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@aidansanders.bsky.social

CEO @refugestudios.bsky.social Innovating volumetric graphics and real-time 3D rendering

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From the pcgaming community on Reddit: Microsoft Copyright Claims Allumeria, a Terraria/Minecraft inspired block game. Explore this post and more from the pcgaming community

Unomelon I just got send the reddit post. Happy that it was withdrawn. โ™ฅ

12.02.2026 12:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And for those who comment, I'd love to get what you feel would be fair to charge? I've got to host, store your games, and keep improving "Oasis".

03.02.2026 13:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Join the Refuge Studios Discord Server! Check out the Refuge Studios community on Discord - hang out with 41 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

First we will be making games/simulations for our game platform online at "refugestudios", later we will support everyone to make games and play, but if you really want to help and come try out, you can come say hi at: discord.gg/BSXYMr2jWT
#voxel #indiedev #gamedev

03.02.2026 13:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Join the Refuge Studios Discord Server! Check out the Refuge Studios community on Discord - hang out with 41 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

I'm currently setting all this up online as a voxel game engine called "Oasis", so everyone can start creating and playing games together where we can play games with fully destructible environments, simulate blowing things up, and have fun together. #voxel #indiedev #gamedev

03.02.2026 13:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If you can picture the "2D grid" (QuadTree) in 3D that's exactly how we are rendering the geometry, it's called a Sparse Voxel Octree, it allows us to compute in 3D, like in games, simulations, modelling.

This is how we make games in Refuge Studios upcoming #voxel game engine called "Oasis"!

03.02.2026 13:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Making a First Person Shooter in a voxel engine (Oasis)
#voxel #indiedev #gamedev

21.01.2026 15:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Building a Voxel Game Engine from scratch
YouTube video by Refuge Studios Building a Voxel Game Engine from scratch

This is my first time ever speaking on a YouTube video. ๐Ÿ˜จ

16.01.2026 13:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Voxel path tracing in action โœจ

If youโ€™re into next-gen rendering, indie engines, or experimental graphics tech, this oneโ€™s for you ๐Ÿ‘€

#gamedev #indiedev #pathtracing #voxel #rendering #gametech #devlog

15.01.2026 23:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Simple experiment with a Pathtraced Sparse Voxel DAG within Oasis Engine. ๐ŸŽ‰
#voxel #indiedev #gamedev

15.01.2026 23:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Oasis Engine / Game Platform!
For those who are interested we are testing out and prototyping
Come say hi. discord.gg/BSXYMr2jWT
#voxel #gamedev #indiedev

13.01.2026 21:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks โ™ฅ

12.01.2026 05:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Low quality graphics test in game engine.
#voxel #gamedev #indiedev

11.01.2026 20:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A game engine tester trying out a voxel engine.

A game engine tester trying out a voxel engine.

A special thank you to those who helped test the game engine.
#voxel #gamedev #indiedev

11.01.2026 20:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Building a multiplayer game engine that streams your games.
#voxel #gamedev #indiedev

10.01.2026 22:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ—ป๏ธโฌœ๏ธ Voxel Character โฌœ๏ธโ—ป๏ธ
#indiedev #gamedev #voxel

Dev pictures from volumetric game engine "Oasis", by @refugestudios.bsky.social

26.12.2025 14:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Merry Christmas ๐ŸŽ„

25.12.2025 06:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ—ป๏ธโฌœ๏ธ Voxelized woman โฌœ๏ธโ—ป๏ธ
#voxel #gamedev #indiedev

23.12.2025 08:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โฌœ๏ธ Everything made with voxels! โฌœ๏ธ
#voxel #gamedev #indiedev

22.12.2025 08:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Two voxel characters looking at eachother, each character is controlled by a client.

Two voxel characters looking at eachother, each character is controlled by a client.

Almost finished multiplayer support within @refugestudios.bsky.social volumetric engine.
#voxel #indiedev #gamedev

18.12.2025 06:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Low Poly race track - Download Free 3D model by Qualix_studio (@steam813) I present to you my low poly track It includes a modular track 7 types of cars 1 texture atlas and several materials - Low Poly race track - Download Free 3D model by Qualix_studio (@steam813)

"Low Poly race track" (skfb.ly/oSGVn) by Qualix_studio is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/...).

08.12.2025 08:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a voxel based racing track from a prototype car game, showing a winding track made of small colorful voxels, with simple car model and voxel terrain under dynamic lighting.

Screenshot of a voxel based racing track from a prototype car game, showing a winding track made of small colorful voxels, with simple car model and voxel terrain under dynamic lighting.

Screenshot of a voxel car racing prototype. A small voxel car at starting line of a brightly colored voxel track, with voxel terrain and dynamic soft shadows visible. The scene demonstrates efficient real-time rendering using a Sparse Voxel Directed Acyclic Graphs (SVDAG) with attribute encodings.

Screenshot of a voxel car racing prototype. A small voxel car at starting line of a brightly colored voxel track, with voxel terrain and dynamic soft shadows visible. The scene demonstrates efficient real-time rendering using a Sparse Voxel Directed Acyclic Graphs (SVDAG) with attribute encodings.

Sneak peek at a work in progress prototype! A simple car racing game built entirely from tiny voxels, showcasing dynamic lighting, voxel-based tracks, and compact SVDAG rendering. #indiedev #gamedev #voxel

08.12.2025 08:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Here are some screenshots of a Symmetry Encoding Prototype: โ€œUSSVDAGโ€, currently a work in progress.
#voxel #indiedev #gamedev

27.11.2025 07:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Team Fortress 2 map made from voxels.
#indiedev #gamedev #minecraft

17.11.2025 08:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Do you know this game? #tf2

Voxelized a popular map in the video game Team Fortress 2 called "2fort". It was fun seeing how the TF2 art style translates to voxels.

#voxel #indiedev #gamedev

15.11.2025 20:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Improved Voxel Animated Fox
#gamedev #indiedev #voxel

21.10.2025 05:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Voxels rendered with Sparse Voxel Raytracing. Upon subtracting voxels, the SVDAG structure contains branches without leaves.

Voxels rendered with Sparse Voxel Raytracing. Upon subtracting voxels, the SVDAG structure contains branches without leaves.

Voxel scene rendered after garbage collection. Empty branches have been removed, leaving only the occupied voxels. The structure appears cleaner, lighter, and more efficient.

Voxel scene rendered after garbage collection. Empty branches have been removed, leaving only the occupied voxels. The structure appears cleaner, lighter, and more efficient.

Rendering with Sparse Voxel Raytracing. Hereโ€™s a look at the iterations before vs. after the garbage collector kicks in.
#gamedev #indiedev #voxel

02.10.2025 20:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Screenshot of my WIP voxel editor, rendering a 3D scene using a Sparse Voxel DAG (SVDAG).
Focused on efficiency and memory optimization for real-time 3D rendering. #GameDev #IndieDev

02.10.2025 00:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Editing cubes like #Minecraft, Watch and Wait for the zoom out!
This is a Work in progress Voxel Editor to support high resolution voxel scenes.
#voxel #gamedev #indiedev

01.10.2025 18:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a voxel editor rendering a 3D scene using a 1-indexed Sparse Voxel DAG (SVDAG)

Screenshot of a voxel editor rendering a 3D scene using a 1-indexed Sparse Voxel DAG (SVDAG)

Work in progress: voxel editor for editing 3D scenes
#gamedev #indiedev #voxel

01.10.2025 00:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A pretty landscape picture made from tiny cubes also known as voxels.

A pretty landscape picture made from tiny cubes also known as voxels.

Look closely and you'll see this picture is actually made out of cubes!
#voxel #voxelart #gamedev

26.09.2025 12:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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