Omar Mudhir — Development journalGraphics, games, and notes from the workbench.https://omigame.dev/en-gbGlasswake: contact lighting and a spectral oceanhttps://omigame.dev/news/glasswake-lighting-and-ocean/https://omigame.dev/news/glasswake-lighting-and-ocean/Recent arena captures bring together baked surface lighting, coastal scenery, and the running spectral ocean.Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTglasswakerenderingdevelopmentDrune: terrain variation and distant forestshttps://omigame.dev/news/drune-terrain-and-forest/https://omigame.dev/news/drune-terrain-and-forest/A development checkpoint on less repetitive hillsides, fuller forest stands, and inspecting the cooked car asset in the running game.Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTdruneterraindevelopmentOne environment, many effectshttps://omigame.dev/articles/one-environment-many-effects/https://omigame.dev/articles/one-environment-many-effects/Why sky, sunlight, fog, and water need to agree about the world they are rendering.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTgraphicsengine-developmentatmosphereA scene is not a GPU workloadhttps://omigame.dev/articles/rendering-with-budgets/https://omigame.dev/articles/rendering-with-budgets/Development notes on keeping one authored world while letting different devices spend their rendering budgets differently.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTgraphicsengine-developmentperformanceTemporal history is a contracthttps://omigame.dev/articles/temporal-history-is-a-contract/https://omigame.dev/articles/temporal-history-is-a-contract/An eight-position sample sequence is only the start. The harder question is deciding when yesterday’s pixels still belong in today’s frame.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTgraphicsengine-developmenttemporal-rendering