Great, now I'm wondering if "NameableThing" and "Tickable" are adequately good class names

#ProjectSpecialK #programming
July 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Audie is looking a little more... fox-coded than usual. Can't quite put my finger on why.

#ProjectSpecialK
Audie Animalcrossing but more fox-coded than she already was, with a shorter snout and tufts, and Redd's tail.
August 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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#ProjectSpecialK
A nighttime scene in Project Special K, showing the player, Ankha, and Audie standing around. Ankha says "why couldn't Kawa wait for daytime to take this screenshot?"
July 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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One more step...

#projectspecialk
Isabelle Animalcrossing standing barefoot in the snow, in her summer outfit.
January 24, 2026 at 8:42 AM
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Presented without further comment.

#ProjectSpecialK
The villager I've been testing with finally has hair! And it's properly attached!
April 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Jesus fucking Christ.

I seriously need help.

#ProjectSpecialK
A player character model horribly disfigured, in a line along the floor. Their clothes T-pose in mid-air.
February 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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I don't have much I can *legally* offer, but I'm willing to pay for someone to look at #ProjectSpecialK Model.cpp and tell me *exactly* what the fuck I'm doing wrong.
March 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Just updated the copy of the #BeckettEngine code in #ProjectSpecialK to the latest, which brings a somewhat reworked scripting paradigm.

After a lot of rejiggering, it compiles... but I'm too afraid to try and run it.
September 6, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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Hello who's this? Who's that sitting between the Beckett Engine and Quest 64 posters?

#ProjectSpecialK #BeckettEngine
The train cabin meant for Project Special K. The UVs on the walls are a bit wonky, somehow, but there's a notable appearance to the right.
January 24, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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#ProjectSpecialK has a depth prepass now. Six or so hours of research by my guesstimate, little over an hour of actual implementation work.
A screenshot that, by its nature, does nothing to show what the post is about.
September 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Special NPCs can now bring a "spawn.lua" file to help set up state. For now, that just means picking outfits.

pickSNPCOutfit(me, "snpc:outfit:szaexercises")

Outfits may also be given by number. Isabelle could use this to switch between her summer and winter outfits.

#projectspecialk
Isabelle Animalcrossing standing barefoot in the snow in her exercise outfit.
January 24, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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#ProjectSpecialK

(The pose is custom-made on the spot with built-in dev tools. There is still no actual animation support.)
Tulin, from the Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, as seen in Animal Crossing New Horizons 3.0, but in Project Special K.
January 20, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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#ProjectSpecialK finally has cliff walls. Or at least the ground work (badumtish) for 'em.

Maybe next year I'll have animations?
Mitzi Animalcrossing stands at a corner where two cliff faces meet. There's a stark point light in front of her, and a conspicuous narrow gap between the cliffs.
December 31, 2024 at 1:14 PM