More technical #rust #GameDev update where I primarily cover migration to #bevy 0.19 and how much I like bsn. I do also cover a 3D building I/O visual issue where buildings now properly have dark portals #Satisfactory style. Happy to answer any questions etc. exofactory.net/blog/2026-08...

Bevy 0.19 Migration & Better Buildings

Migrated Exofactory to Bevy 0.19. bsn cut 7,364 lines out of my UI code and made Bevy UI genuinely pleasant to write for the first time. Lot's of bsn! note here. Also fixed light and shadow on buildin...

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Always nice to be back at #bornhack wouldn’t be the same without these little guys. If you’re around come visit us at the game dev village directly behind the main speakers tent. We’d be happy to talk #bevy or #Godot

Huge congratulations to the #bevy team with their #bsn implementstion. It’s a huge quality of life change for bevy #GameDev / #IndieGameDev In my settings panel alone switching to composed bsn! Resulted in 3000 line of code reduction. I’m excited to be able to move bsn into files eventually.

Latest Exofactory work. Lots of videos and technical charts in this one. The exoframe robots now can auto navigate and do things. That and I cover how, why, and the outcomes of doing a major refactor from a crate to workspace. #rust #GameDev #indiedev #refactor #bevy exofactory.net/blog/2026-07...

Exoframe Autonavigation and Refactoring into a Workspace

Exoframe robots can now navigate the world. Now with cool videos! Also, a ton of technical details on refactoring a Bevy game into a Rust workspace. Now with graphs! Lots done despite the heat.

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I helped run a #Bevy workshop at #RustWeek and ran one at #gpn24 I wrote up a post with some of the differences that were encountered and how bevy (or even #rust ) workshops can made better going forward. I know I will be changing my approach going forward. dubiose.dev/blog/bevy-wo...

Tip for #IndieGameDev / #GameDev working on LARGE games in #bevy Focus harder on plugin isolation. I am breaking my game into workspace crates and the “exceptions” I made are painful. If I knew I would have to break things out into crates I would not have treated isolation as an academic nicety.

A ton of videos, technical details and explanation of how/why I did things as an #IndieGameDev / #GameDev . As someone who played a lot of #Satisfactory I am really happy with building auto alignment. I think I may have them beat (or at least potentially) #bevy #rust exofactory.net/blog/2026-06...

A Really Big One: Exoframe Feel, Finished Belts, & Baseplates

Biggest update yet. RustWeek feedback led to major feel improvements for the Exoframe and Global Mode. Spline belts are finally in a place I'm happy with, and building snapping and baseplates make fac...

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Why have I never used #Dune3D before. It feels like the best of #OpenSCAD mixed with the best of #FreeCAD Parametric 3D constrains and 3D “sketches” feel amazing.

The feeling when you realize that you need to clean your laptop screen before tuning camera dirt params. It’s a feel of “duh” mixed with relief, mixed with a bit of self judgement. #GameDev #IndieGameDev

That feeling when your personal infrastructure is #postquantum Feels… cozy…

Me last year: Man #Satisfactory belt splines are really janky and rough. Me today working on belt systems: I’m so sorry Sarisfsctoy game devs for every bad thought I ever had for your belts. Belts splines are hard.

Lot of #GameDev / #IndieGameDev stuff here along with lots of technical with video. We now have full 3d spline based belts and a factory planning mode. I go over the why and how of moving from #Factorio style belts to #Satisfactory style. exofactory.net/blog/2026-05... #bevy #rust

Technical Rework of Belts, and Global Planning Mode

A lot came together this month. Global Planning Mode gives the player a new way to plan factories from above before building them in the Exoframe, while spline belts finally address the tension betwee...

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Really happy with the new building animation. Yay #WGSL #shaders the #Bevy implementations are really nice. Also a new trailer and some back end #GameDev / #indiedev stuff. Not too much technical but a few cool visuals. exofactory.net/blog/2026-04...

Building Animation, Trailer, & Pitch Deck Stuff

This month was quieter on the technical front, but I still had two cool things to show off: a new building spawn animation and a new more gameplay focused trailer. Beyond that, most of the month went ...

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Cheering Vectorware on in the hopes they retroactively validate my laziness in never learning CUDA

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We are excited to announce that we can successfully use Rust's std::thread on the GPU. This has never been done before. www.vectorware.com/blog/threads... Supporting Rust's std::thread enables existing Rust code to work on the GPU and makes GPU programming more ergonomic.

My partner is learning #javascript atm and their discovering the quirks in real time has been endlessly amusing. #programming Funny to see real time reactions. (Shared with permission obs)

That feeling when you break your hearing aid charger trying to mod it but still need it to hear. #hearingaids #failure #diy #electronics I replaced the battery but ripped off TWO of the usb pads while trying to take off the old connector. Couldn’t get a connection with my old TS80 iron.

Shoutout to the #bevy team for their work on AutoDirectionalNavigation. Almost 700 lines of manual layout building ui code deleted. Huge win for bevy devs and the engine as a whole. #GameDev #indiedev

Sometimes it just comes down to feel. #GameDev #indiedev

Deep technical dive on optimization. The game is MUCH more performant now. If you are into #bevy , #rust , #GameDev , or #indiedev I recommend this one. Sadly no facy images on this one. Just a ton of technical depth. exofactory.net/blog/2026-03...

Optimizations, PRs, Tooling, & Funds

Spent the month cutting down memory usage and learning tracy. Turns out storing everything in system memory and using PNGs was a bad combo. Also shipped a Bevy bug fix, built a crate search tool, and ...

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For people working in the #Bevy ecosystem I just wrote a simple little site that lets you explore the bevy #crate ecosystem filtering by bevy version. Quite happy with the search system. It’s very basic but I am happy to make improvements and plan on it. bevydex.dev/dex

This dev log has a ton of technical detail about moving from a single player game to a multi player game in Bevy with diagrams and everything. I also talk about the #bevy 0.18 migration and the bevy meetup at #FOSDEM exofactory.net/blog/2026-02... #rust #GameDev #indiedev #multiplayer #diagrams

Multiplayer, Bevy 0.18, and Fosdem

This month was all about adding multiplayer. Turns out it should've been planned for from the start, but the refactor wasn't too bad. Replicon made the networking side approachable. Bevy 0.18 migratio...

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How I feel moving from a single player game to a network multiplayer game with an authoritative server architecture. #bevy #GameDev #indiedev

In light or recent events I think a strong European Union founded in shared values is essential. Yes there are flaws. And yes we can purity check our selfs into micro groups but given the global scale of power we need to start with something. #EU #Venezuela #Ukraine

Ironically a rather productive holiday update. Some technical notes on real time settings application in this one. See you all next year! #rust #bevy #GameDev #indiedev exofactory.net/blog/2025-12...

Real Time Settings, Save Overhaul, & a Wiki

This month brought auto-saves, crash reporting, and real-time settings. No more restarting the game to change graphics options. ECS made that easier than expected. There's also a wiki now, mostly empt...

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That feeling when your train needs a new cmos battery. #DeutscheBahn #trains #ice2

My induction burner started shorting every time I plugged it in. Conveniently 2 months after the warrantee ended. A bit of multi metering later I found that the Rectifier and one of the IGBTs were dead. €4 in parts fixed it. Saved like €200 by fixing instead of replacing. #RightToRepair #soldering

Lots of videos in this one. Turns out full screen shaders and drag to place belts are harder than one might think. I think I have a cool thing to contribute to the #Factory game genre. exofactory.net/blog/2025-12... #bevy #GameDev #rust #WGSL

Draggable Belts, Electricity, & View Modes

This month brought draggable belts, electricity, and new view modes. Belt placement is way less tedious now, buildings need power to run, and global mode finally has useful overlays. The productivity ...

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This one covers porting to #bevy 0.17, moving to Avian for physics, and a lot of QoL fixed. #rust #GameDev #indiedev Lots of images and videos in this one. exofactory.net/blog/2025-11...

Real Factory Game Quality of Life Changes

A month of fixing things that should’ve been clearer from the start. Building costs actually show up now, machines tell you what they’re doing, and movement got a small upgrade with jumping. The setti...

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Just ported my game to #bevy 0.17 and switched physics engines. The Avian physics engine has been a dream. Collider::convex_hull alone brings a tear of joy to my eye. So much nicer to work with compared to Rapier3D #IndieGameDev #Gamedev

Protip for those of you porting your games from #bevy 0.16 to 0.17. Make sure to set Pickable properly on full screen entries. I spent too much time getting scroll working. TLDR: the loading screen that I tweened transparent was still there and was intercepting everything. #IndieGameDev