YNL - Vozel (Devlog)

Devlog

• Devlog #2.3: Burst-compatible biome proceducer
  September 20, 2025 by Yunasawa

  🔶 Better maintainable approach For biome calculation, instead of the classic approach of using a giant switch-case to call the right static method for each biome, I wanted something more maintainab... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #2.2: Minecraft-like biome generation
  September 20, 2025 by Yunasawa#biome

  After finishing the terrain system, the next step was adding variety to the world. That’s where the biome map comes in—it decides where forests, deserts, snowfields, and other regions appear, maki... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #2.1: Procedural Noise in Action
  September 19, 2025 by Yunasawa#noise

  “Noise” might sound messy, but in game development it’s a powerful tool. Procedural noise generates patterns that are random yet structured, perfect for creating natural landscapes, textures, an... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #1.4: Voxel-style Ambient Occlusion
  September 15, 2025 by Yunasawa

  Ambient Occlusion (AO) is a technique used to darken areas where light is naturally blocked by nearby geometry, helping create a stronger sense of depth and contact between objects. In practice, AO is... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #1.3: Hidden-face Culling
  September 10, 2025 by Yunasawa

  Hidden-face culling is a technique to reduce the number of faces in a voxel mesh by removing those that are completely hidden (adjacent to another voxel). This greatly reduces the total number of vert... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #1.2: Exploring Rendering Methods
  September 10, 2025 by Yunasawa#renderer, #optimization

  In the previous log, I used the simplest way to create chunk meshes: adding vertices and triangles directly into a mesh, then rendering them with a MeshFilter. Unity, however, provides more advanced r... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #0.1: Control UIs, ToolTab & ToolView
  December 29, 2024 by Yunasawa#voxel, #UIToolkit

  📌 Control UIs • Title Bar contains the title and navigation buttons of the application. • Menu Bar contains basic options with foldout window containing specific options. • Status Bar contain... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #1.1: Base renderer & Multi-threading
  November 07, 2024 by Yunasawa#voxel, #optimization, #renderer

  • The world in YNL – Vozel is built from chunks (16×16), each chunk is divided vertically into 32 sections (16×16×16 in size). • Render Distance controls how many chunks are visible in each d... Continue reading