Piratesoftware's "2D Raytracing" code is just shitty radial light diffusion with collision checks. The worst part is he's individually checking each pixel and manually adjusting the lighting pixel by pixel😭 🙏

Does anyone else feel like Piratesoftware's content is just dedicated to people starting out with coding and game dev? Should this piece of shit be the person these newbie devs look up to? What a fucktard. This is the dude who has "DECADES OF INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE" hacking windmills and sending emails like "please let me hack you" in blizzard

I'm clueless about game development but what worries me more is his use of the English language.
What the fuck is "lighted", it's "lit".

@Ranchonyx @Ranchonyx I'm not even gonna talk about the structure of his code. If you go on youtube you'll find tons of videos of him showing his "developer updates". 90% of these developer updates show no actual development and it's just him with his stupid fucking paint application making corny drawings to under-explain things to people who don't know any better. But the times he does show his code, it's actually appalling.

we don't care about Pirate software and nor his drama

Eh, he spoke out against that one popular movement and this whole assault on his codebase is just a witch hunt. He hypes himself up more than he deserves, but go into any codebase of sufficient size and you'll find something hacky or not very good. This applies to everyone and all codebases.

It's hard to feel sympathetic for the guy, but I doubt he deserves the level of hate he's getting. Tens of millions of views on YouTube calling out some of his hacky shit-code? That's really just bullying at that point... we all write bad code and I'd hate to have mine so publicly exonerated

@jestdotty didn't see your comment until after I made my own. I totally agree. While the guy is probably a poser that just wants to be a famous game dev, the level of bullying is just so out of whack and really disappointing. Call him out once, be done with it. There's no need for him to become a meme.

Kinda wild how folks are tearing apart that ray-tracing code like it’s the equivalent of a busted slot machine, but honestly the vibe reminds me of watching someone gamble on a game they barely understand. Half the comments sound like a bunch of players arguing over whether the roulette wheel is rigged while missing the real issue: the whole thing just feels slapped together, no strategy, no structure, like betting blind on a blackjack hand. I was scrolling through this rant while chilling after a small poker run and it hit me how much dev drama and casino chaos have in common - everyone’s convinced they’ve “cracked the system.” And yeah, while digging around for something smoother than that messy code, I ended up checking out https://casinonlinenieuwe.com/ in the middle of trying to cool off from the noise, and damn, at least there the odds feel clearer than whatever that dev was trying to pull.