bonsai VS lago

The engine's completely bespoke; I wrote everything from the memory allocators and the font rasterizer to the renderer and level editor.

Source code is available online, and there's a discord for those interested.

Github : https://github.com/scallyw4g/bonsai

Discord : https://discord.gg/hv8NWrGU

Project Repo : https://github.com/scallyw4g/bonsai

| Bonsai | Realtime 3D Voxel Engine | Seeking Volunteers/Contributors | Remote, Global

Last month I posted a 'real' hiring ad (with an actual salary). I got such an overwhelming response from Intern level candidates that I though I'd put the word out; I'm looking for contributors for an OSS project I work on. If this is an inappropriate venue for this ad, I'm happy to take this down.

Bonsai is a long-running passion project of mine that's recently reached a level of stability with which I'm comfortable including an additional contributor or two. The project is largely inspired by Handmade Hero, and the rules are the same. With very few exceptions, every line of code included in the project has been written by me. This includes everything from the standard library to the font rasterizer, the collision detection, and even a C metaprogramming language.

https://github.com/scallyw4g/bonsai

As you can imagine, there's a great number of things that could be worked on, and I'm very open to suggestions. That said, a few tasks relatively high on the to-do list are as follows:

* Make some games!

* Implement transparency in the renderer based on this paper : https://www.jcgt.org/published/0002/02/09/paper.pdf

* Implement an MP3 decoder

* Using the metaprogramming language I wrote, implement a GUI tool to introspect the engine data at runtime.

A few more .. ;)

I'm looking for anyone who is passionate about (or passionately learning about) low-level programming, graphics and/or compilers. If you're just starting out with these topics, I'm happy to be a mentor and help you stumble blindly down the path of becoming an excellent engineer. Working on Bonsai has been an absolutely amazing experience for me; it's literally changed my entire life, and I'd love to share it with other folks. If you're looking for a cool new project to work on, and don't need income from it, let's connect.

[email protected]

Obligatory buzzwords : C, C++, OpenGL, WebGL, WASM, 3D graphics, multi-threading

Anyhow, if it sounds like what you're after you can take a look: https://github.com/scallyw4g/bonsai

Code available : https://github.com/scallyw4g/bonsai/blob/master/src/engine/voxel_synthesis.cpp

We shared a few thoughts about « why oss does not win by being cheaper », we are trying o find the balance between oss, quality, sustainability, indeed.

https://github.com/getlago/lago/wiki/Open-Source-does-not-wi...

It got a fair share of comments on HN as well https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37682684

https://www.getlago.com/

Reach out at [email protected] or directly through https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/lago/jobs

Last but not least: we’ve historically took a little bit too much time to answer applications (we’re still a small team), and I’d like to personally apologize for this.