• Which language?

  In this series are retraced the very initial versions of the procedural generation engine, from Python to Rust

  1. Try one: pure Python
  2. Try 1.5: Python + numpy
  3. Try two: Python and C
  4. Try three: Python + Rust

• Galactic structure

  Posts offering a general overview of a galaxy and its structure/hierarchy.

  1. On galactic structure
  2. Galactic structure: entity hierarchy introduction

• Level of Detail

  Some posts about how LOD is implemented in Ad Lumens, and for which types of entities or graphical elements.

  1. Level of detail - General concepts
  2. Level of detail - Streaming

• 3D Explorer

  Posts that touch on the 3D explorer subject: implementation, problems, works in progress, etc.

  1. 3D explorer initial release
  2. 3D explorer first upgrade
  3. 3D explorer improvements
  4. 3D explorer: satellites information
  5. 3D explorer bookmarks
  6. 3D explorer and WebWorkers

• Science and Tech tree

  Posts related to the tech tree - or one or more of its items.

  1. Tech tree, the embryo
  2. Tech trees and pâtisserie
  3. Aspects and Sciences
  4. Initial "Tech tree" released

• Planetary surfaces

  A few posts about the birth and evolution of how planetary surfaces are handled.

  1. Tectonic planet surfaces
  2. New Tools/experiments page: Tectonic surface
  3. Planetary surfaces - In progress and todos
  4. Telluric planet types, resources and planetary surfaces
  5. Terrestrial planet surface real-time render progress

• Procedural engine

  Broad family of posts centered on the procedural generation engine, its problems, its upgrades and the plans that exist about it.

  1. Procedural engine major updates
  2. Procedural patches

• Game engine

  Quite generic series about the in progress game engine: ideas, drafts, hopes & tests, overall vision & philosophy… etc.

  1. On the game engine: entities and attributes
  2. A deeper dive into entities and attributes
  3. Entities preview: focus on energy generation (part 1)
  4. Entities preview: focus on energy generation (part 2)
  5. Entities preview: focus on energy generation (part 3)
  6. Sophont class preview