New video is out now on how I made my submission for the game jam, also the channel's first merch is live over on acerola.gg if you'd like to check it out!
With this we are finally back to regularly scheduled programming lol I am really looking forward to going back to the simple life and next month will be the PBR video, please look forward to it.
2024-04-21 05:55:53 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone,
I've finished the script for the new video which will be related to the game jam and it will release after the judge stream. The judge stream will be on April 20th which will be a big day since that's when the first merch for the channel goes live, the poster painted for the jam. So a big stream, big video, and big launch all at once, wowie. I am trying my best to f...
2024-03-31 10:43:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry for the late post, I've been so busy with moving and didn't have internet for a bit cause my ISP sucks lol.
The first Acerola Jam is currently in progress, and its outcome will determine the short term future of the channel. If there ends up being a lot of submissions, I want to prioritize getting them judged as soon as possible which means there may not be a video this m...
2024-03-04 09:39:23 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone,
The lower effort trend-chasey video format was a success, unfortunately the best performing video ever lol. It actually did result in the intended outcome which was a high percentage of returning viewers dispersing amongst the existing content on the channel, which means more eyes on graphics programming and more people interested in learning about the topic, wh...
2024-02-14 16:35:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Whoops forgot to post here before I went to sleep I was very tired.
Here's the first of the "lower effort" monthly videos, the next one will hopefully be the big video you all voted on but as I mentioned last post I've got a lot going on in the next month so I will do my best.
Thanks for your support!
2024-01-20 00:58:12 +0000 UTC View PostHey gang so I finished the script for the new video (the lower effort vid separate from the poll video) and it'll be edited and out by the 20th hopefully earlier. I've had a bit less time to work lately as I'm adjusting to a few lifestyle changes like eating more and taking time to walk each day because I have been sort of killing myself the past 4 years I'm very underweight and my legs are atr...
2024-01-12 11:27:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks for your support as always!! Be sure to check out the poll for the next big project if you havent already.
Happy new year!
2023-12-31 14:37:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe new video will be out in a few hours but here's a little build comparing each buoyancy solution I present in the video!
Green - Single Sample Sim
Yellow - Fully Voxelized Sim
Orange - Partial Voxel Sim (Only bottom row reads back)
Red - Plane Fit Approximation
Normal camera controls:
W/A/S/D - Move
Q/E - Vertical Movement
Right Clic...
2023-12-31 12:44:18 +0000 UTC View PostSince we're trying out switching to smaller scope monthly videos while I work on a bigger project in the background to make it as cool as I want it to be, you all get to vote on the big project I work on and for simplicity I will personally choose the smaller scope topics.
2023-12-20 13:33:28 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends as always I am thinking of ways to produce better videos with as little compromise as possible on my creative ambitions so this post will be about potential changes moving forward to the current formula to achieve these things.
First, an exciting announcement! I'm signing exclusively with my talent agency which gives me some more benefits as well as access to better and high...
2023-12-14 05:34:52 +0000 UTC View PostLooks like the next video will be about simulating buoyancy and maybe some extra water effects if I have time, please look forward to it!
2023-12-04 03:27:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks so much for your support this month despite not getting to choose the video topic, I hope this is satisfactory.
Here's to 1 million subs next!
2023-11-30 22:18:00 +0000 UTC View PostI'm editing the new video which will be out on November 30th, but here's the options for the next video! It's the holidays so I'm doin some lower scope topics to account for personal business.
Hello everyone, this next video doesn't really need any research and development so it's all script and editing which is a nice little break lol
The poll for December's video will be posted close to November 30th when this next video releases just in case I come up with any ideas by then (I came up with a great idea yesterday so if I posted the poll now then we'd maybe miss out on some ba...
2023-11-09 00:57:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe video will hopefully be out on Monday, but for now, here's a little build of a furry ball to play with!
Controls:
W/S - Up/Down
A/D - Left/Right
Q/E - Forward/Back
2023-10-28 14:20:48 +0000 UTC View PostI've finished the script and voice over and the video is close to 30 minutes long, should be out in like a week hopefully!
2023-10-21 11:52:02 +0000 UTC View PostHad a bit of a pc scare yesterday when my cpu cooler busted and I thought my cpu or motherboard was fried, but thankfully a replacement cpu cooler has my pc running better than ever! My old cooler must have been doing pretty bad for over a year, whoopsies.
Anyways, looks like the next video will be about fur! Specifically the age old shell texturing technique, no per strand simulations as...
2023-10-05 04:13:04 +0000 UTC View PostI'm editing the video now and it'll be out on Friday or so, which means it's time to vote for the next video!
Since I'm deciding the video for November (the 100k special), no two parters will be present in this poll. Sorry!
2023-09-24 09:01:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Wow 100k subs on the channel!! How exciting. This means the channel gets a verification badge soon hopefully, which I think will be huge for visibility of my videos (this is a cope).
With the 100k milestone I'd like to announce I'll be making an executive decision on the video for the month of November. That video will be about what graphics programming is, how to get into it, beginner re...
2023-09-18 07:51:28 +0000 UTC View PostWow so many new people! Thanks so much for supporting the channel!
I'm back from PAX so I'm going to get started on the next video which will be about color spaces, why RGB/HSV kinda sucks, and how we can leverage other color spaces to create better color palettes or better post processing adjustments. It should be a valuable video to artists, not just graphics programmers!
Please l...
2023-09-05 23:50:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's an extra build to check out as well since I had more time to play around with it.
https://www.youtube.com/@Acerola_t/featured
2023-08-31 23:26:14 +0000 UTC View PostI'm sorry it's been so long since the last poll, but we are finally all caught up and ready to fully transition into the next era of videos.
Now that I'm full time I won't be including how long the video will take to make, because I'm generally on a monthly release schedule now.
But, anything that is a "two parter" will be indicated by an arrow, so keep that in mind.
These are...
2023-08-26 06:00:56 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! During stream today we had the wonderful idea to distribute builds of my projects on the patreon so that you all can see the real deal without any compression. This is especially important with the water, as it's too detailed for video to capture and youtube will probably further bastardize it.
Please understand that this is not a production ready asset and is only as functi...
2023-08-15 09:57:35 +0000 UTC View PostEverything is implemented for the video! Here's a sneak peek, I think this is the most beautiful thing I've made yet.
Expect the video to go live by August 31st!
2023-08-14 15:50:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe water is coming along! The dual JONSWAP with compute FFT is fully implemented and the water is being tessellated along with a basic foam "sim". Just have to optimize a bit, add more FFTs, and improve the water shader.
Wont have time for buoyancy, that'll have to be another video someday.
2023-08-09 04:49:55 +0000 UTC View PostToday is two years since I uploaded my first video to the channel.
Thanks so much for all of your support everyone! I am really excited for the next year of projects and videos.
2023-08-03 23:59:23 +0000 UTC View PostThanks for your patience, the new video is up on the channel.
Like I announced earlier, the next video will be about FFT water simulation and then we'll be back to normal with the usual video topic voting.
Expect it to be out by the end of August!
2023-07-25 04:25:00 +0000 UTC View PostI'm editing the vid now and plan to release it on the 24th, please look forward to it!
2023-07-11 12:27:27 +0000 UTC View PostThanks to the sponsor delays I was able to put some extra work into the video topic and I think the water shader is looking really really great for only making use of pretty beginner topics!
Thanks for your patience and I'm really excited to start putting the video together.
2023-07-01 00:21:00 +0000 UTC View Post