Next Steps
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I've got the basic GI algorithm working but it needs a lot of work to be correct. I tend to do very well when the exact outcome is well-defined, but I am not as good at dealing with open-ended "artistic" programming. I may end up outsourcing the details of the GI shader to someone else, but the underlying data management is solid enough that I am not scared of it anymore.
There's a lot of aspects of the design I'm not scared of anymore. We worked out smart pointers (including Lua integration), physically-based rendering, and most importantly the crazy ideas I had for the super efficient architecture work really well.
At this point I think I am going to put the GI on hold, since I could play around with that endlessly, and focus on getting a new build out to the beta subscribers. We're going to just use a single skybox for ambient and specular reflections right now, and when it's ready GI and environment probes will provide that.
After that I think I will focus on the physics and navigation systems, exposing the entire API to Lua, and getting some of the outsourced work started. There's a few things I plan to farm out:
- Visual Studio Code Lua debugger
- GI details
- Weather system
- Water and clouds systems
Everything else is pretty well under my control. This started out as an idea for an impossible design, but everything has fallen into place pretty neatly.
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