Smackhem

A game engine inspired by Drakkhen’s exploration and CrossCode’s use of web technologies. It’s my first step toward putting a game I’m proud of in front of other people.

What’s in it

• Custom rendering on WebGL 2.0. There’s no engine underneath, and the Vec2/Vec3/Mat4 math is hand-written.
• Chunked world streaming. Maps are split into offset-named JSON chunks that load as you explore.
• Platform-agnostic core. Camera, collision, game loop and world systems sit behind service interfaces (renderer, input, clock, asset loader), so the web build is just one platform. Desktop and consoles are the long-term targets.
• Audio, battles and scenes. There’s a day/night ambient bed, music, and a battle system, all specified in design docs before any code was written.

How I work on it

The design document drives the project: every system gets a written spec before it gets code, and the spec stays up to date as things change. Tasks are tracked as GitHub issues.

I’ve used several AI tools along the way. They’re useful for spiking ideas and weighing trade-offs, but I hold the quality bar myself: I need to understand every line and the reason for it.

After more than five years of studying 3D, I can finally say I’ve put a pin in quaternions.